It's almost as ridiculous as paying junkies in jail compensation for being refused drugs.

I agree with you, but I don't think criminal intent comes into it; the Sentencing Council Causing Death By Dangerous Driving (a crime for which there need be no intent; you can be guilty of dangerous driving because you're a dangerously incompetent driver), which were prepared in 2003, before this new law was even thought of, very sensibly say,

The key problem for a sentencer dealing with this offence is the tension between the outcome of the offence (which is inevitably the death of at least one victim) and the degree of the offender’s culpability. The Panel’s provisional view, that the offender’s culpability should be the dominant component in the sentencing exercise but that the outcome of the offence should have some effect, was strongly endorsed by the majority of respondents to the consultation paper. The Panel understands the view of the minority, that causing death is invariably a very serious crime, but reaffirms its initial view that culpability must be the dominant factor when the offence involves no intention to kill or injure.

The government has clearly gone with the views of the minority, as then perceived by the report's authors. I don't think this is so much because of a bias against motorists as a bias against the tabloids running stories about grieving parents' reactions when a driver ends up with a fine and disqualification after an accident that caused the death of their child, usually including the views that 'this is a travesty of justice, it's an insult to our daughter's memory and it's a lifetime sentence for us'.

As to charging practice if the only death caused is that of a passenger, the present CPS guidelines on nearest and dearest issues do show a degree of humanity, which one hopes will continue.

I'm with Professor Lewis Wolpert, who once suggested the greatest single road safety measure you could take would be to ban seat belts and insist, instead, that all cars be fitted with a sharp, jagged spike protruding several inches from the centre of the steering column.

What does incentivise mean? I am guessing you meant motivated.