Driving disqualifications to start after release from prison
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2896049/Ki...
Yes, sorry it's the Daily Mail, but it's always seemed daft to me that someone can receive a substantial gaol sentence and a disqualification and the disqualification starts immediately - effectively allowing the convicted driver to serve part or all of their disqualification whilst they're locked up and unable to drive anyway.
Seems like a sensible decision. I just wonder why they've allowed this loophole to exist for so long when the minister says he is going to use existing powers to deal with it and the changes will be in place within weeks.
Yes, sorry it's the Daily Mail, but it's always seemed daft to me that someone can receive a substantial gaol sentence and a disqualification and the disqualification starts immediately - effectively allowing the convicted driver to serve part or all of their disqualification whilst they're locked up and unable to drive anyway.
Seems like a sensible decision. I just wonder why they've allowed this loophole to exist for so long when the minister says he is going to use existing powers to deal with it and the changes will be in place within weeks.
It's not exactly rocket science though is it? The removal of paper licence counterparts and the subsequent changes in the way licence endorsements are recorded will probably help.
Or just use prison release licences. If you are released early from a prison sentence, you are released on licence, which can contain certain conditions. Make it a condition that you cannot drive whilst out on licence, then the disqualification starts at the end of your actual sentence.
If you drive whilst still under licence, you run the risk of being immediately recalled to prison to serve the rest of your sentence.
Maybe I'm being too simplistic - as per usual, the Daily Mail article is short on detail and long on rhetoric.
Or just use prison release licences. If you are released early from a prison sentence, you are released on licence, which can contain certain conditions. Make it a condition that you cannot drive whilst out on licence, then the disqualification starts at the end of your actual sentence.
If you drive whilst still under licence, you run the risk of being immediately recalled to prison to serve the rest of your sentence.
Maybe I'm being too simplistic - as per usual, the Daily Mail article is short on detail and long on rhetoric.
Ok, so I've read schedule 16 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 and the Sentencing Guidelines Council's guidance for sentencing on conviction for causing death by careless driving, and I've come to the following conclusions:
1. The Government have made an announcement about a change to legislation which was made nearly 6 years ago, but which they have inexplicably dragged their feet over enacting until now.
2. The Daily Mail have comprehensively misrepresented the Government's announcement and reported it in a very misleading and almost completely false manner.
No surprises whatsoever then.
As you were.
1. The Government have made an announcement about a change to legislation which was made nearly 6 years ago, but which they have inexplicably dragged their feet over enacting until now.
2. The Daily Mail have comprehensively misrepresented the Government's announcement and reported it in a very misleading and almost completely false manner.
No surprises whatsoever then.
As you were.
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