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The idea of having re-education rather than prosecution for driving offences was first raised in the North Report in the late 1980s. [1] The report stated that "it must be in the public interest to rectify a fault rather than punish the transgressor" and "retraining of traffic offenders may lead to an improvement in their driving, particularly if their training is angled towards their failings".
A safety camera partnership (also casualty reduction partnership, safer roads partnership) is a local multi-agency partnership between local government, police authorities, Her Majesty's Courts Service, National Highways/Welsh Government, and the National Health Service within the United Kingdom.
Dangerous operation causing bodily harm is a hybrid offence and may be tried summarily or by indictment. [15] Dangerous operation causing death may only be tried by indictment. [16] Custodial sentences will almost always be given as a result of a conviction for either type of dangerous driving charge. [citation needed]
Causing death by dangerous driving; Dangerous driving; Careless driving/Driving without due care and attention; Motor vehicle document offences: see English criminal law#Forgery, personation and cheating. And see Drink driving (United Kingdom)
An equivalent, under Republic of Ireland traffic laws, to causing death by dangerous driving, is "Dangerous driving causing death". The maximum period of imprisonment, for such a conviction, is 10 years. The minimum licence suspension is 5 years. The UK and Republic of Ireland are parties to the 1998 EU Convention on Driving Disqualifications ...
An offence is regarded as being "against the state" where there is no specific identifiable victim, an example being dangerous driving. The following offences are generally categorised as notifiable offences; violence, damage, firearms, public order; dishonesty, obscenity, drugs and sexual offences; data protection
The report must be made by the "quickest practicable means" and confirmed by a written report within ten days (reg.3(2)). When an accident at work results in a reportable injury that, within a year of the accident, causes the death of the employee, the death itself must be reported, even if the accident and injury have already been reported ...
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is an executive agency of the UK Department for Transport (DfT).. It carries out driving tests, approves people to be driving instructors and MOT testers, carries out tests to make sure lorries and buses are safe to drive, [2] carries out roadside checks on drivers and vehicles, and monitors vehicle recalls.