Crime & Legal

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Spain plans to make drivers slow down when overtaking cyclists

Motorists will still be required to also give 1.5 metres of space when passing people on bikes

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Cyclist reveals abuse received when asking group riders in Regent’s Park not to flout lockdown rules

Many are ignoring lockdown rules by going to park “to meet friends” with some even “going for coffee afterwards," a road.cc reader has claimed

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Near Miss of the Day 529: Driver in close pass on country lane (video includes swearing)

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Cornwall

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Near Miss of the Day 528: Driver pulls out on cyclist “lit up literally like a Christmas tree”

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Warwickshire

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Kingsway shared use path Hove (StreetView)

Brighton woman riding with her child on her bike sent face-first into wall by another cyclist

Agnieszka Merta was riding on a narrow shared-use path where locals say there are many collisions

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Near Miss of the Day 525: Cyclist has to thump on taxi window as driver squeezes him into verge

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Oxfordshire

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Council deputy leader left-hooked by white van man – while riding in emergency cycle lane

Incident involving Brighton & Hove councillor happened on pop-up cycle lane in Hove, East Sussex

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Near Miss of the Day 524: “Taking primary' doesn't always work” – Driver close passes Surrey Hills cyclist riding downhill

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Surrey

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Blow for active travel in London as High Court judge rules Sadiq Khan’s Streetspace initiative unlawful

Judicial review initiated by taxi trade also quashes guidance to boroughs on low traffic neighbourhoods and pop-up bike lanes

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Drawing pins strewn on West Sussex emergency bike lane that is currently being ripped up by council

Police say that one person on Upper Shoreham Road “narrowly escaped serious injury”

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New Forest rider and pony (CC licensed by iNew Forest:Flickr)

Threat to axe New Forest’s off-road cycle network as court criticises “out of control” cyclists

Forestry England told to “toughen up” action against what one local official describes as “gangs of hardcore bikers”

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Near Miss of the Day 523: Tipper truck driver pulls out in front of lorry and cyclist

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Cornwall

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Police tape (CC licensed by freefotouk on Flickr)

Swindon cyclist beaten up in bikejacking theft

Rider was set upon by gang wielding metal poles, say police

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Public say Boris Johnson's bike ride makes it more difficult for police officers to enforce lockdown laws

Separate poll shows most believe that Prime Minister's Olympic Park ride did not break rules

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BMW driver crashes into e-bike warehouse in the Netherlands, starting huge fire

Police suspect driver, who fled the scene, drove into the building on purpose

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Near Miss of the Day 522: Land Rover driver in pointless close pass

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's North Somerset

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Warrington trap (picture credit Nick Caldwell)

Nail traps laid down against Cheshire cyclists

Boards with nails hammered through them were placed on popular MTB trail near Warrington

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Three Bora-Hansgrohe riders in hospital after driver crashes into training ride

Wilco Kelderman, 3rd at 2020 Giro d’Italia, sustained broken vertebra in incident yesterday near Italy’s Lake Garda

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Near Miss of the Day 521: Close pass ... by a police van (plus how it all went a bit Kafkaesque afterwards)

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Hertfordshire

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Police investigating cyclist Tony Parsons' disappearance confirm his body has been found

Police Scotland recently made two arrests over Tony Parsons’ disappearance and have been searching farmland on Highland Estate

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Cyclist crushed after farm worker failed to secure straw bale to trailer, court told

Matthew Shapcott was carrying six unsecured bales on his trailer when one fell off

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Near Miss of the Day 520: Cyclist hit by driver's wing mirror coming under narrow bridge

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country

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The real story about Boris Johnson’s bike ride? It highlights confusion over lockdown rules

Police, politicians and the press struggle to understand rules – so no wonder the public does too

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Near Miss of the Day 519: Driver tailgates cyclist then makes deliberate close pass – on Day 1 of latest lockdown

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Nottinghamshire

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Boris Johnson accused of breaking lockdown with Olympic Park bike ride – even though he did not appear to break law

Prime Minister was spotted seven miles from Downing Street, but regulations place no limit on how far you can travel for exercise

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Trek facing lawsuit over Bontrager WaveCel helmet safety claims

Proposed class action lawsuit alleges company “misleads consumers” over level of protection technology provides against concussion

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Police tape (CC licensed by freefotouk on Flickr)

Police in Forest of Dean send group of seven mountain bikers back to Wales for lockdown rule breaches

Coronavirus measures in Wales forbid people from leaving country – but police in England have no power to enforce regulations

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Las Vegas cyclists hopeful of real change after truck collision that killed five

Lance Armstrong and the Vegas Golden Knights NHL team among those to have contacted local Ghost Bikes group asking to help

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Brexit: New VAT rules see EU cycling brands stop online sales to UK shoppers

Now the transition period is over, we’re starting to see the impact of leaving the EU

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Justice (Lonpicman, Wikimedia Commons)

Drunk driver told he was “a cyclist’s worst nightmare” by judge who jailed him

Victim was left with serious injuries after Anthony Adams, who had drunk up to eight pints, crashed into him

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