Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

TRAFFIC ACT - SECT 30

(1) A person shall not, on a public street or public place, drive or ride a vehicle negligently or recklessly or at a speed or in a manner dangerous to the public.

Penalty: 20 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.

(2) In considering whether an offence has been committed under this section, the court shall have regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the nature, condition and use of the public street or public place on which the offence is alleged to have been committed, and the amount of traffic which was, or might reasonably have been expected to have been, on that public street or public place at the time.

(3) Where a person is found guilty of an offence against subsection (1) by reason of driving a motor vehicle on a public street or public place recklessly or at a speed or in a manner dangerous to the public, the person's licence shall, by force of the finding of guilt, be cancelled and that person shall be disqualified from holding a licence:

(a) for a first offence - for a period of 6 months; and

(b) for a second or subsequent offence - for a period of 12 months,

or such longer period as the court thinks fit.

(4) Subsection (1) in so far as it relates to the driving of a motor vehicle at a speed dangerous to the public does not apply to the driver of a motor vehicle which is:

(a) being driven or used by a member of the Police Force in the execution of that member's duty;

(b) being driven by a member of the Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service, within the meaning of the Fire and Emergency Act , to a place in answer to a call for the services of the Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service, or whilst it is in use at a fire or other emergency; or

(c) an ambulance.