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| Prison driving ban shake-up urged | Prison driving ban shake-up urged |
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| A campaign backed by the Conservatives is calling for driving bans given to jailed motorists to begin after release instead of while they serve their term. | |
| The campaign was started by Jan Woodward, from Billingham, Co Durham, whose daughter Kelly, 19, was killed by a drink-driver in July 2005. | The campaign was started by Jan Woodward, from Billingham, Co Durham, whose daughter Kelly, 19, was killed by a drink-driver in July 2005. |
| She is backed by shadow roads minister Robert Goodwill, while road safety charity Brake is calling for a review. | |
| The AA said courts took into account the sentence when giving driving bans. | |
| Campaigners said it would make more sense and be clearer if the ban started from when the offender was released. | Campaigners said it would make more sense and be clearer if the ban started from when the offender was released. |
| Tory Mr Goodwill said the current law was unclear because it allowed people to partially use up their driving ban while they were in jail and could not drive anyway. | Tory Mr Goodwill said the current law was unclear because it allowed people to partially use up their driving ban while they were in jail and could not drive anyway. |
| He said: "Is it right that if a person who's been given a driving ban for a serious offence such as causing death by dangerous driving and subsequently is given a prison sentence for an unrelated criminal offence, they can continue to use up their driving ban whilst in prison? | He said: "Is it right that if a person who's been given a driving ban for a serious offence such as causing death by dangerous driving and subsequently is given a prison sentence for an unrelated criminal offence, they can continue to use up their driving ban whilst in prison? |
| "Shouldn't it be deferred until they're released?" | "Shouldn't it be deferred until they're released?" |
| Drink-driver | Drink-driver |
| The AA said there was no need for bans to start automatically on release from prison. | The AA said there was no need for bans to start automatically on release from prison. |
| A spokesman said: "When you're sentencing someone for a driving offence, you're sentencing someone to a prison sentence and a driving ban at the same time. | A spokesman said: "When you're sentencing someone for a driving offence, you're sentencing someone to a prison sentence and a driving ban at the same time. |
| "You know they're going to prison, you know for how long, and you can impose the ban to reflect the length of the prison sentence as well as the length of the ban." | "You know they're going to prison, you know for how long, and you can impose the ban to reflect the length of the prison sentence as well as the length of the ban." |
| The driver of the car Kelly Woodward was travelling in was jailed for four years after admitting being twice over the drink-drive limit. | The driver of the car Kelly Woodward was travelling in was jailed for four years after admitting being twice over the drink-drive limit. |
| Mrs Woodward said: "We found out later that he was twice over the legal limit but at a party you don't watch what other people drink. | Mrs Woodward said: "We found out later that he was twice over the legal limit but at a party you don't watch what other people drink. |
| "She would never have got into the car if she thought he was that far gone. He was speeding, clipped the kerb, the car swerved and Kelly took the brunt of it on a tree." | "She would never have got into the car if she thought he was that far gone. He was speeding, clipped the kerb, the car swerved and Kelly took the brunt of it on a tree." |