Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999
8Menacing driving
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8 Menacing driving (1) A person must not drive a motor vehicle on a road or road related area in a way that menaces someone else with the intention of menacing the other person. Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or
(2) A person must not drive a motor vehicle on a road or road related area in a way that menaces someone else if the person ought to have known that the other person might be menaced. Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or (3) This section applies— (a) whether the other person is menaced by a threat of personal injury or by a threat of damage to property; and (b) whether or not the other person or that property is on a road or road related area. (4) A person does not commit an offence against this section if the person could not, in the circumstances, reasonably avoid menacing the other person. (5) A person cannot be found guilty of an offence— (a) both against subsection (1) and against subsection (2) arising out of a single incident; or (b) both against this section and against section 6 (1) or section 7 (1) arising out of a single incident.