Prison sentence for driver.

[glasgowcyclist]

Does the driving ban start when he is released from prison or does it start when sentenced.

Commences on date of release now, it didn't used to.

 

[Pale Rider]

Commences on date of release now, it didn't used to.

The ban starts on conviction.

The length of ban is decided at sentence.

Judges - and magistrates - are told to take time to be spent in custody into account to prevent those jailed serving their driving ban in prison.

The projected release date is after half the sentence.

In this case the judge was aiming for a ban of two years. so he banned him for three to take a year spent in prison into account.

 

[HLaB]

Just curious, what did the cyclist do wrong in the eyes of the convicted driver?

Apparently when the pr@t in the car cut him up, he shook his head at him :-/

https://road.cc/content/news/264244...berately-drove-cyclist-jailed-two-years-video

 

[midlife]

Apparently when the pr@t in the car cut him up, he shook his head at him :-/

https://road.cc/content/news/264244...berately-drove-cyclist-jailed-two-years-video

Thanks , all I saw was the footage from his camera on the bars.

 

[Beebo]

Apparently when the pr@t in the car cut him up, he shook his head at him :-/

https://road.cc/content/news/264244...berately-drove-cyclist-jailed-two-years-video

He’s a professional HGV driver. FFS.
He will be unemployed now.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

The ban starts on conviction.

The length of ban is decided at sentence.

Judges - and magistrates - are told to take time to be spent in custody into account to prevent those jailed serving their driving ban in prison.

The projected release date is after half the sentence.

In this case the judge was aiming for a ban of two years. so he banned him for three to take a year spent in prison into account.

Thanks.

I'm still sure that I read (maybe around 2015) that there could be a situation where a driver was jailed for death by dangerous driving for four years, banned for three, and could effectively end up being off the road for 7 years.

I'll need to have a root around.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

He’s a professional HGV driver.

Nah, vocational driver.

 

[Pale Rider]

Thanks.

I'm still sure that I read (maybe around 2015) that there could be a situation where a driver was jailed for death by dangerous driving for four years, banned for three, and could effectively end up being off the road for 7 years.

I'll need to have a root around.

Your recollection is probably correct.

The sentencing guidelines were changed fairly recently to take time spent in prison into account.

The change was made after a couple of killer drivers served their entire ban in custody, rendering it largely meaningless.

I say largely because a driver convicted of any of the dangerous driving offences will have to take an extended test if they want a licence after the ban expires.

Unlike drink driving, where the licence is reinstated automatically at the end of the ban.

 

[Drago]

2 years isnpuny for a act of wanton recklessness aimed deliberately at another human being. I've potted people for that long who've caused injury while being reckless, but who hadnt deliberately aimed their aggression at the victim.

 

[Vantage]

It's better than most of the sentences dealt out to nobber drivers these days but I wonder how much of that jail term he'll serve? Good behaviour etc.

 

[Drago]

Yeah, better than some. Screw rehabilitation, I couldn't care less. I do care that while these twits are on ice the rest of us are a little bit safer.

 

[DaveReading]

but I wonder how much of that jail term he'll serve? Good behaviour etc.

Presumably, like most prisoners on two-year+ sentences, if he's a good boy he'll be let out on licence at the halfway point of his sentence.

Do you have any reason to believe it will be earlier ?

 

[Vantage]

Other than the reason you just gave, nope.