5 Meaning of dangerous driving: constables etc
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (2022 c 32) | Legislation

Police driving standards

5  Meaning of dangerous driving: constables etc

(1)     Section 2A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (meaning of dangerous driving) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (4).

(2)     In subsection (1), after paragraph (b) insert “But this subsection does not apply where subsection (1B) applies.”

(3)     After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)     Subsection (1B) applies where a designated person—

(a)     is driving for police purposes (subject to subsections (1E) and (1F)), and

(b)     has undertaken prescribed training.

(1B)     For the purposes of sections 1, 1A and 2 above, the designated person is to be regarded as driving dangerously if (and, subject to subsection (2) below, only if)—

(a)     the way the person drives falls far below what would be expected

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