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@adroit
I am going to have to disagree with you.
Almost all sentences are there to deter people from committing the crime in the first place.
The crime committed was driving dangerously, the penalty could be imprisonment. The driver got away, possibly because the jury think it is OK to kill a cyclist.
The impact of a driver being exonerated sends shock waves through a family of a victim, as well as the cycling community.
It also sends out a message that dangerous driving is acceptable, and that is what outrages me.