Helinut
One of the perceived problems with the previous offence was that the prosecution needed to prove endangerment.
Perceived by who?
There's been lots of convictions for endangering reported in this forum and in R&N. Has anybody got off?
Legalapproach says in the R&N thread he's "not aware of an unsuccesful prosecution where reckless endangerment was charged for shining a light/laser."
Might be a good idea for the CPS to have that case up their sleeve to advise the judge/bench for future cases.
Would have been, but the maximum punishment for the new offense is a fine so the judge/bench can't send them to jail.
There is a degree of lack of joined-up thinking about this.
There sure is.
We gotta serious problem and it's growing real quick.
What shall we do?
I know, let's make the punishments softer.
Good Thinking Batman!