I injured a cyclist with my car when I was 18. I wasn't punished, and I don't think I should have been. The cyclist ran a red light on a busy 4-lane road with

I injured a cyclist with my car when I was 18. I wasn't punished, and I don't think I should have been. The cyclist ran a red light on a busy 4-lane road with turn lanes, a 45 mph speed limit and frontage roads. A box van in the left turn lane made it impossible for me to see him until he entered my lane. His leg was broken in three places and he spent six months in the hospital; something taller than the sports car I was driving probably would have killed him. He was fined for running a red light. I don't think anybody should be criminally punished purely due to a bad outcome when they were acting with due care. Driving negligently is another matter entirely, and at a minimum, those who do it should be prevented from driving for a time.