Under s 59B(2)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1974 (WA), the prosecution need only prove that the accused's vehicle caused the impact between other vehicles, not that the accused's driving caused the deaths — a materially different and lower causation threshold than under the former s 59(1) considered in Campbell. Wholly concurrent sentences for multiple counts of dangerous driving occasioning death arising from a single incident do not necessarily infringe the totality principle. Where an offender is committed for sentence from a court of summary jurisdiction to a superior court under s 5(9) of the Criminal Code (WA), the deeming provisions in s 83(5)(b) and s 100(4) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2004 (WA) make the offender liable to the indictment penalty, not the summary conviction penalty.
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