Who You Gonna Call? Chris Bentley

Sung to the tune of Ghostbusters ...

Louder! Chris Bentley!

I waited a bit on writing a post about Ontario's new Attorney General (AG) because I wanted to give Mr. Bentley some time to adjust before I unleash you all on him.

Ontario's new attorney general is a force to be reckoned with, as far as I'm concerned.
Dude's got quite [the background] and this is the dude we want behind us - us taxpayers.

Many readers who have eaten at the Buffet de Chez Gigababy have expressed anger over the recent road deaths I have written about, many wondering aloud in comments and in email who they should call or write to? Well, Chris Bentley is your man.

To read what exactly the AG does - [click here]

And before you roll your eyes and wonder why you should care, take a second and grab a most recent paystub. Where it says Ontario Tax, how much was deducted?

For me, I pay a total of $416 each month, or $4992.00 for the year. I would like to think that if anyone was the victim of a street racing incident in my immediate family, or died because someone was an ass behind the wheel like, oh I don't know - Nauman Nusrat for example - that the courts in Ontario that I pay five grand a year to protect me will hand down a sentence should Mr. Nusrat be found guilty of all charges he faces in the death of David Virgoe ... actually let me list them:

- criminal negligence causing death by street racing;
- criminal negligence causing bodily harm by street racing;
- dangerous operation causing death;
- criminal negligence causing death,
- and causing a common nuisance ...

That Mr. Nusrat actually spends some time in jail. I do not want Mr. Nusrat to be able to plea to a lesser charge, pay a fine, get probation and maybe not drive for a year.
THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. And I mean that.

I will not stand for it.
The charges that Mr. Nusrat faces along with Prabhjit Multani and Ravi Badhwar carry penalties of up to 14 years in prison. I'm not saying they all deserve the maximum but good Christ, we need a judge who isn't going to pussyfoot around playing the "no prior criminal record" card and give suspended sentences.

Enough is enough. I have documented for the media and others the outright ignorance displayed by these men - charged in David's death - behind the wheel, long before they decided to engage in a race to Wasaga Beach on the 400 on June 18th. These were men who bragged to friends about the risks they liked to take behind the wheel and most of these quotes have been well documented in the media and were at one point - online. Internet caches are amazing tools. And quotes made by myself were also reprinted in the media, a testament of your average taxpayer appalled by the behavior of others on our roads.

So, please, do get mad. You should be downright furious. David Virgoe is only one example of a road tragedy. David Virgoe is also a hero [read].

There are many more victims before him and many after him, most recently the deaths of Mariarosa Dalsass and Cindy Dougherty [read] and Matthew Power [read]. All of these cases are still before the courts. There is still time to take action. There is still time to send a message.

And if you want to know if I care about the men charged in these crimes and their feelings and what they are possibly going through, the answer is I don't care. They are alive. And when they get out of jail - should they be found guilty - whether it be two years, five years or seven years, they will get to go home to their families. I don't care if they get life in prison (25 years).

The only people who got life sentences in these cases were those who died. There is no bail for them. There is no second chance.

Everything one does behind the wheel of a car is by choice. It's not an accident when you are speeding. It's not an accident when you drive 140 km/hr or 170 km/hr. It's not an accident to pass on the soft shoulder. That's a choice. And if you kill someone through these selfish and really bad choices, you deserve punishment. I don't care how old you are. I don't care if you are a son of a reverend, or the brother of a sister who feeds the poor and shelters the sick.

We need stiffer penalties and longer sentences to send a clear message to others.
We won't stand for it anymore.

You turned that key. You made a choice.

And don't talk to me about remorse as a punishment, that poor [Steven and Brian Machado] have to live with their remorse for the rest of their lives. Remorse is not enough because I will tell you a little something about remorse. Remorse is a useless emotion. The only time we feel remorse as the result of a consequence or something we knew ahead of time was wrong, is when we get caught.

In all these road deaths involving careless driving and criminal intent behind the wheel, I will bet you one thousand dollars - each - that this was not the first time any of the charged and convicted individuals I have written about pushed the speed limit. And the only reason they have remorse is because THEY GOT CAUGHT.

If all of these men:
.: Ravi Badhwar

.: Wang-Piao Dumani Ross

.: Brian & Steven Machado

.: Prabhjit Multani

.: Nauman Nusrat

.: Alexander Ryazanov

had made it back home the day they allegedly and/or had proven to have murdered someone's father, mother, spouse, daughter, son, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, cousin and best friend ... and nothing happened, and everyone sat down to dinner that night all in one piece - NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM WOULD HAVE THOUGHT TWICE ABOUT WHAT THEY DID ... the speeding, the racing and the passing/tailgating. I guarantee it. I swear by those words.

So cut the crap and save the excuses.
They had a choice. They deserve to be punished.

And this could happen to you. You are not immune.

I'm sick of this crap. People killing loved ones, ripping these people from families and walking out of court having to pay a $500 fine and losing the privilege to drive for one year.

That's a joke! It pisses me off.

So yes, get mad. Contact the AG of Ontario.

Start by [clicking here].

Thank you.