No, but a life time driving ban seems appropriate. How can it be that someone who killed someone with a vehicle, will be allowed on the road to potentially do it again? Driving is a privilege, not a right.
J
I can think of 2 off the cuff:
- a ban doesn't stop anyone driving (google the stats)
It doesn't stop all people from driving, but it does stop many. Some idiots will drive even when banned, but the majority don't. Driving without a license also tends to come with driving whilst uninsured, which is something that tends to get picked up by ANPR cameras on plod cars.
- if you stab someone, how should we stop you re-offending? Hmm?
Not a valid comparison. It is an offence to carry a knife that is either:
a) locking
b) longer than 75mm
c) you have no valid reason to carry
d) or meets other criteria such as flick knives, butterfly knives.
See section 139 of PACE...
As such, the carrying of the weapon is already banned (stabbing someone with a non locking folding knife is pretty hard), so a person who is stabbing someone is already breaking the law in additional ways. It would be similar to the case of a person who had been banned from driving killing someone through dangerous/careless driving.
So the better way of asking your question is: if you have a person who kills someone with a vehicle, gets a life time ban from driving, but continues to drive, how do you stop them reoffending?
And that is a very good question.
J