I read with amazement two articles which were printed four pages apart in the Evening Press on September 26.
In one story a motorist killed a motorcyclist through an act of careless driving and was fined £150 plus six penalty points on his driving license. In the second, a motorist damaged a parked car, was also convicted of careless driving but was given a larger fine of £200 plus six penalty points.
This suggests we place a greater value on repairable damage to property than we do to a human life.
Peter Inns,
Sim Balk Lane,
Bishopthorpe, York.
Updated: 10:05 Monday, September 30, 2002
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