Dangerous Driving

Dangerous driving causing death or serious injury [Crimes Act]

A person who, by driving a motor vehicle at a speed or in a manner that is dangerous to the public having regard to all the circumstances of the case, causes the death of another person is guilty of an indictable offence.
Penalty: Level 5 imprisonment (10 years maximum).

A person who, by driving a motor vehicle at a speed or in a manner that is dangerous to the public having regard to all the circumstances of the case, causes serious injury to another person is guilty of an indictable offence.
Penalty: Level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum).

Dangerous driving [Road Safety Act]

A person must not drive a motor vehicle at a speed or in a manner which is dangerous to the public, having regard to all the circumstances of the case.

A person who contravenes the above is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of not more than 240 penalty units or to imprisonment for a term of not more than 2 years or both and on finding a person guilty of the offence the court must, if the offender holds a driver licence or permit, cancel that licence or permit and must, whether or not the offender holds a driver licence or permit, disqualify the offender from obtaining one for such time (not being less than 6 months or, if the vehicle was driven at a speed of 45 kilometres per hour or more in excess of that permitted, 12 months) as the court thinks fit.

A person must not drive a vehicle, other than a motor vehicle, at a speed or in a manner that is dangerous to the public, having regard to all the circumstances of the case.
Penalty: 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months or both.

In this section
"vehicle" does not include
- a non-motorised wheel-chair; or
- a motorised wheel-chair that is not capable of a speed of more than 10km per hour

Dangerous or negligent driving while pursued by police

A person must not drive a motor vehicle dangerously or negligently if he or she knows, or ought reasonably to know, that—
- he or she has been given a direction to stop the vehicle by a member of the police force; and
- a member of the police force is pursuing the vehicle.
Penalty: 3 years imprisonment.

Careless driving [Road Safety Act]

A person who drives a motor vehicle on a highway carelessly is guilty of an offence and liable for a first offence to a penalty of not more than 12 penalty units and for a subsequent offence to a penalty of not more than 25 penalty units.
Penalty: For a first offence, 6 penalty units;
For a subsequent offence, 12 penalty units.

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