Aggravated Vehicle-Taking

English Legal System: Aggravated Vehicle-Taking

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Aggravated Vehicle-Taking : An offence concerning joyriding, which was enacted in 1992. The offence arises when the accused has unlawfully taken a motor vehicle, driven it in a dangerous manner on a public road, and caused an accident resulting in injury to another person or to property. Any passenger in the vehicle who knows that it has been taken without the owner’s consent is also guilty of the offence.