Careless Driving
Careless Driving Specialists
If you have been charged with careless driving or driving without due care and attention, it is vital to get the best legal advice as soon as possible.
Wigster can help you find a specialist solicitor at the right price who can guide you through the court process and argue in your defence. Just click on the “Get me a Quote” button below to compare prices and services. Once you’ve selected your preferred solicitor, they may be able to get the charges dropped. If not, it is their job to make sure that any penalty you receive is kept to a minimum.
Careless driving or driving without due care and attention is often used as a “catch all” by the prosecution and carries 3–9 penalty points together with a fine or an instant driving ban. Defending a summons or preparing mitigation is best done with the assistance of a motoring lawyer, particularly if the summons is a result of a road traffic accident where a damages claim may be lodged.
The test of whether the standard of driving has fallen below the required standard is objective. It applies both when the manner of driving in question is deliberate and when it occurs as a result of incompetence, inadvertence or inexperience.
Occasionally an accident occurs but there is no evidence of any mechanical defect, illness of the driver or other explanation to account for why the accident happened. In these cases, a charge of careless driving may be successfully defended on the basis that there is no culpability. The case for the prosecution may be put on the basis that there is a very strong inference that the defendant was driving below the standard expected of a reasonable, prudent and competent driver because of, for example, the fact that a collision resulted.
The following are examples of driving that may amount to driving without due care and attention:
- overtaking on the inside
- driving too close to another vehicle
- driving through a red light
- emerging from a side road into the path of another vehicle
Conduct whilst driving, such as:
- using a hand held mobile telephone while the vehicle is moving
- tuning a car radio
- reading a newspaper/map
- selecting and lighting a cigarette/cigar/pipe
- talking to and looking at a passenger
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