The woman isn't going to be a danger to anyone any more, and putting her in prison wouldn't help anyone.
Prison won't help her driving, that's for sure, but what will? She was banned for 12 months. I wish I had your confidence that someone who has shown herself capable of such catastrophically bad driving will no longer be a danger to anyone in a year's time, unless she chooses never to drive again.
Imagine if her job involved operating heavy machinery and as a result of extreme carelessness she had killed someone - would you expect her to be back at work operating that machinery again after a 12 month break? And would anyone be happy to work alongside her?
Prison won't help her driving, that's for sure, but what will? She was banned for 12 months. I wish I had your confidence that someone who has shown herself capable of such catastrophically bad driving will no longer be a danger to anyone in a year's time, unless she chooses never to drive again.
Imagine if her job involved operating heavy machinery and as a result of extreme carelessness she had killed someone - would you expect her to be back at work operating that machinery again after a 12 month break? And would anyone be happy to work alongside her?