Ernest Marsh wrote:
IanH wrote:
This should be IMHO expanded to also include Causing death by careless driving while knowingly driving illegally, which would include
driving while disqualified,
driving other than in accordance with a driving licence,
driving while knowingly uninsured,
driving while in the commission of an arrestable criminal act.
I was'nt sure about increasing sentencing for death caused while driving knowingly uninsured.
Insurance does not affect driving ability or mitigate it, and the last point should cover it if the circumstances required it.
The driving would still have to be careless for the offence to be complete, and it could all work within the framework of Sec 3A with sentencing powers of
up to 14 years imprisonment.
It'd do very little to prevent the fatality from occurring, but would at least add to the sentencing powers of the courts to give them the power to sentence appropriately, to give the bereaved families and the general public the feeling that justice has been done.
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