Posts Tagged ‘road safety’

February 2013

Clamping Down on Phone Use

Phone use whilst driving is on the up, and we have no effective way of addressing the fact that people see it as perfectly acceptable – at least until they happen to kill someone. Time to clamp down?

January 2013

Jurors and The Grace of God

Sentencing discrepancies look outrageous, plain and simple, but verdict discrepancies look a bit fishy.

The Case for Presumed Liability

I used to be against presumed liability. I’m now in favour. Here’s why.

December 2012

Make Yourself Heard

In which I ask that you write to your MP about road legislation.

Suggested Legislative Changes for Road Safety

I’m no lawyer, but from a road user’s perspective I think there are certain important legislative changes which can make a difference to safety.

An Open Letter to The British Judicial System

Enough is enough. The law is incapable of protecting people on the road. We need to start asking questions of it.

February 2012

Legislating for Real Road Safety

Sentencing guidelines for motoring offences are too lenient; but if we address that issue then let’s not just grab headlines, let’s actually improve road safety.

The Insidious Danger of Cycle Lanes

More on why segregation puts cyclists at risk, even in relatively freely-flowing traffic.

The Voluntary Ghetto

The good news is that cyclists’ safety has become a multi-day front page campaign for a major national newspaper. The bad news is that what they’re pushing for is arguably harmful for cyclists’ safety.

July 2011

Aggressive Drivers in Denial

Oh look. People are publishing propaganda to try and justify drivers being able to just plough on and ignore everone else on the roads.

April 2011

Death by Dangerous Society

A cyclist is struck and fatally injured by not one, not two, but three cars on an open road. What can we learn from this?

March 2011

The London Cycling Microcosm

As another fashionable anti-cycling diatribe rolls in, is it time to do something?

May 2007

Cyclists Not Marginalised For Once Shocker

Courtesy of Moving Target this morning comes news from the CTC that the latest round of Highway Code changes have not been worded so as to effectively force cyclists off the roads onto cycle lanes and paths where they exist – to which, a big YAY!
For anyone who doubts the sense of staying on the…