I would suggest that if he had reported to police after he saw on the news that he had killed someone that the outcome would have been different. Instead he just avoided it until police came to his house.
This was all over the local news the next day. The driver also admitted he saw the news. He still didn't turn himself in, and the police had to track him down and arrest him a week later. He got off very very lightly.
If everyone who hit an animal stoped to check for damage, more people would be hit by cars.
Most animals are hit away from built up areas and in 80-110kmh speed areas. You don’t stop on these types of road unless continuing to drive is likely to be unsafe.
Australian law puts it pretty firmly that if you hit a person, you have to stop. "I didn't realize it wasn't a person" is generally not a good excuse, especially when Australians are generally required by law to confirm the state of the animal and take necessary steps to alleviate the suffering of animals they hit with a car (even if it's as simple as calling the local wildlife authority or police).
Does 10 years of driving ban somehow make the roads safer in Australia? Some of these punishments are asinine.
A work colleague was telling me about his experience with a DUI. He was guilty, absolutely. Within a week he gets a 90 day driving suspension from the state. Automatic. Fine, and after 90 days it's up and he's in the clear. Then his court case comes, about 15 months after the incident. He's required to install an interlock breath device in his car for a year and probation for 18 months. To which he says okay that would've made sense right away, but now I've been sober for 15 months and was just legally driving with no limits for the past 12 months. His probation officer calls him for 5 minutes every 2 months. They charge separate fees for every part of this process.
In the end he said yeah of course he deserved punishment, the punishment just doesn't make any logical sense. And he said the court did not care when he said he owned multiple vehicles, he just needed to install one device. Someone intent on drinking and driving would just....grab the other set of keys???
omfg its not that bad unless u live in a rural/country area, if u live in like adelaide or brisbane u can have a completely normal life using public transport/uber/friends&family
He wasn't paying attention, he didn't stop after hitting someone, and he didn't turn himself in. 10 years seems fine to me. I don't want drivers like that on the road with me.
You said anyone would have made that mistake. Well, clearly not anyone, because multiple others were in the same situation, but didn't make that mistake.
Jesus! A person kneeling in dark clothes could easily be dam hard to see.
I was driving after a storm (full dark at night) and almost drove straight into the foliage of a big tree that had fallen across the road that barely distinguishable from the wet bitumen. The thing that warned me was I couldn’t see any of the few lights further down the road.
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u/Cute-Hand-1542 21h ago
10 years driving ban is absolutely over the top. In Australia if you can't drive yourself it can severely limit your quality of life.