Suspended sentence for driver who killed cyclist on Isle of Man upheld following appeal

Petition to 'Add cycle awareness and safety to the current Driving theory test.'

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/106378

I'm going to go against the flow a bit here...

While I can see that there is a certain deterrent element to custodial sentences, the general point of them is a) to keep the public safe by keeping the perpetrator off the streets and b) to rehabilitate the perpetrator to prevent recidivism. What happened in this case is that the driver in question was given a three year driving ban and *had their license revoked* - this is the good bit that almost never happens. What we should be decrying is that she didn't get a lifetime ban, but at least she will need to resit her test - thus satisfying a) and b).

While I agree that the punishment seems light in view of the massive cost to the vicitm and family, the justice system is absolutely not about "eye for an eye".

The failure of this appeal brings the courts into disrepute. The woman is clearly a malevolent nasty piece of work who can lie, cheat and bully her way through life, manipulate and mislead people to pervert the course of justice. The Appeal court judges should be in jail along with this woman for the crime they have committed against society by not giving this woman a much stiffer sentence. An absolute disgrace.

So genuine remorse has an impact on the level of sentence? This is so wrong on many levels. Remorse should never ever form part of the sentencing rationale, no matter how sincere or genuine. British Justice is a fucking joke.

IMHO careless is clipping a car bumper whilst trying to reverse into a tight parking space, not using 2 ton of metal as a ten pin bowling ball. Also a certain P Sutcliffe weems to get his mental health problems dealt with alright whilst inside.................

I would truly love to say that I am shocked by all of this...but I am not shocked one bit

Yeah I hate the term "careless driving" too, give the potential for total carnage which even a "normal" car can cause (see Guilford) let alone a Range Rover or a bin lorry. 

Im sure if somebody "carelessly" dropped a brick off a motorway bridge and hit this woman's windscreen they wouldn't be treated as leniently and rightly so. 

So the idiot  judge thinks driving over a cycIist is not 'dangerous  driving'. What exactly do you have  to do to be driving dangerously? Close your  eyes  and steer with your feet? As for custody interfering with her treatment, frankly, that ought  to be tough. She did more than interfere with someone  else's  life.

She had the mentality to make a false claim for legal aid, I doubt serving time would have damaged her mentality any more.

Meanwhile in the news, a man who secretly built a castle faces prison if he doesnt demolish it... I give up.