In careless driving cases, 2 drivers will be sentenced to fines instead of imprisonment on appeal

Judge See also disagreed with the lower court that Mr Chan’s alcohol level was “moderately high”.

He said it was more fair to describe Mr Chan’s alcohol level as “mid range”, given that he was in the second-lowest band of the sentencing framework for drink-driving cases.

In the other case, Ms. Fan Lei was sentenced to five days in prison for reckless driving and a $3,000 fine for drunk driving. He was also given a two-year driving ban.

On October 30, Ms. Fan Lei’s sentence for reckless driving was replaced with a fine of $8,000.

This meant his total sentence was now an $11,000 fine and a two-year driving ban.

Ms. Fan drove 17 km before crashing into another car while traveling on the four-lane road.

It was found that there were 43 mcg of alcohol in every 100 ml of breath; This is in the lowest bracket under the drink driving penalty framework.

Paid full compensation of $800 for damage to the victim’s car, which was scratched and had a torn side mirror cover.

Allowing Ms. Fan’s appeal, Judge Aidan Xu noted that a key factor in the district judge’s calculation was the potential harm caused by her reckless driving.

He said that while it was true that he had driven for 17 kilometres, there was no evidence that he had been driving recklessly for the entire distance.

“The only characteristic that persisted throughout the 17km distance was his drunkenness, which was the subject of a separate drink-driving charge,” Judge Xu said.

He added that the amount of property damage was low and the alcohol level, while not negligible or borderline, was not that high.

Ms. Fan was represented by Mr. Sankar Kailasa Thevar Saminathan, while Mr. Chan was represented by Senior Counsel Gregory Vijayendran.

Separately, Changes in traffic rules were recommended in the Turkish Grand National Assembly It was introduced on November 11 to prevent excessive punishment for some offenders, but the Home Office said the changes would not affect offenses involving driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.