There has been a campaign for the creation of a new offence of ‘causing death by dangerous or reckless cycling’ after acting for clients whose daughter was killed by being hit by a cyclist. Currently the penalty for an offence of dangerous cycling is £2200.
A Luton MP has secured a ten minute rule bill last month which proposed that deaths caused by cyclists should be treated similarly to other road traffic deaths. While such a procedure is normally used to highlight issues and does not result in legislation, the proposed new offence will be included in a future transport bill, with other measures to update road traffic offences.
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