The guy apparently had an excellent driving record and this was a lapse, according to the judge in the summing up.
Yes, he should be punished for being careless, yes, it’s a tragedy for the family, but a huge prison sentence wouldn’t do any good for anyone involved.
Any of us can have a lapse and make a mistake in a vehicle – how many of us have had to drive with kids playing up in the back?
And, let’s be honest, if that poor family hadn’t been in the wrong place at the wrong time and he had hit a lonely rep in a Mondeo, none of us would have heard about it, as the press wouldn’t have whipped it into a frenzy