Former member of the Paris magistracy Rémy Heitz was appointed as the official responsible for road safety in France, reports AP. From now on, a road user guilty of causing a person's death may be sentenced to ten years in prison, and if a pedestrian is injured due to a driver's fault, the prison term may be seven years. The law will come into force as soon as it is approved by parliament.
France's roads are among the most dangerous in Europe. In 2002, 7,230 people died in road accidents in the country, reports RBC.