{"id":563,"date":"2008-08-18T08:58:07","date_gmt":"2008-08-18T07:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/?p=563"},"modified":"2008-08-18T09:04:10","modified_gmt":"2008-08-18T08:04:10","slug":"prison-for-killer-drivers-who-are-only-careless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/?p=563","title":{"rendered":"Prison for killer drivers who are only careless"},"content":{"rendered":"

Motorists who kill whilst at the wheel face prison under careless driving laws, which come into force today.<\/p>\n

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bus<\/div>\r\n<\/div>he offences plug the gap in current legislation, which allowed drivers who had killed to walk away from court with just a fine.<\/p>\n

The courts will look for \u201cavoidable distractions\u201d when sentencing motorists who have killed. Avoidable distractions include using a mobile phone, applying make-up, drinking and eating.<\/p>\n

There are similar provisions for uninsured or unlicensed drivers who kill.<\/p>\n

The new offences will carry custodial sentences of:
\n–\tup to five years for causing death by careless driving
\n–\tup to two years for causing death by driving while unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured<\/p>\n

Prior to the introduction of these new laws, the maximum sentence for those convicted of causing death by careless, uninsured or unlicensed driving was a maximum \u00a35000 fine and penalty licence points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Motorists who kill whilst at the wheel face prison under careless driving laws, which come into force today. T bus he offences plug the gap in current legislation, which allowed drivers who had killed to walk away from court with just a fine. The courts will look for \u201cavoidable distractions\u201d when sentencing motorists who have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":567,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions\/567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sixthform.info\/lawblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}