Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (SAFETY AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT) ACT 1999 - SECT 7

    (1)     A person must not drive a motor vehicle furiously, recklessly, or at a speed or in a way that is dangerous to the public, on a road or road related area.

Maximum penalty:

        (a)     for an aggravated offence by a first offender in which a circumstance mentioned in section 7A (1) (a) (i) exists—300 penalty units, imprisonment for 3 years or both; or

        (b)     for an aggravated offence by a repeat offender in which a circumstance mentioned in section 7A (1) (a) (i) exists—500 penalty units, imprisonment for 5 years or both; or

        (c)     for any other aggravated offence—200 penalty units, imprisonment for 2 years or both; or

        (d)     in any other case—100 penalty units, imprisonment for 12 months or both.

    (2)     In deciding whether an offence has been committed against subsection (1), the court must have regard to all the circumstances of the case, including—

        (a)     the nature, condition and use of the road or road related area where the offence is alleged to have been committed; and

        (b)     the amount of traffic on, or that might reasonably be expected to have been on, the road or road related area.

Note     Automatic licence disqualification applies to an offence against this section (see Road Transport (General) Act 1999

, s 63).