Convicted offenders
who kill by bad driving can
get their license back early!

The DVLA website gives the following
‘helpful’ information to offenders:

“If you have been disqualified from driving for more than two years, the law permits you to apply for a reduction in the period of your disqualification under certain conditions.

The circumstances in which you are able to apply for a reduction of the period of your disqualification are:

after serving two years of the disqualification period if you were disqualified for more than two but less than four years..

after half the period of disqualification has been served if you were disqualified for less than 10 years but not less than four years after serving five years of the disqualification period if you were disqualified for 10 years or more..

What you need to do.

You will need to apply to the convicting court. The letter should give the date of offence and conviction date plus any other information that may justify a reduction in the period of disqualification.”

Comment: Consider the present situation; a driving disqualification runs concurrently with any custodial sentence handed down, in spite of the fact that there is no opportunity for an offender to drive whilst in jail! Then an offender can apply to get his/her license back early. Families bereaved by such drivers are not notified and have no input into decisions made by the court.

Is it any wonder law abiding families bereaved by irresponsible drivers have no faith in the Criminal Justice System?