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if the result of your carelessness is that somebody dies, is that not about as serious as it gets?
The law distinguishes between the seriousness of the offence and the seriousness of the consequences. You might get blind drunk, put on a blindfold and go driving through a residential part of town at 100mph, and if you're exceptionally lucky you might get away without doing any damage or hurting anyone. That's still a more serious type of offence.
Equally, you might have a momentary lapse in concentration, and kill someone.
The law looks at the nature of the offence, and the consequences are a secondary factor. Whether that's right or wrong is another question.
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if the result of your carelessness is that somebody dies, is that not about as serious as it gets?
fuck everything about that