"Massive gap in legislation": Family pushes for tougher penalties for preventable road deaths
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The mother of an 18-year-old killed when a truck driver drove through a stop sign near Palmerston North is calling for stronger accountability.
The driver's pleaded guilty to careless driving causing Jade Evans' death.
He's been sentenced to two months' community detention, loss of licence, and must pay the family reparations.
Mother Kathryn Stothers has launched a petition asking to create Jade's Law, to reform road safety law.
She told Kerre Woodham that they want to close the gap so that if a serious breach of road rules results in death, the charge and sentence properly reflect the loss of life.
Stothers says it's not about making higher charges for everyone, but about giving the legislation, police, and courts a wider scope to charge appropriately when fundamental road rules, such as stop signs, are breached.
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