The answer to my noble friend’s question is that it must be the driver, but he needs to have a reasonable defence. If he can show that he tried to get the passengers to wear seat belts, he may be able to prove mitigating circumstances.
Road Safety Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Earl Attlee
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 27 June 2005.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Road Safety Bill [HL].
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2005-06
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