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Originally Posted by [email protected]

Saw a lot of victims in my career, and suffered myself -(briefly thank goodness). If it ever happened to you you would be just thankful help is available and not care who pays. The actual offenders are usualy low earners with a low mentality and end up in prison - so wouldnt/couldnt pay.
If money can't be raised from general taxation I suppose the 'affluent' motorists will provide (just the ones who break rules)

Unfortunately although I agree that someone should pay to help the victims of violence, I cannot see why if, the perpetrators of these acts cannot be made to pay the responsibility should be thrown onto the motorist.

If the powers that be are unable to make those responsible pay surely they are causing a miscarriage of justice?
Maybe the motorist is guilty of speeding, but that does not make him/her guilty of violence so he/she is being punished for a crime they did not commit which has got to be wrong in the eyes of any fair and just society?