Just a final thought: say you are not "vigilant" enough and bump into Judge Broadmore's private car, and your insurance has just expired. How much would you have to pay?
The 2K will certainly help to cover some costs of the funeral. The kind of punishment you'd see on Motorway Patrol for excess breath alcohol and junk cars. **** happens. So, every time you squeeze past heavy trucks on NZ narrow and windy roads, or you are crazy enough to be a cyclist: remember, life is cheap, someone will have a lapse, adjust the stereo or something, a flick of the wrist - and you are dead, and they will get away with it. Easy. 9 months without a driving license for a life and misery to the family. He'll pay for the coffin, though (thank God the legal aid takes care of the lawyer). A joke.
Hey, $2k is a cheap let-off for a life eh? Steve Fitz was too good to go this way, and the court has once more favoured motorists over cyclists by slapping this guy on the wrist with a wet bus ticket. The driver "constantly relives" the feeling of his truck running over a cyclist - pity the cyclist isn't still around to do likewise eh?