Road Safety Bill [HL]

In answer to the noble Baroness, Lady Hanham, if the person who was not wearing a seat   belt was a driver, I cannot see why he should not get the penalty points. He knows as well as anyone the   importance of wearing a seat belt. The driver is responsible for children, about whom I am most concerned. I am well aware of the accident to which the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, drew attention when a number of children were killed on the Oxford bypass about three weeks ago. It was a most dreadful accident. That does not necessarily make good law, but, assuming a passenger who is a driver is a responsible person, he may well be the person who will suffer the penalty. The penalty is derisory and ridiculous. It is a sticking point, to which I will return and divide the House because it is a point of principle. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Schedule 3 [Endorsement: all drivers]: