HC Deb 30 November 1998 vol 321 cc52-3W
Mr. Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the charge of dangerous driving and the appropriateness of the criteria which must be met before such a charge can successfully be brought. [60935]

Ms Glenda Jackson

The Transport Research Laboratory is undertaking a research project to discover more about the process whereby charges are brought and prosecuted for dangerous driving, including the application of the criterion in section 2A of the Road Traffic Act 1988, or for the lesser charge of careless driving.