Cycle campaigning

I think the main issue is that the system sees a lack of intent in "accidents", thus a driver is seen as having low culpability (even if the harm caused is great) and hence sentences do not seem in proportion to what the outcome of an "accident" was. I think that legally (and societally) getting into a vehicle should bring with it a burden of responsibility that people need to be acutely aware of. Without that kind of change, I'm not sure sentences will increase.

I think, thanks largely to the work of organisations such as RoadPeace, the term 'accident' is being used less by the police and legal system, replaced by 'crash', 'collision' etc. But there's probably a long way yet to go.