Hit & Run in Melbourne

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From Nine MSN (link)
Terrible story.

But the thing that really gets to me is this:

Lostitch, a probationary driver who has incurred 19 demerit points for speeding offences, was arrested at his home on Thursday afternoon.

He's 20, and he's got 19 demerit points??? Clearly a driver who does not bother with the rules of the road....

I hope they throw the book at him and make an example...

A young driver like that - who has had a license for a maximun of 2 years, must have clearly lost his license before (first year i believe is 5 points allowed, and everyone else has 12 points - so do the math)...

Makes me sick in the stomach that things like this happen, he shouldn't have been on the road...

It is also alleged that the car he was driving was a V8... (SS commodore??) which again - I thought was illegald for P-platers to be driving....

I don't even know what I want to say - i'm so damn angry about it...

And I can only imagine the families involved (both the victim and the driver) must be angered and upset about the whole situation.

Comments? (Ultimately I don't want a thread closure - so be as fair as possible)...