Mississauga Careless Driving Lawyer
With the death of a police officer yesterday and a terrible car accident leaving two dead and one injured in Toronto this afternoon people often ask what is careless driving.
Careless driving falls under the provincial law of the Highway Traffic Act specifically section 130 which reads as follows:
Careless driving
130. Every person is guilty of the offence of driving carelessly who drives a vehicle or street car on a highway without due care and attention or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the highway and on conviction is liable to a fine of not less than $400 and not more than $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both, and in addition his or her licence or permit may be suspended for a period of not more than two years. 2009, c. 5, s. 41.
Section 130 is amongst the most serious of offences under a provincial statue and also the one that probably gets litigated the most. [1]
The terms without due care and attention and or without reasonable consideration are typically the terms of contention.
Careless driving under the Highway Traffic Act is different from the Criminal Code provision that deals with Dangerous Driving.
[1] The Law of Traffic Offences, Third Edition by Hutchison, Rose and Downes page 160
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