Quote Originally Posted by Shark27 View Post
I would imagine that if you were to represent someone in a similar scenario you would argue that it is careless driving? This is more like a freak accident.

On the other hand if someone is doing 45 in a 30 zone and kills a child then a 10 year sentence would be sufficient. This, in my opinion, would be classed as more dangerous than your example. If people are aware of the consequences then they have no excuse whether that is me, you or anyone else.
The bloke pleaded to causing death by dangerous driving and was sent to prison for his gross error of judgement. The law on dangerous driving is such that I don't think he had much chance of defending the case, but, as it goes, he was a decent person who was feeling incredibly guilty about what had happened wanted to put his hands up at the first opportunity.

Speeding by itself does not amount to dangerous driving and doing 45 in a 30 would not be prosecuted as such. Even if speeding alone was sufficient, you would struggle to find a jury who would convict simply because a competent defence advocate would slip into their minds the notion that just about everybody – including them -speeds at some point.