Chikwature was jailed for 12 weeks for driving with excess alcohol, and 26 weeks for dangerous driving, to be served concurrently.

IMV, sentence was too short.

Okay, there's a child involved. So if that child's welfare has to be considered then she should have faced an attempted murder charge.

Stop trying to teach on how to suck eggs.

You mentioned the welfare of the child, so let's look at that...

... she wilfully ignored the law & endangered her child so IMV that should be either an attempted murder or manslaughter charge.

After all, you are of the opinion that the majority of road users shouldn't be allowed on the road, so you should agree with that :-)

Stop trying to teach on how to suck eggs.

You mentioned the welfare of the child, so let's look at that...

... she wilfully ignored the law & endangered her child so IMV that should be either an attempted murder or manslaughter charge.

After all, you are of the opinion that the majority of road users shouldn't be allowed on the road, so you should agree with that :-)

Whole cloth for murder, big reach for manslaughter, because for either you have to show some mental state to cause harm and a jury isn't going to bite absent serious injury, but reckless endangerment of the child fits and with that unfit parent potential loss of custody.

But drink driving court isn't family court.

In the US we have involuntary manslaughter, but because it is involuntary you can't attempt it.

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We in the UK also have Involuntary Manslaughter

Involuntary manslaughter arises where the accused did not intend to cause death or serious injury but caused the death of another through recklessness or criminal negligence. For these purposes, recklessness is defined as a blatant disregard for the dangers of a particular situation.

Thanks, that was more or less what I was thinking of. In this case, it was a blatant disregard & what is worse is that a vodka bottle was found in the car - who's to say she wasn't also drinking on the journey down?

With her demonstrated attitude to the laws of the road would she admit to drinking on her last journey.
Whatever the custodial penalty she serves the person I really feel for is the young kid. Either her son will spend the time in jail with her, which is not the best environment for a child at this stage in their development, or will be "housed" by social services, possibly in a foster home, and separated from his mother. Neither is desirable :-(

All because his mother didn't think of the consequences as she downed the Vodka the night before then set off on the journey that ended in the accident the next morning.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

And down under;

Dash cam captures car flipping on EastLink in peak hour traffic.

PR queen drove her Mercedes while four times over the limit after 20-hour wine binge.

Cheers.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EL_FAROS_FINAL_HOURS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-04-12-10-39-13

'I'M A GONER': El Faro's last hours as ship sails into storm

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That PR lady certainly didn't live up to her name "Virtue".....

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

"The boy obeyed all traffic lights and laws, witnesses said.
"He didn't hit a single thing on the way there. It was unreal," police officer Jacob Koehler, from the village of East Palestine, said.
The child told police he had learned to drive by watching YouTube videos."

No charge driving lessons - Just watch Youtube

Quick, give that lad the keys to a long wheelbase Ford Transit, he's got a job for life!!

Forgot you said this?

But then of course at that young age they don't have the emotional maturity to handle a vehicle responsibly.

Generally speaking no they don't, but this young lad apparently has.

Nice to -see you acknowledge that there are exceptions to your rules :-)

Quick, give that lad the keys to a long wheelbase Ford Transit, he's got a job for life!!

Forgot you said this?

But then of course at that young age they don't have the emotional maturity to handle a vehicle responsibly.

I've seen people from 20-80 that don't have the emotional maturity to be allowed to operate any sort of vehicle or machinery. Yet somehow they've managed to get a license.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Quick, give that lad the keys to a long wheelbase Ford Transit, he's got a job for life!!

Forgot you said this?

But then of course at that young age they don't have the emotional maturity to handle a vehicle responsibly.

I've seen people from 20-80 that don't have the emotional maturity to be allowed to operate any sort of vehicle or machinery. Yet somehow they've managed to get a license.

If at first you fail, try, try again. You only have to keep it together for a few minutes while the test is given.

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If at first you fail, try, try again. You only have to keep it together for a few minutes while the test is given.

It must have been about 30 years ago (?) there was a programme on TV, from either the BBC or ITV- people trying to get their licenses, after numerous tries & failures. I remember one woman who'd had dozens of attempts to get her license, and finally got it.
While I felt sorry for them, none of them should ever have been given a license.

If a person can't get it after 2 attempts, then they shouldn't be allowed to try again for at least 12 months (probably better 18-24 months). If they still can't get it after having that time to (hopefully) mature after another 2 attempts then that should be the end of it. Driving just isn't for them.

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Grant
Darwin NT

I got My drivers license at age 19, in one try, I scored 99 out of a possible 100, on both the driving test and the random written test, here in California, dad paid for Me to learn how to drive, plus I got time in His car a 1972 Mercury Marquis Brougham, a 4 door sedan(painted yellow), it was His way of making up for the lack of child support(mom wanted only $12 a year for support, Dad would send $20 to Me for Xmas), both before the divorce from My mom, and after, it turns out I had a half sister(named Dorothy), and He was Her dad too, mom would have divorced Him in an instant, if She had ever known, My cousin, My brother, and My dad all knew this, it was an open secret I was told, but no one told Me until everyone else was long gone, now that same cousin's wife is suffering w/everyones 'favorite' bugaboo, Alzheimers, My cousin is 83 this year, I wish Him and His wife Grace well.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

I passed my driving test first time after 8 lessons, in 1963 aged 18, in a Morris Minor 1000.

I too learned to drive in a Morris Minor 1000 and got my license in 1962 at the age of 17. That was quite a car, I wish I had it today even though I'm not sure what I'd use it for. Maybe it would attract women?

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http://news.sky.com/story/were-gone-final-words-of-irish-coast-guard-helicopter-crew-revealed-10836347

swears twice and his words "we're gone" were the last to be recorded.

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More to the point,

the Sikorsky S-92's internal warning system did not include Blackrock, an Atlantic outcrop with a working lighthouse, in its database.