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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / October 2005South Australia slams hit & run offenders
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,16964381%255E2682, 00.html Hit-run drivers face life in jail By Political Reporter JEMMA CHAPMAN 19oct05 DRIVERS in South Australia who cause death or serious injury by dangerous driving in hit-run smashes or "aggravated" circumstances face life imprisonment. Premier Mike Rann yesterday said the government would change the law to ensure "drivers get life imprisonment for killing or seriously maiming another" in "aggravated" circumstances, including the driver fleeing police, having a blood alcohol reading of 0.15 or more or driving under the influence of drugs. The maximum penalty for leaving the scene of an accident would rise from one year to 15 years for a first offence and life for a subsequent offence - up from 10 years. Mr Rann said that made the penalty for such an offence equal to that for manslaughter. "When it comes down to these hit-and-run merchants, it's going to be manslaughter from now on," he said. For non-aggravated offences, the maximum penalty would rise to 15 years. The announcement came after Attorney-General Michael Atkinson revealed he had asked the Director of Public Prosecutions to appeal against last week's suspended sentence to a teenaged ward of the state who, in April, 2004, killed Riverland man Johnny Miller while drunk and driving a stolen car. No Pokies MP Nick Xenophon and the Opposition called for an independent inquiry into the death and adequacy of sentence. Mr Xenophon said the Government "needs to go much further" than increasing penalties. "If they want to remove any incentive for anyone to leave the scene of an accident, there needs to be a presumption that if you leave the scene of an accident, you've been driving dangerously unless you prove otherwise," he said >http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,16964381%255E2682, 00.html > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >if you leave the scene of an accident, you've been driving dangerously >unless you prove otherwise," he said Great article, lex baby. I've been saying the same thing for years here in america but unfortunately all a highway killer has to do in criminal coddler america is say "hey dood, it was an accident" and nothing is done to you. Just ask First Lady Laura Bush who committed vehicular manslaughter in front of witnesses and was never charged with anything!! And the guy she killed was her ex boyfriend!!! Unbelievable. On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 04:12:14 GMT, laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE <xeton2001@yahoo.com> said the following in rec.autos.driving... > Great article, lex baby. I've been saying the same thing for years > here in america but unfortunately all a highway killer has to do in [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > with anything!! And the guy she killed was her ex boyfriend!!! > Unbelievable. Being rather selective with our history, aren't we, hypocrite??? > Great article, lex baby. I've been saying the same thing for years > here in america but unfortunately all a highway killer has to do in [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > with anything!! And the guy she killed was her ex boyfriend!!! > Unbelievable. There's one big difference with the laws you're calling for, and South Australia's new laws. SA's laws only apply to hit and run offenders. Automatic life imprisonment only applies if someone kills or maims an innocent bystander, then runs from the scene *if* they have a high level BAC, are under the influence of illegal drugs, or are fleeing from police. If they maim or kill someone whilst committing any of those offences, but stop at the scene, then they'll still be in a lot of trouble, but life imprisonment will not apply. A max of 15 years applies if a person kills or maims another person in their vehicle when they were adhering to the law, or breaking a more minor law (running red lights etc), then chooses to run from the scene rather than stop and render any assistance possible. On the second offence, life imprisonment applies. You, Laura dearest, are calling for ridiculous and unreasonable punishments for minor offences, including imprisonment for low level speeding. Accidents and mistakes happen, we're only human. However running from the scene of a traffic accident, is no accident, and is a sign of a selfish coward who can't live up to the consequences of his or her own actions. SL. > You, Laura dearest, are calling for ridiculous and unreasonable > punishments for minor offences, including imprisonment for low level > speeding. Accidents and mistakes happen, we're only human. I'm no criminal coddler. Speeders are killers and maimers and i want them to get more than a fine though it doesn't have to be prison in all cases. As for laura bush, i think that anyone who drives recklessly and consequently kills someone deserves decades of prison time. When you drive recklessly, a death you cause is not an "accident" as you so eupemistically state. Stop coddling these killers on our highways. >I'm no criminal coddler. Yes you are. > Speeders are killers and maimers and i want >them to get more than a fine though it doesn't have to be prison in all Start with Ted