A sentence of 50% of the maximum penalty for reckless conduct endangering persons of serious injury is within range where the offender deliberately drove a vehicle into the path of a moving train, even where the offender is elderly, in poor health, has prior good character, pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity, and the offence was motivated by a suicide attempt. General deterrence carries significant weight for conduct involving deliberately driving vehicles in front of trains. Where the aggregate sentence is appropriate, a successful challenge to one component sentence may be futile if the sentencing judge could have structured the sentences differently to reach the same total.
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