Police hunt driver who deliberately splashed family – but what does the law say?
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Police are hunting a driver who sped through a large puddle drenching a family with disabled children from “top to toe”. The family of five, including children, eight and 10 and a baby in a pushchair, were completely soaked by the “unbelievably callous” driver as they walked along Hearthcote Road in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, on Tuesday. According to the Road Traffic Act 1988, a person may be charged with the offence of “careless and inconsiderate driving” if they drive “a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road or other public place without due care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road or place”.
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