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Meanings of careless driving in English

Driving without due care and attention or careless driving is a legal term for a particular type of moving traffic violation in the United States, Canada (at least in Ontario), the United Kingdom, and Ireland.

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        Usage of careless driving in English
        1
        Police say the man has been charged with careless driving causing injury.
        Radio NZ
        2
        He earlier pleaded guilty to two charges of careless driving causing death.
        Radio NZ
        3
        He has been charged with two counts of careless driving causing death.
        Radio NZ
        4
        He is also facing two other charges by the police, including careless driving.
        Radio NZ
        5
        He later pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of careless driving.
        Reuters
        6
        Nothing was coming and that driver, Trevor Hall, was convicted of careless driving.
        Radio NZ
        7
        On the charge of careless driving he was convicted and discharged.
        Radio NZ
        8
        Bringing in a new offence of causing death by careless driving.
        The Guardian
        9
        In February she pleaded guilty to aggravated careless driving causing injury or death.
        Radio NZ
        10
        A man has been arrested on suspicion of careless driving.
        BBC
        11
        The 66-year-old Californian man has been charged with careless driving causing death and injury.
        Radio NZ
        12
        Millar was originally charged with dangerous driving, but the charge was reduced to careless driving.
        The Irish Times
        13
        He has been charged with unlawfully carrying a firearm, discharging a firearm, and careless driving.
        Radio NZ
        14
        Woods has paid his $164 traffic fine for careless driving, his lawyer says.
        Reuters
        15
        A Co Tyrone motorcyclist has appeared in court charged with causing death by careless driving.
        The Irish Times
        16
        For this he was convicted of careless driving causing death and sentenced to periodic detention.
        Radio NZ
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        Careless driving across language varieties
        New Zealand
        Common
        Ireland
        Less common
        United States of America
        Rare