Careless Driving

Careless driving is a serious charge that can refer to various unsafe driving activities. If you’re charged with careless driving, you can be fined, lose your licence, and even face jail time.

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What Is a Careless Driving?

Careless Driving: Definition

Careless driving can include a wide range of poor driving behaviours but is generally defined as driving your vehicle without due care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for others on the highway. Careless driving charges can relate to speeding, failing to yield, running traffic signs, tailgating, unsafe lane changes, and being distracted. The most common situation in which officers will charge someone with careless driving is a traffic accident. Penalties for careless driving include fines, demerit points, license suspension, and potentially jail time.

Examples

Speeding excessively
Running red lights or stop signs
Making unsafe lane changes
Distracted driving (for example, eating or texting while driving) if the behaviour could be deemed to endanger others
If careless driving results in bodily harm or death, the penalties can be much more serious, including a fine of up to $50,000, imprisonment, and a longer licence suspension

Penalties & Punishments

If convicted of the offence of careless driving, you may receive  6 demerit points, which will stay on your record for two years from the date of the offence.

If convicted of careless driving, you will be fined $400-$2,000. This can go up to $50,000 if your careless driving causes bodily injury or death.

Drivers on G1 and G2 licences will face a mandatory 30-day suspension. G-class drivers may have their licence suspended by the courts.

If convicted of the offence of careless driving, you could face jail time of up to 6 months.

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