Motor murder charge. Interesting that the suspect was originally arrested for causing death by dangerous driving. www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...

An 18-year-old driver has been arrested in suspicion of murder after one teenager was killed and another was injured in an incident in Gorseinon this afternoon. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Motor murder case (D used his car as a weapon with intent to cause GBH). One to use as an example of transferred malice for my undergraduates next year. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

At the Delivering Vision Zero conference in Birmingham. Aria Rattan, active travel ambassador: “Somewhere along the way, we’ve decided that the safest place for a child is inside the back of car.” “How can we have a childhood if we can’t walk through it” #PitchPerfect 🌱

Global Cycling Network has made a film about how the law treats road violence. What assumptions underpin criminal law and punishment? Does law’s focus on the driver obscure the structural reasons why roads are unsafe? How can we radically reduce road harm?: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHRf...

The film features @profkyd.bsky.social and draws on this paper of mine academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...

Defendant pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving. A case in which, unusually, the offender was given a lifetime ban. This is likely due to her medical condition. www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/news/notting...

Motor murder charge. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

This report is a little misleading. If the Law Officers decide to refer the case, that doesn't necessarily mean the sentence will be increased. It means it'll go to the Court of Appeal, where it could be increased, or the court might dismiss the appeal. www.itv.com/news/tyne-te...

I should probably point out that when I post about "motor murder" and "motor manslaughter" cases, these are not separate offences. These are cases where the law on murder and manslaughter is used to prosecute defendants who choose to use their car as a weapon, or who kill through gross negligence.

Motor murder case: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Robotaxis are grabbing headlines, but autonomous vehicles that are owned, not shared, could dominate our self-driven future. That would be very bad news for cities, the environment, and anyone in a human-driven car. Me, in @bloomberg.com 🧵 (Gift Link)

Car as weapon case. Defendants sentenced to 4 and 5 years for causing GBH with intent. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Dash cams are useful as a method of supporting the police, as per my previous post. But they might also help avoid being a victim of this kind of thing. news.sky.com/story/rounda...

Felt like I'd gone back a few decades at the station this morning. That's a road atlas in the back!

This is a really poor headline. @birminghamlive.bsky.social campaigns for lifetime bans for some drivers who kill. Why not take the opportunity to educate the public about the issues at stake? share.google/j0uGjQMf7sVH...

Watch the closing speeches of prosecution and defence counsel in a case of car as weapon in New Zealand. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Motor manslaughter case. If I wasn't in the middle of undergraduate marking I'd be heading up to Lincoln to observe the trial of the 7 co-defs and the sentencing of the def who pleaded guilty to manslaughter (but not guilty to causing death by dangerous driving). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2608755... The defendant in this case, Bandali, had a previous conviction for causing death by dangerous driving in 1999. But of course he's safe to be allowed to drive again, receiving a ban of one year and eight months for his recent offence.

Evidence that the police do consider more serious offences, including murder, in cases of road violence. I hope that, once the case has run its course, further information is released relating to the reason why someone was arrested on suspicion of murder in this case. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Car as weapon in Canada. 5 yrs for manslaughter after defendant acquitted of murder. He drove onto the pavement and collided with his wife. I'm no expert in Canadian law, but the Crown had asked for 10 yrs due to it being a VAWG case, and that sounds more reasonable! globalnews.ca/news/1182900...

Car as weapon conviction: guilty of s.18 causing GBH with intent. Not guilty of attempted murder. 10 years imprisonment. www.south-wales.police.uk/news/south-w...

We have a programme for the '2026 Cars & Crime Symposium' jmpinasanchez.github.io/static/Progr... It should give us a nice couple of days of learning about the criminal dimension of car culture. Preprints of the papers in preparation will be uploaded here: jmpinasanchez.github.io/outreach.html

Car as alleged murder weapon cases: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article.... (Soho case)

Insightful reporting from the BBC here. Rise in Speeding Fines Linked to More Drivers Breaking the Limit - BBC share.google/lf7lLRVmZCtA...

