“A landscape gardener who drove his van into two teenagers who were camping in a field in what was an ‘absolutely terrifying’ attack has been jailed for four years.”
The Independent, 14th August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A judge has urged relatives of elderly drivers to think ‘very, very carefully’ whether they should still be on the road after a 90-year-old retired GP killed another motorist in a head-on collision while on the wrong side of a dual carriageway.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A lorry driver has been jailed for eight months and disqualified for three years after driving the wrong way down the M6 for three miles.”
BBC News, 10th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A judge has launched a strongly-worded attack on the justice system after he was powerless to hand longer sentences to two men who left a young woman crippled in a car crash as they fled from police.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two drivers have been sent to prison after being convicted of killing a 13-year-old girl during a car chase through Taunton.”
BBC News, 24th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A taxi driver has been jailed for three years for killing a young soldier on home leave from Afghanistan in a crash.”
BBC News, 20th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An Army veteran who crashed a tanker laden with 2,000 litres of fuel into his estranged wife’s home in an attempt to destroy it has been jailed for seven years.”
The Independent, 30th April 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Nick Freeman, whose knack for getting celebrity clients off driving charges earned him the nickname Mr Loophole, is unapologetic about defending the seemingly indefensible.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A father who caused the death of his five-year-old son by dangerous driving has been jailed for 21 months. Alan Lloyd Paul Evans, 34, of Wrexham, was also banned from driving for five years at Mold Crown Court after previously admitting the offence.”
BBC News, 13th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former Kwik Fit mechanic who killed an eight-year-old boy while driving a customer’s Porsche 911 has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.”
The Guardian, 20th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A six-year-old West Midland girl who suffered severe brain damage in a car crash involving a speeding driver has been awarded £5m compensation.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A bus driver who deliberately knocked a cyclist down in Bristol using his bus ‘as a weapon’ has been jailed.”
BBC News, 16th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A driver who caused a fatal crash, two minutes after leaving a pub in Norfolk, has been jailed for eight years.”
BBC News, 16th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Julie Townsend is deputy chief executive of Brake, a charity that campaigns for safer roads and justice for people bereaved and seriously injured in road crashes.”
Ministry of Justice, 21st November 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A driver with a history of epilepsy caused the death of a woman by playing ‘Russian roulette’ with his condition, police have said.”
BBC News, 18th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A motorcyclist who filmed himself speeding at 150mph and put the footage on the internet has been sentenced to 51 weeks jail, suspended for two years.”
BBC News, 3rd November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who drove her car into her husband in Suffolk, killing him, has been given a suspended jail sentence.”
BBC News, 27th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Dangerous drivers who seriously injure others could spend longer in jail thanks to a new criminal offence, Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke announced today.”
Ministry of Justice, 7th October 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Today the government announces that the penalty for death by dangerous driving will rise from two years in prison to five years. But it is too late for some. Here are the victims let down by the law.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A school bus driver has been jailed for causing the death of a six-year-old boy by dangerous driving.”
BBC News, 6th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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