Lots of death and injury on the roads

Here’s a screenshot of the “Justice et faits divers” section of La Presse on Sunday morning.

Two dead in a head-on collision in Lanaudière. An 18‑year‑old dead in a swerve off the road. Serious injuries in a car accident in Ste‑Sophie. Two motorcyclists dead in Beauceville. Another motorcyclist seriously injured in Longueuil. I don’t doubt there will be further incidents before the holiday weekend ends.

The final piece there is a Supreme Court ruling. A woman in New Brunswick who saw her licence revoked for two years while awaiting sentencing for impaired driving was sentenced to lose it for a further year, but the highest court said that would be a double penalty and rolled it back. So she’s free to drive now.

Driving is so important that loss of life and physical impairment on a colossal scale is taken in our stride, and people who’ve shown themselves to be unreliable at the wheel are permitted back behind it.

What a species.