There is a myriad of traffic offences but one of the most serious is dangerous driving which includes dangerous driving occasioning death, dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, aggravated dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, and when the vehicle is involved in impact or involved in causing other impacts. It is a defence if the death or grievous bodily harm occasioned by the impact is not in any way attributable to drugs or alcohol or speed or the manner in which the vehicle was driven. The elements involved in aggravated dangerous driving occasioning death or grievous bodily harm is where the accused has the prescribed concentration of alcohol in his/her blood; or the accused was driving the vehicle at a speed of more than 45 kph above the speed limit; or the accused was driving the vehicle to escape police pursuit; or his ability to drive was substantially impaired by either drugs or alcohol. The penalties for dangerous driving vary from seven years to 14 years in a case of aggravated dangerous driving occasioning death.
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