Kennedy. >cases. As for laura bush, i think that anyone who drives recklessly and >consequently kills someone deserves decades of prison time. When you Witness say old Ted Kennedy was drinking the afternoon and evening of his misadventures with the U.S.S. Oldsmobile. Teddy was an adult, as well as an individual with political power. Ted left the scene to save his own a.s while allowing Mary Jo to drown. And yet the best the criminal coddler can say is "he got probation" and "the press hounded him for years." Put your money where your mouth is, pussy. >drive recklessly, a death you cause is not an "accident" as you so >eupemistically state. Stop coddling these killers on our highways. Stop coddling these highway killers in our senate. >> You, Laura dearest, are calling for ridiculous and unreasonable >> punishments for minor offences, including imprisonment for low level [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >drive recklessly, a death you cause is not an "accident" as you so >eupemistically state. Stop coddling these killers on our highways. >However >running from the scene of a traffic accident, is no accident, and is a >sign of a selfish coward who can't live up to the consequences of his or >her own actions. But that describes just what Laura's hero Teddy did........  Signature"Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or is there one system for the average citizen and another for the high and mighty?" ~ Senator Ted Kennedy, 1973 --- When asked if Sentator Kennedy would consider a Presidential Nomination for the next election, Ted responded by stating "I'll drive off that bridge when I come to it." --- Kennedy to Search Iraqi Rivers for WMD by Scott Ott (2003-01-21) -- Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy, D-MA, offered to help the U.N. weapons inspectors by personally searching the bottoms of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers for canisters of gas or biological agents. The Senator, who had some experience diving on a submerged metal object in 1969, said, "Each citizen must do what he can to support the effort to disarm Saddam. I'm going to see if I can get to the bottom of this thing...as it were. I'm hoping to come up with something...uh...again, as it were." Sen. Kennedy declined to discuss the specifics of his previous diving experience. --- NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana --- Ted Kennedy announced today that he will lead a team of SCUBA divers to search for any survivors who might be left from the Katrina aftermath. "I have unique experience in this area," said Kennedy. "We will try and try to dive down and find survivors beneath the flood waters. We will do everything possible. We cannot fail. We must not." A reporter mentioned to Kennedy that surely there would be no survivors under the flood waters at this point in time. "It wasn't safe," said Kennedy. "How could we dive to find survivors when it wasn't safe? The important thing is that I tried. I did everything I could to dive down and find survivors." >Great article, lex baby. I've been saying the same thing for years >here in america but unfortunately all a highway killer has to do in [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >with anything!! And the guy she killed was her ex boyfriend!!! >Unbelievable. And yet you seem to want to give a free pass to people like Bill Janklaw and Ted Kennedy. Hypocrite. >>Great article, lex baby. I've been saying the same thing for years >>here in america but unfortunately all a highway killer has to do in [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >And yet you seem to want to give a free pass to people like Bill >Janklaw and Ted Kennedy. Hypocrite. Get over it dood - the First Baglady is a murderer. > >>Great article, lex baby. I've been saying the same thing for years > >>here in america but unfortunately all a highway killer has to do in [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > > Get over it dood - the First Baglady is a murderer. Describe the difference between Laura Welch, Bill Janklaw, and Ted Kennedy, if both your brain cells are capable of such comprehension. On 31 Oct 2005 13:28:58 -0800, <TedKennedyMurderedHisPregnantMistress.dwpj65@spamgourmet.com> said the following in rec.autos.driving... > > Get over it dood - the First Baglady is a murderer. > > Describe the difference between Laura Welch, Bill Janklaw, and Ted > Kennedy, if both your brain cells are capable of such comprehension. I'll answer the question for them. Janklow and Kennedy hold (or have held) elected office with legislative or executive authority to make the laws that the rest of us have to obey. Laura Bush does not. > On 31 Oct 2005 13:28:58 -0800, > <TedKennedyMurderedHisPregnantMistress.dwpj65@spamgourmet.com> said the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > held) elected office with legislative or executive authority to make the > laws that the rest of us have to obey. Laura Bush does not. DING! DING! DING! We have a winner, ladies and gentlemen! Not a chance in hell that retard LBMHBF or the other poser in this thread would figure that out. >>http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,16964381%255E2682, 00.html >> [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >with anything!! And the guy she killed was her ex boyfriend!!! >Unbelievable. |
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