Clause 20 - Causing death by careless, or inconsiderate, driving
Road Safety Bill [Lords]
10:30 am
Owen Paterson (Shadow Minister, Transport; North Shropshire, Conservative)
That is helpful. However, although the hon. Lady implies that there are degrees of carelessness, the problem is that the clause does not deal with that. There is careless driving when someone is blinded by what can be called an act of God and other cases of carelessness when, as the hon. Lady implies, the person might bear some blame because of intent or incompetence. The problem is that under the clause as drafted, a court will not be able to differentiate between the types of carelessness.