Loved ones of a young woman killed in a Melbourne car crash have called for mandatory and consistent sentencing for "hoon" drivers who cause death or seriously injure.
Annika Higgon died 10 months after probationary driver Stephen Sismanoglou clipped her car in St Kilda, sending both their vehicles crashing into a tree.
Sismanoglou, 20, was on Monday sentenced to 21 months in jail with a two-year community corrections order.
He will lose his licence for 12 months after he is released from custody.
The car Sismanoglou was driving on New Year's Day last year had one tyre so bald steel was coming through the casings.
The damage was caused from doing burnouts and Sismanoglou knew about the tyre's condition, Judge Mark Gamble told the Victorian County Court.
It had been raining, so the road was wet.
Sismanoglou had fishtailed his car at traffic lights less than a kilometre before trying to change lanes in a "risky and dangerous manoeuvre" and hitting Ms Higgon's vehicle.
Ms Higgon, then 19, was travelling back to Melbourne from Lorne after attending a music festival with friends.
One of her passengers and close friend, Ella Marchant, also suffered serious injuries.
Her father, Brett Marchant, said Sismanoglou's sentence was a slap on the wrist.
"What we've got to look at is mandatory sentencing for young offenders for these sort of crimes," he told reporters.
"It's worked for one-punch killers and we need to get the system changed."
Ms Higgon's father, Rowan Higgon, said the sentence was appalling.
His wife, Dianne Higgon, wondered what Annika would be thinking.
Sismanoglou had never apologised, she said.
He had pleaded guilty to one count of dangerous driving causing death and two counts of dangerous driving causing serious injury.
His girlfriend also broke her leg in the smash.
Sismanoglou had no criminal history, good prospects of rehabilitation and had shown remorse, Judge Gamble said.
The judge said he had to consider a number of things when sentencing Sismanoglou, and it was unlikely to satisfy everyone.
