A Bill to amend the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 to create criminal offences relating to dangerous, careless or inconsiderate cycling
House of Lords
8 November 2019
This Bill would create new criminal offences for cycling that is dangerous, careless or inconsiderate, and would amend the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 to cover cycling more explicitly. It aims to provide clearer rules and penalties for cyclist behaviour on public roads and to make unsafe cycling prosecutable under those laws.
The Bill is at the Lords’ 2nd Reading. If it progresses, it would move to the Committee stage in the Lords for detailed scrutiny.
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First reading took place on 31 October. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled.
The 2017-19 Parliament dissolved at the end of the 2019 Session and this Bill will make no further progress
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
