MP Say Dangerous Driving Should Be Punished The Same As Carrying A Weapon

MPs have warned that criminal punishment for unsafe driving should be the same as owning a weapon because cars have the potential to be deadly.

Convictions for unsafe driving can result in a maximum sentence of two years, compared with four years for having an offensive weapon in a public area.

A report by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Walking and Cycling has now called on the Government to bring the penalty for unsafe driving up to four years.

The report said that in addition to being a very useful tool, a car has the potential to be a lethal weapon and that those who drive dangerously were effectively wielding a lethal weapon.

The group, which is led by Tory Selaine Saxbury and Labour’s Ruth Cadbury, said it was too common to hear of drivers who cause death or injury receiving a low sentence or penalty.

They also want to see motorists fined and handed points on their licence if they travel at just one mile per hour over the limit.

Drivers are considered to be speeding if they surpass the limit by 10 per cent plus 2mph.

The MPs also want disqualified motorists to be forced to retake their driving tests before being allowed on the road.

Their report said mandatory re-testing should be widened beyond those convicted of dangerous driving to anyone who’s punished with disqualification.

It argued that re-testing could prove an effective way of keeping dangerous drivers off the roads and protecting other road users.

Politicians spend too much time trying to criminalise the population rather than helping and supporting them. Perhaps politicians should be sacked for breach of conduct and fraudulent expense claims.

Admittedly, cars can be dangerous, but what about cyclists who don’t even know what a red light is for – they just sail through them with no regard to the pedestrians that are crossing the road? Cycle lanes should be banned because they are dangerous to the public and also to other motorists on the road.

Other than cyclists, MPs should quit obsessing about drivers and concentrate on shoplifting, assault and burglary because these are crimes that are perpetrated by thousands every day causing actual fear and distress to their victims but with zero consequence to the criminals.

How many cases are there of people carrying a bladed weapon that gets dropped by the police, or they’re given non-custodial sentences?