‘Report calls for wide range of improvements to the way the Crown Prosecution Service handles the prosecution of offenders who cause death on the roads.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A motorist drove the wrong way for nine miles down major roads including Britain’s busiest motorway.’
Full story
The Guardian, 3rd February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for killing a teenage girl in a hit-and-run crash. Jasmyn Chan, 14, died when she was hit by a car on Normanton Hill, Sheffield, on 9 May while crossing the road.’
BBC News, 27th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Mike Penning, the Justice Minister, tells The Telegraph he will change the law before Easter to close a loophole that allows killer drivers to get back behind the wheel as soon as they leave prison.’
Full story
Daily Telegraph, 4th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A driver who was distracted by his mobile phone before a head-on crash which killed a woman has been jailed for six years.’
BBC News, 2nd January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A driver who claimed his excessive speed during a police chase was due to his dog sitting on the accelerator pedal has been jailed for 13 months.’
BBC News, 27th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A motorist who drove for eight miles in the wrong direction on the A1(M) motorway before colliding with a police car has been jailed.’
BBC News, 31st October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A lorry driver who killed two cyclists taking part in a charity ride from Land’s End to John O’Groats has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years.’
BBC News, 1st September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A minibus driver has been jailed for five years for killing a cyclist, whom he hit while looking at photographs on his mobile phone.’
BBC News, 28th August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A judge condemned motorists who use mobiles while driving as a “plague on society” as he jailed a woman who caused a fatal pile-up after texting and taking calls on two phones while travelling at 70mph.’
The Independent, 31st July 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A driver who killed a man while using two mobile phones behind the wheel has been jailed by a judge who branded such crimes “a plague on society”.’
The Guardian, 31st July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A woman who fatally struck a cyclist while driving under the influence has been jailed for seven years.’
The Independent, 12th July 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Delaney v Secretary of State for Transport [2014] EWHC 1785 (QB); [2014] WLR (D) 253
‘Clause 6(1)(e)(iii) of the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (Compensation of Victims of Uninsured Drivers) Agreement 1999, made between the Motor Insurers’ Bureau and the Secretary of State for Transport and which provided an exclusion from liability for compensation for the Motor Insurers’ Bureau, was incompatible with Council Directive 72/166/EEC, Second Council Directive 84/5/EEC and Third Council Directive 90/232/EEC.’
WLR Daily, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A driver who killed a woman while speeding at 49mph in a 30mph zone will not be prosecuted after the wrong speed limit sign was used.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘High Court rules British laws on uninsured drivers are ‘in plain breach’ of European Union directives.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An ex-Premier League footballer who caused a pile-up while eating ice cream at the wheel has been jailed for 18 months for dangerous driving.’
BBC News, 15th May 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A short-sighted motorist has been jailed for killing a pedestrian after driving at 15mph (24km/h) wearing his wrong glasses.’
BBC News, 28th April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man is handed a prison sentence for aiding and abetting dangerous driving after police discovered a video of him being towed along a road at 70mph on roller skates.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th April 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A “boy racer” has been jailed for nine years after admitting causing the deaths of two girls whom he hit with his car.’
BBC News, 27th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A British National Party (BNP) activist who was given a lifetime teaching ban has lost his legal challenge against Education Secretary Michael Gove.’
BBC News, 14th February 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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