Originally Posted by yuhoo In common law countries, criminal negliance is usually for professional people who must meet certain work standards, such as electricians, doctors, nurses, pharmacists or airline pilots. Thus a bus driver full of passengers crashing into a tanker full of dangerous chemicals may be subject to charges of gross negliance, but for ordinary drivers, offenses such as dangerous driving, impaired driving, and to a lesser degree, careless driving, etc, usually apply.
Many people here have been charged with murder after killing someone with their car. It usually involves alcohol. Criminal negligence has also been applied when someone has a high speed chase with the cops, or has been racing.