Section 77Part 7 — Control of Road Users
Careless or inconsiderate driving
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77. (1) A person who drives a vehicle or animal on a road without care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other persons, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of six months, or to both.
Where a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (1), the court may order that that person be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for such period not exceeding twelve months as the court may order and the particulars of the conviction shall be endorsed on that person’s driving record. Section 77A Traffic Act (2026 Revision) Page 56 Revised as at 31st December, 2025 c 77A. Dangerous, careless, reckless or anti-social, driving of motorcycles or mopeds 82 77A. (1) A constable shall have the powers set out in subsection (2) where the constable has reasonable grounds for believing that a motorcycle or moped is being used, or was on any occasion used, in a manner that —
contravenes section 76 or 77; or
causes or is likely to cause alarm, distress or annoyance to members of the public.
The constable’s powers are —
power, if the motorcycle or moped is moving, to order the person driving it to stop the motorcycle or moped;
if the constable is satisfied that it is reasonably necessary to do so in order to prevent the motorcycle or moped from being used again in a manner described in subsection (1)(a) or (b), power to seize the motorcycle or moped; and
if the constable has reasonable grounds to believe that the motorcycle or moped is located on any premises (other than a private dwelling house), power to enter those premises for the purpose of exercising a power in paragraph (a) or (b).
In the circumstances described in subsection (2)(c), a constable may enter land appurtenant to a private dwelling house or a garage or other structure attached to a private dwelling house for the purposes set out in subsection (2).
A constable may use reasonable force, if necessary, in the exercise of the powers in subsection (2).
A person who does not comply with an order under subsection (2)(a) to stop a motorcycle or moped, commits an offence and is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of two thousand five hundred dollars.
A constable may, without warrant, arrest a person whom the constable has reasonable grounds to believe has committed an offence under subsection (5).