What is Dangerous Driving Occasioning GBH?

What is dangerous driving? Is it a 'criminal offence'? What do police have to prove? What are examples of dangerous? Visit our website for further information on dangerous driving: https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com... Sydney Criminal Lawyers® are a team of experienced and highly respected Criminal and Traffic Defence Lawyers with offices located opposite Sydney's Downing Centre Court within the Sydney CBD. Don't forget to Subscribe to our Channel for more videos! Transcript: Dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm is an offence under section 52 Capital A Subsection 3 of the Crimes Act 1900 in New South Wales. Aggravated dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm is an offence under subsection 4 of that same section. So what is dangerous driving occasioning GBH? Dangerous driving is where you so seriously fail to properly control or manage your vehicle that you're driving that it poses a real danger of harm to other people. Dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm is where your dangerous driving cause someone else to suffer GBH. And grievous bodily harm is defined as really serious harm. It includes serious internal organ damage, permanent disfigurement, broken bones, killing of a fetus, and so on. In order for you to be found guilty the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that, one, you were the driver of a vehicle, two, that the vehicle was involved in an impact, three, that the incident caused another person to suffer GBH, and four, that at the time of the collision you were either driving the vehicle in a manner that was dangerous to the other people, or that you are under the influence of an intoxicating drug or alcohol, or that you were driving at a speed that was dangerous to other people. Now the prosecution does not have to prove that any particular person was at risk and your driving will be judged by an objective standard of a reasonable person in your same situation. Section 52 Capital A Subsection 5 outlines circumstances that may amount to an impact, and they are your vehicle overturning or leaving the road, a person falling or be ejected from the vehicle, you hitting an object or person, or hitting another vehicle, or hitting anything in on or attached to the vehicle, or hitting anything that falls from the vehicle. It's what's called a strict liability offence, which means the prosecution does not need to prove that you intended to drive in a dangerous manner. And it is a table 1 offence, which means the prosecution or you can choose to have it dealt within the district court rather than it's staying in the local court.