Penalty plan needed to halt carnage

THE number of people killed on our roads over the weekend was the second worst death toll for the August bank holiday since 1991.

The pain and suffering caused by traffic accidents is incalculable.

Many of those killed or maimed on our roads during any holiday weekends are totally innocent. They are often the victims of the recklessness, carelessness, or the crass stupidity of others, but the innocent are killed or maimed just as surely as if they were at fault.