General deterrence is usually a matter of primary importance in driving offences resulting in death or serious injury, and the need to deter others limits the leniency that might otherwise be extended and diminishes the weight to be accorded even to rehabilitation achieved and in prospect. A sentence of 24 months' imprisonment with a 12-month non-parole period for recklessly causing serious injury by driving under the influence of heroin, where the offender had actual foresight of risk, was driving while suspended, and had been forewarned by a prior similar incident, was within range.
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