This offence is created by section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (as substituted by section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1991[1]): A person who drives a mechanically propelled vehicle dangerously on a road or other public place is guilty of an offence.A person is to be regarded as driving dangerously for the purposes of sections 1 and 2 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 if In this context, "dangerous" refers to danger either of injury to any person or of serious damage to property; and in determining what would be expected of, or obvious to, a competent and careful driver in a particular case, regard shall be had not only to the circumstances of which he could be expected to be aware but also to any circumstances shown to have been within the knowledge of the accused.
R. 417 Woolf CJ said at p 422: The essential limbs, as is common ground, do not require any specific intent to drive dangerously.
This test is hybrid, drawing both on the actual subjective knowledge that the accused had in his or her mind at the time the actus reus of driving occurred, and on the knowledge that would have been in the mind of a reasonable person (see mens rea and criminal negligence for discussion on the nature of these tests and the scope of the reasonable person).
It was abolished, and replaced with the offence of causing death by dangerous driving by section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1991.
A person guilty of dangerous driving is liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding five years, or to a fine, or to both.
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The maximum prison sentences that can be imposed are: A licence suspension is mandatory, and will be for a minimum of 12 months if the person has no prior Criminal Code driving convictions on his or her record.
The Ontario Archived 28 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Transportation counts equivalents, to Criminal Code driving convictions, if they occur in New York or Michigan.
[citation needed] Anyone convicted of dangerous operation causing bodily harm is subject to a maximum prison sentence of 14 years.
Some provinces, such as Ontario[permanent dead link], Alberta and Nova Scotia, require the resitting of all theory and practical driving tests if the licence suspension is longer than a prescribed time period.