Walking in Waterloo Region

[ijmorlan]

I think any defence of involving the idea of shared responsibility or “I made a tragic but honest mistake” should only be available to people who immediately stop, contact emergency services, and immediately give a forthright statement to police. If they ran and tried to evade responsibility as seems to be the case here they shouldn’t even be allowed to present such a defence in court. It’s a waste of the Court’s time, and deeply offensive to both the victim’s family and friends and to civil society at large. Anybody who, after hitting a pedestrian in their car, continues on driving, is a criminal and should be treated as such.