Originally Posted by
jefnvk
The punishment can be quite severe, and according to the law at hand, one is not required to prove the accused knew they hit a person. If your local prosecutors are not using the punishment afforded to them by law, choose new ones next election:
But a jury will think otherwise. Prosecutors know this. It's probably also the problem with making tougher laws against killing cyclist is that a jury will not convict. And then even if they get the conviction, the sentence is up to the judge and they almost never sentence anyone near the max.