joes_1.4_16v_sport
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Magistrates on Monday,
What am i gonna get? 
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fazza
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aids
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deano87
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Section 20?
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Neo
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I hope its not for what i found by googling section 20 driving offence (link 2)
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Jakey
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GBH
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Jakey
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quote:
Originally posted by Neo
I hope its not for what i found by googling section 20 driving offence (link 2)
Death by dangerous 
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Beato
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quote:
Originally posted by Neo
I hope its not for what i found by googling section 20 driving offence (link 2)
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fazza
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ur fucked!!!
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ryzer
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quote:
Originally posted by corsagsi16vplym
aids
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deano87
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This offence will be triable in either the Magistrates' Court or the Crown Court . The penalty for this offence can be up to 12 months imprisonment and/or a fine of up to £5,000.
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Neo
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Yep, Bye
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d128mat
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you can do up to 10 years for death due to....
sure i read that somewhere i could be wrong
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pow
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Death by Dangerous Driving
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Jules
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Section 20:
20 Causing death by careless, or inconsiderate, driving (1) In the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52), after section 2A insert—
“2B Causing death by careless, or inconsiderate, driving A person who causes the death of another person by driving a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road or other public place without due care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road or place, is guilty of an offence.”
(2) In section 24(1) of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53) (alternative verdicts), in the Table—
(a) in the entry relating to section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) (causing death by dangerous driving), in the second column, after “Section 2 (dangerous driving)” insert “Section 2B (causing death by careless, or inconsiderate, driving)”,
(b) after the entry relating to section 2 of that Act insert—
“Section 2B (causing death by careless, or inconsiderate, driving) Section 3 (careless, and inconsiderate, driving),”
(c) in the entry relating to section 3A of that Act (causing death by careless driving when under influence of drink or drugs), in the second column, before “Section 3 (careless, and inconsiderate, driving)” insert “Section 2B (causing death by careless, or inconsiderate, driving)”.
(3) In Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (offences to which certain sections apply), after the entry relating to section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 insert—
“RTA section 2B Causing death by careless, or inconsiderate, driving. Sections 11 and 12(1) of this Act.”
(4) In Part 1 of Schedule 2 to that Act (prosecution and punishment of offences: offences under the Traffic Acts), after the entry relating to section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 insert—
“RTA section 2B Causing death by careless, or inconsiderate, driving. (a) Summarily. (a) 12 months (in England and Wales) or 6 months (in Scotland) or the statutory maximum or both. Obligatory. Obligatory. 3-11
(b) On indictment. (b) 5 years or a fine or both.”
(5) In sections 16(1)(a)(ii) and 17(1)(b) and (2)(b) of the Coroners Act 1988 (c. 13) (informing coroners)—
(a) after “1” insert “, 2B”, and
(b) after “dangerous driving” insert “, careless driving”.
(6) In paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c. 32) (offences where notice must be given to authority of State in which offender is normally resident), after paragraph (b) insert—
“(ba) section 2B (causing death by careless, or inconsiderate, driving),”.
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pow
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I'm sorry I wouldnt make the court. If I killed someone on the road by me being a prat, i'd take my own life.
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fazza
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but if its death by dangerous driving surely that would be done at a crown court and not a magistrates. where he is on monday
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Jakey
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
I'm sorry I wouldnt make the court. If I killed someone on the road by me being a prat, i'd take my own life.
Exactly, life for a life imo.
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psycho sport
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you ll be going straight to hell!
Unlucky!
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Jules
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quote:
Originally posted by corsagsi16vplym
but if its death by dangerous driving surely that would be done at a crown court and not a magistrates. where he is on monday
Probably get heard at magistrate level then reffered to a trial at crown
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Planty02
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Thats a section 20 driving offence
The guy didnt say it was a driving offence:
http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/section15/chapter_p_09_10.html
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C2RL R
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quote:
Originally posted by joes_1.4_16v_sport
Magistrates on Monday,
What am i gonna get?
bummed
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Neo
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# Section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 provides that the offence is committed when the driving was the cause of a death of another and it was dangerous within the meaning of Section 2A of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
# The offence is triable only on indictment and carries a maximum sentence of 14 years' imprisonment.
# Disqualification for a minimum period of 2 years followed by an extended retest is mandatory.
taken from http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/prosecution/pbd_policy.html#05
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Mike GSi
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Jules
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quote:
Originally posted by Planty02
Thats a section 20 driving offence
The guy didnt say it was a driving offence:
http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/section15/chapter_p_09_10.html
Car website and posting in the General chst section - which is about all car related subjects - so it's a fair assumption to make that it's a section 20 driving offence surely?
Either way, I'd be more concerned with seeing a solicitor than posting on CS tbh
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d128mat
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lol at soap on a rope
[Edited on 20-06-2008 by d128mat]
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