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Police post close pass sting on Strava, prosecute four drivers
Police in Sheffield post pictures and data of their close pass sting, showing suspect manoeuvres by drivers
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At long last!
Good point, Benjahmin. I note that you 'haven't seen a Highway Code for decades'. Tut, tut! You are far too law abiding . I have had 2 free copies over the last 5 years. Mind you the courses cost £90 each!Agreed that it's a good move but this is a hearts and minds thing. What we need is a good old fashioned public information film campaign, the sort of thing we used to get when seat belts first came in, or the many films about the results of drink driving. A few prosecutions will not stop the self important in the instant, because they're too important. It needs to appeal to the better side of the majority so that social pressure comes onto the minority who continue to believe it's their right not to be impeded even for a few seconds.
I think we also need an information campaign on the priority levels in the highway code - I believe they have been restated, but being a driver of well over 60 years old, I, along with millions of others, haven't seen a highway code for decades.
What's needed is for driving in a shared space to be a more significant part of the driving test and driver training. For example, most motorists don't have a clue about what "riding primary" means. They just see a cyclist in the middle of the road being a nuisance, instead of understanding the danger the person on the bike is trying to reduce. They are also often clueless about how vulnerable people are on bikes.Agreed that it's a good move but this is a hearts and minds thing. What we need is a good old fashioned public information film campaign, the sort of thing we used to get when seat belts first came in, or the many films about the results of drink driving. A few prosecutions will not stop the self important in the instant, because they're too important. It needs to appeal to the better side of the majority so that social pressure comes onto the minority who continue to believe it's their right not to be impeded even for a few seconds.
I think we also need an information campaign on the priority levels in the highway code - I believe they have been restated, but being a driver of well over 60 years old, I, along with millions of others, haven't seen a highway code for decades.
Yes. In fact, cycling should be a required part of the driving test.What's needed is for driving in a shared space to be a more significant part of the driving test and driver training. For example, most motorists don't have a clue about what "riding primary" means. They just see a cyclist in the middle of the road being a nuisance, instead of understanding the danger the person on the bike is trying to reduce. They are also often clueless about how vulnerable people are on bikes.
As you suggest, I agree that the old public information films ought to be revived if we are not going to force drivers to have refresher training from time to time.
There will be a new Highway Code coming out soon, with more emphasis towards vulnerable road users, following a consultation and new proposals earlier this year.
On a road with heavy traffic!Yes. In fact, cycling should be a required part of the driving test.
The authorities making that more difficult with painted cycle lanes barely a metre wide. They speak with one tongue but act with another.as is keeping up to a metre out from the n/s on all roads.
In this country there seems to be an irrational hatred of people on bikes. I think it was something stoked up by the car industry to try and sell more cars. Now it seems deeply embedded in the national psyche that people on bikes are subhuman and fair game for attack.It is all down to driver attitude, which in this country seems to be anti-bicycle. On the odd occasion when we have been caravanning in France/Germany we have experienced a totally different attitude. Vehicle drivers there are far more concious of cyclists. However, there are exceptions.
Happy Christmas everyone.
Which is exactly why we need a drip fed public information campaign. It won't change overnight but gradually a different mentality will take hold. Pictures/films of families out cycling in everyday clothes, people commuting - not racing - to work. People doing their shopping, smiling and waving, depictions of it being perfectly normal to want to ride a bike. All laced with greenwash righteousness. Isn't it called nudge theory?In this country there seems to be an irrational hatred of people on bikes. I think it was something stoked up by the car industry to try and sell more cars. Now it seems deeply embedded in the national psyche that people on bikes are subhuman and fair game for attack.
No, the car industry is completely innocent of anything deliberate in this.In this country there seems to be an irrational hatred of people on bikes. I think it was something stoked up by the car industry to try and sell more cars. Now it seems deeply embedded in the national psyche that people on bikes are subhuman and fair game for attack.