"The car becomes a missile." PiS wants severe penalties for road killers

The project presented by Law and Justice politicians is a reaction to the famous case of Sebastian M. For causing a tragic accident on the A1, in which 3 people died, he was sentenced to only 8 years in prison. This was the highest possible sentence.

The accused, using a public road, instead of going to the Formula 1 track dedicated to such experiments, checked how much speed could be extracted from such a tuned BMW. It is not known how many experiments of this type the defendant managed to successfully carry out before, apart from the one that was revealed, which ended in the tragedy of the entire three-person family, said judge Renata Folkman, emphasizing Sebastian M.'s bravado and disregard for road traffic regulations.

PiS MPs would like to see a significant tightening of the Penal Code and a sentence of 8 to 25 years in prison for a fatal accident when the speed limit was exceeded by more than 100 km/h.

Citizens have the right to feel safe - they pay taxes for it. If he goes on the road, he has the right to feel protected by the state, said PiS MP Michał Wójcik, former deputy minister of justice. "Whoever exceeds the speed limit by 100 km knows perfectly well what he is doing. He knows that his car becomes a missile that kills," wrote his party colleague Marcin Warchoł on the X portal.

What does the ruling coalition say about this?

Can PiS's project gain a majority in the Sejm? For now, there are mixed signals from the ruling coalition.

I think that as part of the parliamentary work, we will be able to come up with a version that will be correct, said Paweł Śliz from Poland 2050. Deputy Minister of Justice Arkadiusz Myrcha expressed much greater skepticism.

The provision shaped in this way is difficult to defend. A number of acts involving murder would have a lower penalty than death caused unintentionally, explained the Civic Coalition politician.