Read this article in the oxford mail last week. A woman killed a biker whilst driving the WRONG WAY across a dual carriageway. She was not given a custodial sentence due to her "good character and carer" from what I can gather.
http://archive.oxfordmail.net/2007/8/15/180733.html
This raises a few points in my mind
1) surely the punishment should be the same for anyone as all are equal in the eyes of the law, or so we are lead to believe
2) Punishment is meant to act as a deterant to others primarily, as two wrongs do not make a right - destroying another family by sending this woman to jail would not deter others as people do not intend to be stupid, so would a custodial sentence have achieved anything?
3) was the biker to blame in part for speeding, or do you feel it was entirely the fault of the woman.
The article doesn't include the diagram of the crash that the paper showed - I simply could not believe what she had done! it is even more stupid than the description sounds - she traveled the wrong way down a slip road to cross the carriageway to reach a gap in the barrier, which was for traffic traveling the other direction!