Bad drivers

Road safety charity, Brake, has called for tougher charges and penalties for drivers who kill and injure, following the publication of government criminal justice figures for 2013. Of 438 drivers convicted of causing death or bodily harm, just over half (55%) were given immediate prison sentences, and 14% were given more than five years in prison. Brake deputy chief executive, Julie Townsend says: “We still see drivers who have killed through their risky actions being inappropriately charged with causing death by ‘careless driving’ and receiving low sentences as a result.”