Grant Shapps vows ‘death by dangerous cycling’ law – but drivers are still the bigger threat, say campaigners. 🚲 'A selfish minority of cyclists appear to believe that they are somehow immune to red lights,' the Transport Secretary claimed.
in the autumn, would create a specific offence for dangerous cyclists and close a “loophole” where cyclists who kill can currently only face a two-year jail sentence.
“We need to crack down on this disregard for road safety. Relatives of victims have waited too long for this straightforward measure.” He said: “The greatest number of deaths and serious injuries to pedestrians and cyclists are caused by cars. We routinely see every single day law breaking by motorists – running red lights, turning corners at speed without any attention to pedestrians crossing.
“To put those deaths in context, every year in the last decade, about 100 cyclists are killed and more than 3,000 seriously injured on UK roads. By far, the majority is by car-driving motorists. Charlie Alliston, then 18, was illegally riding a fixed-wheel bike without front brakes at 18mph, killing Briggs, 44.
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