In his second update on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, Michael Zander focuses on Pts 5 to 10
- Road Traffic; Cautions; Sentencing and Release; Youth Justice; Secure Children’s Homes and Secure 16 to 19 Academies; Management of Offenders.
Part 5 Road Traffic
Offences Clause 64 amends the table at Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1998 (RTOA 1988) increasing the maximum penalties for the offences of causing death by dangerous driving and causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs from 14 years’ imprisonment to imprisonment for life.
Clause 65 creates new s 2C in the RTOA 1988 which introduces the offence of causing serious injury by careless, or inconsiderate, driving. The offence is committed if a person causes serious injury by driving a car or other mechanically propelled vehicle on a road or other public place without due care and attention or without reasonable consideration for other road
