Death penalty for road accidents

Imposing death penalty is often thought to be highest form of punishment. Judiciary would consider in only rarest of the rare cases. However the Bangladesh government is now considering imposing death penalty for drivers who deliberately cause road accidents. The announcement has come in the wake of two teenage students being crushed by local busses which are speeding to pick up the passengers. The incident has resulted violent protests across the nation. Bangladesh is one of the worst accident prone countries in the world. A report of the World Bank says that more than 4,000 people die in road accidents each year.