Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Paul Stinchcombe (Labour), on Tuesday, 18 January 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 91 members in total.

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CAUSING DEATH BY CARELESS DRIVING

That this House acknowledges all the work done by many honourable Members to persuade the Government to strengthen road safety law; believes that the Transport Committee's recent report, Traffic Law and its Enforcement sheds light on gaps in current law, in particular the absence of an offence of causing death by careless driving; is alarmed that because of this lacuna in the law, when 17-year-old Alexine Melnik was killed by a careless driver, the court was able only to fine that driver and put points on his licence; believes that this valued Alexine's life far too cheaply; recognises that the Road Safety Bill provides a prime opportunity to change the law; and calls upon the Government to support an amendment to the Bill to fill the gap and create an offence of causing death by careless driving.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

534 

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Death Criminal law Dangerous driving

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk