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Message: [QUOTE="Broncosgirl, post: 3464050, member: 16034"] A person who intentionally kills a person by using a motor vehicle can be charged with murder. The mandatory penalty for murder is life imprisonment. A person who drives a motor vehicle in a criminally negligent way and causes the death of another person can face a manslaughter charge (ss [URL='https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1899-009#sch.1-sec.300']300[/URL], [URL='https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1899-009#sch.1-sec.302']302[/URL], [URL='https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1899-009#sch.1-sec.303']303[/URL] [I]Criminal Code Act 1899[/I] (Qld) (Criminal Code)). Criminal negligence means more than a mere failure to take reasonable care. It means a high degree of carelessness or recklessness showing a disregard for the life and safety of others. The maximum penalty is life imprisonment. Charges of manslaughter arising from the driving of a motor vehicle are usually reserved for the worst categories of driving. Dangerous driving causing death is the more common charge. In these circumstances it is open to the jury hearing a manslaughter charge to convict of the lesser offence of dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death (s [URL='https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1899-009#sch.1-sec.328B']328B Criminal Code[/URL]). [/QUOTE]

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