Road Safety Bill [HL]

I suggest that the driver stops and waits for the teenager to put his belt on again. If the police come along, he can have an argument. It is an issue that has to be resolved. When he is being stroppy the teenager may say ““I’m not going to wear a belt””, but he might equally say, ““Well, I’m going to thump the driver””. It is the same thing—you have got to stop—but it is not an argument for not wearing seat belts and not having a penalty for drivers who do not make their passengers wear belts and keep them on. It is an issue that has to be dealt with.