'Nowadays it seems that the law has changed for the better' - Your Letters: May 8
PICTURE FROM THE ARCHIVE: Churchill, May 8, 1945. London. “My dear friends, this is your hour. This is not victory of a party or of any class. It’s a victory of the great British nation as a whole. We were the first, in this ancient island, to draw the sword against tyranny. We have emerged from a deadly struggle.”
ROAD SAFETY LAWS ARE BETTER
On 19 October 1979 my parents were involved in a hit and run on the Warstones Road, the driver left the scene.
I witnessed my parents lying on on the road, it was a very wet evening, my father was killed outright and mother sustained multiple injuries and was in intensive care for some weeks.
The driver gave himself to the police and was taken to court and fined £150 and banned from driving, no jail time.
Nowadays it seems that the law has changed for the better.
I’m glad to say my mother recovered and left England to live in Vancouver, Canada with my family for 20 odd years, came back to England in 2005 and died in 2006. At peace.
David Barnett, Penn
