American law is far from perfect I give you that, But Finnish laws for punishment is not so great either, sure a murderer will get life in prison but typically these sentences are pardoned after 12 to 15 years served! I looked at some of your laws and punishments and their not all that great either. I believe a person who intentionally kills someone should get the automatic death sentence with one chance to repeal it and that death sentence must be carried out within 1 year not 15 to 20 years.

If a person is texting while driving they should be punished more then just a liability issue, but you were stating if ANYONE hit a cyclist, because it's big vs small, they should spend the rest of their lives in prison...that's the nonsense I was talking about. A person simply not seeing a cyclist for whatever reason etc cannot be sent to prison for killing them, if the person is drunk or texting then yes they should go away for life.

There is a real easy way to settle the texting and phone use while driving issue...simply set the GPS in the phone to shut the phone off once it detects a speed greater than 15 mph and less than 250, problem solved and it can be done today. Now if only we can shut down a drunk driver.