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Convictions for cyclists on the rise
The revelation that many more people are now being taken to court for
dangerous cycling comes amid renewed concerns about the threat cyclists pose to pedestrians and other road users. Offences committed by cyclists include careless cycling, ignoring traffic signs, reckless and dangerous cycling, cycling drunk and riding on footpaths. Last year 847 cyclists were convicted of these offences, a rise of 16 per cent in the past year, and almost double 2007’s figure of 440. Last year the average penalty was £170. Last year ignoring traffic signals was the one offence that caused most cyclists to end up in court – a total of 412. There were also 63 convictions for careless cycling and another 26 for reckless and dangerous cycling, for which the average fine was just over £250. During the past seven years there have been 25 pedestrians killed in accidents with cyclists and another 700 seriously injured. Duncan Dollimore, head of campaigns at charity Cycling UK, said: “It is sometimes wrongly claimed cyclists cannot be held accountable on the roads, but these figures and the recent Alliston case show this is not the case, and that irresponsible behaviour can be, and is punished.” https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/88...arlie-alliston |
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Convictions for cyclists on the rise
On 16/06/18 23:13, MrCheerful wrote:
The revelation that many more people are now being taken to court for dangerous cycling comes amid renewed concerns about the threat cyclists pose to pedestrians and other road users. Offences committed by cyclists include careless cycling, ignoring traffic signs, reckless and dangerous cycling, cycling drunk and riding on footpaths. Last year 847 cyclists were convicted of these offences, a rise of 16 per cent in the past year, and almost double 2007’s figure of 440. Last year the average penalty was £170. Last year ignoring traffic signals was the one offence that caused most cyclists to end up in court – a total of 412. There were also 63 convictions for careless cycling and another 26 for reckless and dangerous cycling, for which the average fine was just over £250. During the past seven years there have been 25 pedestrians killed in accidents with cyclists and another 700 seriously injured. Duncan Dollimore, head of campaigns at charity Cycling UK, said: “It is sometimes wrongly claimed cyclists cannot be held accountable on the roads, but these figures and the recent Alliston case show this is not the case, and that irresponsible behaviour can be, and is punished.” https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/88...arlie-alliston Kak |
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Convictions for cyclists on the rise
On Saturday, June 16, 2018 at 12:13:54 PM UTC+1, MrCheerful wrote:
The revelation that many more people are now being taken to court for dangerous cycling comes amid renewed concerns about the threat cyclists pose to pedestrians and other road users. Offences committed by cyclists include careless cycling, ignoring traffic signs, reckless and dangerous cycling, cycling drunk and riding on footpaths. Last year 847 cyclists were convicted of these offences, a rise of 16 per cent in the past year, and almost double 2007’s figure of 440.. Last year the average penalty was £170. Last year ignoring traffic signals was the one offence that caused most cyclists to end up in court – a total of 412. There were also 63 convictions for careless cycling and another 26 for reckless and dangerous cycling, for which the average fine was just over £250. During the past seven years there have been 25 pedestrians killed in accidents with cyclists and another 700 seriously injured. Duncan Dollimore, head of campaigns at charity Cycling UK, said: “It is sometimes wrongly claimed cyclists cannot be held accountable on the roads, but these figures and the recent Alliston case show this is not the case, and that irresponsible behaviour can be, and is punished.” https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/88...arlie-alliston Are you in favour of absolute enforcement of speed limits? |
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Convictions for cyclists on the rise
On 16/06/18 12:13, MrCheerful wrote:
"Call for new laws to deal with cyclists as 100 pedestrians get injured every year" ....compared to the 5800 seriously injured and 380000 total injured by drivers. The obvious thing to do is to get cycle related casualties to nothing by stopping people from cycling and encourage the use an increase of a more dangerous form of transport. Last year the average penalty was £170. Compared to the typical fine for a driving offence of just £60. |
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Convictions for cyclists on the rise
TMS320 wrote:
On 16/06/18 12:13, MrCheerful wrote: "Call for new laws to deal with cyclists as 100 pedestrians get injured every year" ...compared to the 5800 seriously injured and 380000 total injured by drivers. https://medium.com/@lastwheel/how-does-the-media-pick-a-victim-9eb29f52cc6d -- john smith |MA (Hons)|MPhil (Hons)|CAPES (mention très bien)|LLB (Hons) 'It never gets any easier. You just get faster' (Greg LeMond (1961 - )) |
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