A sentencing judge's mischaracterisation of a single episode of reckless driving as 'repeated recklessness' — based on a misapprehension that fishtailing and kerb-mounting occurred before the intersection rather than during the failed turn — constitutes a significant error warranting appellate intervention. For dangerous driving causing GBH by a young first offender with an early plea, a sentence of 2 years suspended after 5 months was appropriate where the driving involved a single reckless episode at an intersection, the offender was unlicensed, and left the scene before police arrived.
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