A sentence of two years' imprisonment suspended after four months is within the proper range for dangerous driving causing death where the offence involved momentary inattention by a professional heavy vehicle driver. The failure of victims to wear seat belts is not a specific mitigating factor where the proposition that seat belts would have prevented the harm is speculative. Professional drivers of heavy vehicles are held to a higher standard of care in sentencing.
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