Read the full judgment text of CACC 000870/1980 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. The appellant was convicted of dangerous driving. He has abandoned his appeal against conviction but proceeded with that against an order of disqualification from driving for a period of 18 months. It was a bad case of dangerous driving though, fortunately, there was no accident. It did not arise from inadvertence or error of judgment, but deliberate taking of a risk. It is submitted on his behalf that as he is a professional driver the disqualification ought to be limited to motorcycles as h