Crime and punishment

Recent fatal road accidents involving drink or dangerous driving:

Sep 26, 2006 Light van driver kills woman and her daughter in Tsuen Wan after making turn without thoroughly checking the road

Jailed 18 months, fined HK$1,000 and 1 disqualified from driving for five years

Sep 18, 2006 Disqualified driver kills woman while reversing garbage truck

Jailed 14 months and disqualified from driving for 27 years

Sep 1, 2006 Truck driver kills father and 11-month-old daughter while reversing truck in Sheung Wan

Sentenced to eight months in jail, fined HK$6,000 and disqualified from driving for two years 3

Aug 31, 2006 Driver kills elderly woman and injures several others when he fails to activate handbrake on vehicle

Fined HK$2,000 and disqualified from driving for six months for a lesser charge - getting out of a vehicle without putting on a brake - instead of dangerous driving causing death because he was not in the vehicle at the time

Aug 14, 2006 Container truck driver kills man when he switches lanes without checking

Jailed four months and disqualified from driving for two years 5

Jul 17, 2006 Bus driver crashes into back of container truck, killing passenger

Jailed 18 months and disqualified from driving for five years