Under the former solicitor's bill, "causing death by negligentdriving would be tried in only the Crown Court and would be a serious offence, with a maximum penalty of seven years' imprisonment".
The magistrate ruled that Carl Pistorius, 28, was not negligent and that Maria Barnard was driving her motorcycle excessively fast when she crashed into the back of his vehicle in March 2008.
In a drowsy driving case late last year, a tour bus driver was acquitted of manslaughter and negligent homicide in a 2011 Bronx crash that killed 15 people.