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Road Safety Act

Key Benefits
Demonstrates strong public commitments on road safety, helps deliver casualty reduction targets and provides better and fairer enforcement of road traffic law; Relates the punishment of certain offences by fixed penalty to the severity of the crime e.g. speeding and roadworthiness offences (variable penalties); Ensures non-GB drivers do not escape punishment; Combats fatigue-related accidents by providing for motorway picnic areas; Improves and extends regulation of driving instructors to ensure quality standards and value for money, empowers consumer through better information; Provides for more extensive use of driver re-training to reduce recidivism and improve driving standards; Ensures Government is able to continue to pilot successful innovative road safety projects at local authority level, eg in association with neighbourhood renewal.

Act of Parliament

Explanatory Notes

Territorial Extent
United Kingdom

Comments

If you have any comments on the proposals you can email them to:

David.pullen@dft.gsi.gov.uk

Additional Information

A Road Safety Bill was introduced in the last parliamentary session (2004/05), although it completed all stages in the Commons the Bill failed to achieve Royal Assent prior to the dissolution of Parliament for the General Election.

Useful links:

Road Safety Strategy

Review of Govt's Road Safety Strategy (.pdf file)

RAC

AA

Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)

Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS)