Proposal to raise dangerous driving sentences

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joolsybools

Well-Known Member
Location
Scotland
It's definately a step in the right direction. However this phrase worries me...

"The change would not be enforced until after the election. "
 

summerdays

Cycling in the sun
Location
Bristol
Agreed it will be a step in the right direction - but often they don't give the maximum, still it has to be better than now.
 

marinyork

Resting in suspended Animation
Location
Logopolis
It's what CDCD came in for, maximum sentence ... 14 years. It's been used in a couple of cases I'm aware of and shied away in others or lighter sentences.
 

marinyork

Resting in suspended Animation
Location
Logopolis
joolsybools said:
What's CDCD?

Causing death by careless driving as opposed to causing death by dangerous driving. There were a lot of cases where people weren't being prosecuted or being given very light ones so that was brought in. Changing dangerous driving makes sense in light of this also. Unfortunately it's not really been seen to do much of late.
 

Davidc

Guru
Location
Somerset UK
Any move in this direction is good, but until we have a fundamental change in attitudes to road use, and to the 'right to drive' attitude there won't be much change in behaviour.
 

bauldbairn

New Member
Location
Falkirk
This story's so sad - 6 months for completely ruining a young girls life!

It's time to change the law.

I know of two guy's from my area who both only got long term driving ban's.
One over-took on a blind corner forcing an OAP off the road, into a field - the OAP later died from a heart attack.
Maybe the drivers not to blame for the heart attack - but I think the incident was a contributing factor.
 

GrasB

Veteran
Location
Nr Cambridge
A step in the right direction. There are to many people driving like idiots on the road, thing is the law as it stands isn't being really policed. IMHO it's not the officers fault, it's the politics they have dropped in their lap & the fact they're understaffed for the job they have to do. Today at below -5C I had cars overtaking me on blind sharpish corners, thankfully nothing happened but on one occasion an on coming car was rather close to us when I saw round the corner.
 

bonj2

Guest
It's a step in the right direction agreed, but what we really need is a law which allows car drivers with defective headlights to be instantly SHOT
by any other car drivers that spot them.
 

thomas

the tank engine
Location
Woking/Norwich
bonj2 said:
It's a step in the right direction agreed, but what we really need is a law which allows car drivers with defective headlights to be instantly SHOT
by any other car drivers that spot them.

Any defective bulbs IMO...though, I did have problems with the brake lights of a car I used to drive and wouldn't want to be shot...maybe just those who don't get them fixed ASAP should. As soon as I knew the next journey would always be to halfords.....and it wouldn't take me a month to find out as it was when driving to sixth form so someone would normally be behind me each day.
 
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