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The context makes it worse, unfortunately.
This is why he pleaded guilty to “driving without due care and attention.”, which ignores the fact that this negligence caused a death.
A $1000 fine, $1800 fine, or even a $10,000 fine would still be insulting to the family of the victim.
"criminal negligence resulting in the loss of life"
That would actually be a justified charge, but the court decided not to pursue criminal charges.
Seems to be a trend to simply let truck drivers off the hook for their negligence. The truck driver who killed 16 people in Saskatchewan only got 5 years before he was out on parole. In Toronto, a truck driver with a history of bad driving killed a cyclist and saw no time in jail.
There is no justice for people killed by vehicles.
Trucks make wide turns.
He also loses the ability to do his job for the next year, and he'll probably find it difficult to get a trucking job later, so that's not exactly letting him off easy.
This is still a tragedy of course.
He's no longer a truck driver, so that's irrelevant. He's allowed to use his vehicle for work, as this was not part of his driving restrictions.
There's really not much the courts can do to make up for the loss to the family, but an $1100 fine is offensive.
Consider this: the fine for littering in B.C can be up to $2000 with up to six months in jail. Literally, more than negligently killing someone with your truck. 🧑⚖️
Ah, I had misunderstood, and yeah you're right that with that context it's very also on the wrist