Causing death by reckless or dangerous driving in Singapore:
Any person who causes… death… shall be guilty of an offence and… liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years.
[Note: For repeat offenders, the jail term will not exceed 10 years imprisonment. Most drivers who cause death spend only a few months in jail.]
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Unfortunately history is often repeated. Sometimes the ones you think are the good guys are the hit man.
Hello Ian,
It’s easy to kill but to get away – that’s the tricky part. The best killers are the ones who make it look like an accident. No crime means no police on their trail.
Cheers!
Hard to do in today’s world where cameras are set up all around public places and people have their own house cameras constantly in operation which police are quick to access when following up.
Hello Eric,
You are opening avenue for movie shoot in Singapore. Even the script is ready.
LOL! Just trying out some really short scripts and if any budding film maker wants to make a film, all they have to do is contact moi.
Cheers!
Manslaughter still carries big sentence – when justice applied.
Thank you for your visit and comment, Stephen – and you play the guitar well 🙂
Yes, manslaughter usually does but it all depends on the charge sheet. No manslaughter for motor accidents in Singapore. That’s reserved for people who kill, murder, assassinate, terminate and dispatch others.
Have a great Sunday,
Eric
Yikes. I’m not sure of legal record in California or US.
Should we do this in America since a lot of deaths are caused by drunk drivers.
Hello Shalilah,
I see that you’ve not posted lately and am honoured that you’ve taken time to visit and comment here.
Drunk driving and deaths – sadly, in Singapore the drunk driver often gets away with a few months jail and even that comes with remission for ‘good behaviour’. The good news is, the law minister recently said his ministry is looking into toughening the penalties for causing deaths on the roads.
Have a great weekend,
Eric
omg, u are giving ideas:-)
Good to have you back, Raghu,
As you know, committing murder is easy but laws make it difficult to get away with it. But when laws have loopholes – who do we blame?
As for giving ideas – LOL! – authors probably make good killers (at least, the planning stage). Read all the murder mysteries…
All good wishes,
Eric
in the US, it’s not uncommon to hit an kill a cyclist and get a ticket, no more… The perfect crime.
Hello Bill,
You’ve not posted for quite a while. Same situation with me but my 2017 resolution is to make time and post twice a week – Wednesdays and Sundays.
In the US they get away with no more than a ticket? This cannot be right – I mean, it’s okay if the cyclist was a politician!
Going by what you say, in comparison, Singapore has draconian laws – they actually go to jail for a few weeks!
Cheers!
Eric
The cycling community here is pretty outraged. The person hits a cyclist, then lawyers up and pleads guilty to a lesser incident like failure to control their car.
The family can sue in civil court for damages, but that seems a poor substitute for justice.
That is outrageous, Bill,
Asking the family to take it to civil court. Justice is now reduced to a price tag – and the less well off come out losers, as always.
Why then do we pay taxes?
it’s a hole in the system – where the laws treat it like a fender-bender and don’t protect cyclists.
My new years resolution is to not hit so many cyclists.
I really – and this is in all honesty – burst out laughing!
Thank you – thank you very much – for making my day 🙂