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Five years in prison for careless drivers who kill

Motorists who kill whilst avoidably distracted at the wheel will face prison under new careless driving laws which come into force on August 18.

The new offences will, for the first time, allow courts to imprison drivers who cause deaths by not paying due care to the road, or to other road users.

Avoidable distractions which courts will consider when sentencing motorists who have killed include using a mobile phone (calling or texting), drinking and eating, applying make-up and anything else which takes their attention away from the road and which a court judges to have been an avoidable distraction.

The new laws will also penalise uninsured, disqualified or unlicensed drivers who kill.