A client was recently charged with careless driving by going through a set of traffic lights and colliding with a vehicle crossing the traffic lights. The client was acquitted in this matter. A pensioner reversed into a parked car in a supermarket. That is a minor form of careless driving and would normally attract lower end penalty points. In this case it was 3 points. The other extreme was a motorcyclist overtaking through a solid white line on the side of Loch Lomond at Firkin Point, the scene of various fatal accidents, the Sheriff disqualified the motorcyclist outright for 6 months and was very upset that the charge had been dropped from Dangerous Driving to careless driving.