There is national outcry every time there is an air or rail crash but, on average, ten people die on the roads every day.

Many of them are killed by reckless motorists who all too often receive light sentences.

Sometimes it seems as if those who make the laws and those who administer them do not feel that motoring crimes are as serious as other offences.

Yet the victim of a dangerous driver is just as dead as some who has been shot or stabbed and this should never be forgotten.

Now the Crown Prosecution Service is planning to take a tougher line against drivers who kill innocent victims.

In Sussex there have been several shocking cases in which drivers have escaped with minor driving bans and light fines.

Sometimes this is because they have been convicted of the lesser offence of careless driving, rather than causing death by dangerous driving.

What is badly needed is a change in the law so people can also be found guilty of causing death by careless driving.

The CPS needs to be held to its promise to introduce consistency in prosecution and judges need to ensure that when sentencing motorists who have killed people the punishment fits the crime.