Killer drivers face life in prison

The MoJ is to increase the maximum sentence for causing death by dangerous driving from 14 years to life. Motorists who cause death by speeding, street racing or while on a mobile phone are among those who may be handed the maximum punishment. Thousands of people backed tougher penalties for the most serious road offences in a public consultation in December last year. The Government will also create a new offence, causing injury by careless driving, with the maximum sentence still to be decided.