The maximum penalty for the offence of “predatory driving.”
According to the Judicial Commission of NSW, the actual penalties imposed for the offence are as follows:
Local Court:
Section 51A(1) predatory driving
- Prison: 48.1%
- Suspended Sentence (no longer available): 18.5%
- Community Service Order (now community correction order): 14.8%
- Section 9 Bond (now community correction order): 11.1%
- ICO: 7.4%
The average prison sentence for the offence is 15.5 months imprisonment, and the average non-parole period (or minimum prison term that must be served) is 8.7 months in prison.