Where an offender's negligent driving causes serious injury to multiple victims, some order for cumulation on each count is normally required; failure to cumulate reduces the consequence to each victim to a 'meaningless statistic'. A sentencing judge must first determine the appropriate sentence without regard to the manner in which it is to be served before considering whether to suspend the sentence; the two steps must not be elided. For serious driving offences, general deterrence and denunciation must be at the forefront of the sentencing synthesis, and sound prospects of rehabilitation will not lead to significant amelioration of the prominence of general deterrence.
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