Sentences with phrase «result of careless driving»

These days the quantity of accidents is growing as a result of careless driving and most of the time teenagers are involved in such cases.

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The headline points are: ● prolonged, persistent and deliberate bad driving and consumption of drink and drugs puts offenders in the most serious category with jail sentences of at least seven years; ● a combination of these features of dangerous driving accompanied by aggregating factors, such as a bad driving record, attracts sentences towards 14 years; ● careless driving under the influence of drink or drugs provides for a longer sentence, as the degree of intoxication increases; ● regarding mobile phones — an offender distracted by a handheld mobile phone when the offence was committed will be treated as particularly serious; ● reading or composing texts over a period of time at the wheel is also likely to result in a higher level of seriousness and offenders should serve up to seven years in prison.

As a result, the driver of the truck was reportedly arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, careless driving, and violating the state's open container law.

The proposed legislation includes the offence of careless driving resulting in death or bodily harm with a maximum fine of $ 50,000.00, license suspension, and imprisonment.

«Whether someone is prosecuted for careless or dangerous driving is often something of a lottery, as are the resulting sentences, leaving thousands of victims and their relatives feeling massively let down by the justice system's failure to reflect the seriousness of bad driving,» he said.

Where a driver violates the distracted driving law and endangers the lives of others as a result, that driver may also be charged with careless driving under Section 130 of the

Unfortunately because they are such large vehicles, one small error or moment of careless driving can result in numerous injuries or fatalities.

At best, careless driving may cost you a fine or time in prison and, at worst, it may result in serious injury or loss of life.

28 Globocki also stands for the principle that «where an accident has occurred, the fact that serious injury or death has resulted is not, except in unusual cases, relevant to an assessment of whether there has been a departure from the standard of care which would justify a finding of careless driving.

As a result of difficulties proving the case and violations of the accused's rights advanced by the defence, the case resolved on a plea to careless driving under the Highway Traffic Act, which allowed the accused to keep his driver's licence and avoid a criminal record.

Florida ranked # 1 in the number of deaths of pedestrians or bicyclists resulting from careless driving.