The parents of the 11-year-old twin girls who were mowed down by Maximilian Ciantar last year feel the courts are transmitting the message that reckless driving is acceptable.

“We don’t feel safe... Because of the system, he is already back on the road... We predicted this would happen... We’re lucky that he has not hurt someone else while on the road,” said the sisters’ mother Monica Falzon yesterday.

They were reacting to his arraignment in court on the charge of breaching a six-month driving ban, which had already been reduced from 10 years on appeal.

Mr and Mrs Falzon had at the time described the reduction as “an insult to society’s intelligence”.

Their daughters, Sarah Marie and Rebecca Marie are still recovering from the accident of April last year when they were hit by Mr Ciantar’s speeding van on a pedestrian crossing in Attard.

Rebecca suffered extensive injuries to the left side of her body including part of her brain and spent a few days in a coma. She still suffers from headaches and has not recovered complete control of her left side. Her sister suffered injuries to her right leg and has undergone two operations. There is a risk her injured leg will not grow properly.