UK: Woman gets 21 months in jail after texting-while-driving causes fatal accident

Story here. She killed a man out of sheer buffoonery, and all she gets is a 21 months jail? Would you have given the same punishment to a man, if he killed a woman in exactly the same situation? Excerpt:

'A motorist who sent and received more than 20 text messages before she crashed into another car killing its driver has been jailed for 21 months.
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Curtis, who was convicted of causing death by dangerous driving in December, had told Oxford Crown Court she felt there were times when using a phone while driving was acceptable.

During the trial the defendant, a waitress, said she had been "hyper" as she set off on her two-hour journey on 20 November, 2007.

She had made various calls and sent text messages to a number of friends using predictive text.

Shortly after making a call, her car hit Ms McBryde's parked Peugeot 106, then spun into oncoming traffic, hitting two more vehicles.
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Judge Hall said he hoped the case would send out a warning to other drivers not to use their phones when behind the wheel.