Evidence of prior driving conduct is admissible in dangerous driving cases only where there is a sufficient temporal and geographical connection between the earlier driving and the charged driving. Incidents of driving separated by days and different locations lack the necessary connection. Context evidence is confined to showing the relationship between accused and victim and has no application in dangerous driving cases. The meaning of 'significant probative value' in s 97(1)(b) of the Evidence Act 2008 (Vic) is closer to 'substantial' than to 'important'.
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