In dangerous driving causing death cases involving racing at grossly excessive speed, a sentence of three years' imprisonment on a five-year maximum is not manifestly excessive even where there are weighty mitigating factors including remorse, serious injuries to the offender, delay, mental health conditions attracting Verdins principles, and good rehabilitation prospects. Prior speeding convictions, even if not proximate to the offending, are 'highly relevant' to sentencing. The unintended nature of consequences in dangerous driving cases is not a mitigating circumstance. Licence disqualification orders should be accompanied by reasons explaining their length and commencing date, and should accommodate rehabilitation by not extending excessively beyond release from imprisonment.
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