§ 70. Sir Clive Bossomasked the Minister of Transport what evaluation has been made, in conjunction with the Metropolitan Police, of the possible reduction of road accidents that could come about in the Metropolitan area if the Terrell Plan for Road Safety, of which she has a copy, were adopted in legislation.
§ Mr. SwinglerNo evaluation of this kind has been made. Mr. Terrell's plan has been studied very carefully within the Department, but we have reached the conclusion that it does not offer a way of reducing road accidents. In particular we do not think it would be helpful to single out particular forms of careless driving in the way suggested, or to make the penalty dependent upon whether or not an accident had been caused.