Guys I can’t believe this hasn’t been on the journal yet but the guy who did this was a young lad 19 and the day after this happened his father put him on a flight to Australia, and apparently put the jeep in a truck and had it crushed in the uk.. That’s the kind of people you are up against, it’s sickening really, the info is just getting out round here but watch this space

Hey Noel, why do think its a male?

Still trying to figure that one out,

@Dexter, I think the point Caroline is making relates to the way in which the focus in a road traffic incident involving a pedestrian or cyclist usually turns to how the victim was at fault. For example, in the case of a cyclist being involved, you get the ‘were they wearing a helmet’ or ‘were they wearing hi-vis’. See http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0630/cahillm.html for an example of this, a helmet would’ve made absolutely no difference yet look at the byline phrasing. Or have a look at the comments on http://www.thejournal.ie/cyclist-hospitalised-after-collision-with-lorry-near-dublin-airport-360829-Feb2012/ .

I still can’t see how it would lead to less hit and run incidents!
Ah well, I suppose I shouldn’t be always trying to pick holes in other peoples’ comments.

The consequences to a motorist for a hit and run aren’t actually that high. If you have a look at some incidents in the past couple of years it’s rather frightening that someone can hit another person, leave them seriously injured or to die and suffer little in the way of punishment. http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/42272/woman-gets-two-years-for-fatal-hit-and-run is one which really sticks with me. While it’s likely he died instantly something about him lying there for six hours gets to me. 9 months for http://www.galwaynews.ie/15043-hit-and-run-driver-fled-scene-fatal-accident. Here’s a guy with hit and run history (3 years) http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/local/four-year-sentence-for-limerick-man-following-high-speed-chase-in-mercedes-with-guns-1-3885322

The sentencing and the view points I mentioned suggest a culture in society which is ‘tolerant’ (not exactly the right word but best phrasing I can think of for the moment) of vulnerable road users (and in some cases blames them) ending up as casualites rather than putting the focus squarely on the perpetrator. Perhaps if that changed then people would be more careful in the first place and in the unfortunate event of an incident actually stop and deal with the situation.

Well articulated James.