A suspended license for 2 years seems a bit steep to me, given you can beat someone to within an inch of their life, and cop a similar, if not lighter sentence. This is such a touchy subject to get onto, personally I believe that the powers that be are focusing on the wrong issue. I'm not saying hoons aren't dangerous etc etc (the word "hoon" gets thrown around a lot though, anybody with an interest in/mods their car is labelled a hoon nowadays) but I've been put at greater risk by complacent drivers lacking common sense and simply not paying attention. I find that A LOT of your average road users believe if they do the speed limit, they are somehow encased in some bubble of invulerability, and so let their concentration lapse. Leading to things I have seen by "your average road user" - rolling through stop signs, failing to merge, changing lanes without checking blind spot and almost hitting nearby cars, and being generally clueless etc etc the list goes on... The point of my story is that I think greater emphasis should be placed on driver training and awareness, and ppl like Kaels mate, while some punishment is still in order, shouldn't be made an example of to such an extent. I also think time and place should be considered, but I dunno how practical that would be...prolly not very.