Spiders Kill

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/devon/10404620.stm

Summary:

A woman ended up killing a cyclist when she was dealing with a spider in her car. Georgina Mills says she took her eyes off the road for two seconds to grab the spider that popped up in front of her and throw it out the window of her car. In those two seconds she hit Simon Evons, who was on a charity bike ride from Land’s End to Derby with his brother-in-law. Evons was pronounced dead an hour later at the hospital. Mills, who had no previous convictions and a clean driving record admitted to causing death by dangerous driving and was sentenced to a two-year driving ban, two-year community order and 200 hours of unpaid work.

Personal Opinion:

I disagree with the judge’s sentence. There is no evidence to prove that her story was false so I guess it’s a matter of “innocent until proven guilty”, but there is no evidence that she is telling the truth either. She could have just come up with that as an excuse for her reckless driving. And since it actually caused someone’s death, she should have a harsher punishment. I understand that jail time might have been too harsh just in case she was telling the truth, but she should have at least had her license permanently removed. It’s like they are saying “Well we understand you were distracted, so let’s just make sure you can’t kill anyone else for the next two years.”