Okay, this is something that REALLY pisses me off. A 14 year old girl was hit by a car on a cross walk. She was hospitalized, but will most likely recover.
So, what does the man (who was an 84 year old) face for this? Does he face attempted man slaughter, or maybe something small like dangerous operation of a motor vehicle? Hell no. Does he get his license revoked? Not according to the article.
No, he gets a fine for $387.50. He hits someone on a cross walk, and that is it. If he doesn't even have to get re-tested to keep his driver's license it will be criminal.
Much like that girl who was killed in Dartmouth on a cross walk by a car. Another car had stopped to let the young girl cross, then this woman drives around the stopped car, hits the girl and kills her. She doesn't face ANY jail time.
Am I the only person that thinks that this is STUPID?
Then you have intersections where the cross walks are not marked on the pavement, but for those of us who have taken a driving class, we know that a cross walk exists at every street intersection. I almost got hit by a car at the intersection of College and Summer St. (the intersection near the parking lot for the Carleton (Med School) Campus), as they don't stop there because it's not painted on the road.
Personally, I plan on looking into who's jurisdiction this law falls under, and if it's provincial, it's going to make its way into the GPNS policy if I have my way. Before more kids loose their lives at cross walks because drivers are too ignorant of what's going on around them.
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