I have a lot of empathy for Smera Chohan. I can't fathom how angry I would be in her shoes. But perhaps my white privilege might protect me from such treatment, if I were ever hit by the tragedy of road violence? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Since 2023 it is wrong to say that emergency service drivers are driving carelessly "by definition". In 2022 the Road Traffic Act was amended as per the reply to this post below. A different test is applied to those with the required training. 1/2 uk.news.yahoo.com/police-offic...

Interesting to look at other jurisdictions. A DUI driver has been sentenced to just over six years imprisonment for second degree manslaughter in Oregon. Also disqualified from driving for life. So, likely lower prison sentence than here, but he'll never drive again. www.msn.com/en-us/news/c...

An admission. I rarely cycle. I should cycle more: for my health; for the environment. However, I enjoy driving and took an advanced driving test to minimise the risk I pose to others. But I don't understand the whataboutery of other drivers. And the polarisation of viewpoints gets us nowhere.

I'm disappointed that this report doesn't specify which disciplines have grown the most. As well as the overall risks discussed, my feeling is there is a specific risk that the legal education bubble will burst. How many of the additional students taken by these universities were on law degrees?

Summary of exchange with prof from another dept: Him- great article. Driving standards in Leicester are v poor Me - thanks Him - but cyclists often just as bad Me - but they don't kill 5 people a day. Or even a year. Him - I'm not sure about that Me - I am (link to road casualties GB) 🙄

I'm ambivalent about AVs. In theory, the arguments carry weight. But only if AVs are properly regulated. I fear they are being introduced too quickly, driven by commercial, rather than road safety, interests. www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/news/hu...

Car as weapon case. Charged with attempted murder, s.18 GBH with intent, affray and dangerous driving. Acquitted of attempted murder (very rare to get a conviction in such cases) and pleaded guilty to other charges. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I try to take public transport as much as possible, and have never driven in London. But I don't live there. Those who do need to be able to feel safer on train and buses than in their cars. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Change to the headline online is welcome - although "UK laws" is a little problematic... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is a good piece. We simply accept 1000s of unnecessary deaths because we won't force all of us who drive to accept we have a dangerous machine in our hands. And then fail to enforce that fact as police have basically stopped policing the roads. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Nailed it👇🏻 (And it used to be my view that the law was fine as is - and maybe it would be if police and CPS had been properly resourced for the past 20 years - but I now think the substantive law does need change.)

Well worth reading this especially in the context of the narrative of a “war on the motorist”. Importantly, Kyd recognises that harmful driving is normalised, understands we need to change the narrative in how we think about poor driving and is clear the legal framework needs work.

The law on dangerous driving is confusing because most have lost an understanding of what minimum driving standards look like. (Not my choice of headline) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It's worth noting what "exception hardship" means, according to the Sentencing Council's guidelines. For the guidelines in full on totting up bans, see part 3: Driving disqualification share.google/gcgFv5gflZCJ...

'System malfunction' causes more than 100 driverless taxis to stop mid-traffic in China | World News | Sky News share.google/vQnD6Rv7IBEG...

In thought we already knew this? Or, at least, we knew that crime (speeding) does not pay. Exceeding the speed limit doesn't always get you to your destination any faster. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Car as weapon: dangerous driving and wounding. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Car as weapon. Sensible judge - but CPS still prosecuted for driving offence rather than assault. I would suggest a s.47 OAPA ABH charge was appropriate. The usual poor reporting: "Walton's black Mercedes overtook him" - like it was an AV. www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby...

Derby: Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after 'multiple pedestrians' struck by car | UK News | Sky News share.google/CF5zmvRUisN9...

Merseyside chief constable pulls over speeding driver on way to work - BBC News share.google/feEm1L43cDUH...

I think I've been able to marry up this case with a result from court. s.18 x 3 charges. D pleaded guilty. Initially sentenced to 7 1/2 years, which was earlier this month increased to 10 years by the Court of Appeal: R v Singh [2026] EWCA Crim 345 www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...