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Reckless Driving is an offence under Section 117(2) of the Road Transport Act 2013.
To establish the offence, the prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt that:
You drove ‘recklessly’ if you created an obvious and serious risk of physical injury to another road user or substantial damage to another’s property.
The mental element of the offence is that you failed to give any thought to that risk or that you recognised the risk but went ahead anyway.
If it is your first major traffic offence in the past 5 years the maximum penalty is:
If it is your second or more major traffic offence in the past 5 years the maximum penalty is:
However, there will be no criminal record, licence disqualification or fine where the court deals with you by way of:
Defences to the charge include:
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