Is Careless Driving a Criminal Offence? Driving Offences Solicitors Galway/ Patrick Horan Solicitor

Описание: Careless and dangerous driving: Careless and dangerous driving It is an offence to drive in public places without due care and attention. This new offense is committed when a person is charged with driving a motor vehicle in a road or in another public place while in ineligible to drive due to alcohol or drugs. A person gets a summons from a registered office to give over the alleged offence declaring that he or she is responsible pursuant to Section 52 of the 1961 Road Traffic Act (as amended) and that the law on careless driving applies.

The offence is focused on the standard of driving. Careless driving is committed if the standard of performance behind the wheel falls below what would be expected of a careful and competent driver.

The offence is only committed if a person drives a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road or other public place. If the offence occurs on private land, the prosecution will be unable to secure a conviction.

Careless driving is committed where how the vehicle is driven ‘falls below what would be expected of a competent and careful driver.’ The more serious offence of dangerous driving is committed where the manner of driving falls “far below what would be expected of a competent and careful driver,” and that the driving would be obviously dangerous from the perspective of such a driver.


The penalty for using the phone while driving is 60 euros plus three penalty points, which can be increased to 90 euros plus five points in court. It is an offence to drive a vehicle without a valid NCT certificate in a public place which applies to vehicles on the fourth anniversary of their first registration. If you drive a defective vehicle or one that, due to its condition, poses a danger to the general public, the penalty is a fine of up to 5,000 euros, a prison sentence or three months.












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