Re: [Fwd: Death driver jail term criticised]

On 30 Jun, 16:20, Rob Morley <nos...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The good thing about prolonged driving bans are that they help prevent
recidivism and that they don't cost the tax payer.

Except that banned drivers often continue to drive, repeatedly catching
them and putting them through the courts costs money, supervising their
community service costs money ...-

The error here is that they shouldn't be caught repeatedly. After
killing someone, they should be monitored carefully eg by tagging,
signing in at police stations every day etc. Their photo should appear
every week in the local paper under the heading of banned drivers and
be on display elsewhere in the locality. They should also be shown
what happens to people who defy banning orders. All of these measures
will not approach the cost of holding someone in prison.

If they are found driving whilst banned just once, then they should be
physically prevented from driving again. I prefer amputation or at the
very least a penal colony but these methods may be hard for some
people to accept. The alternative would have to be the very expensive
option of prison.

The point is, any banned driver should not be physically able to drive
again once he has been caught driving whilst banned, so there would be
no need to repeatedly catch him.

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