Government to ensure all driving instructors watch Chris Boardman SPACE for cycling film (+ video)

Remember the video released in  August in which British Cycling policy advisor Chris Boardman teamed up with senior driving instructor Blaine Walsh to urge motorists to give space to cyclists?

Well, there’s some great news about it – the government is making sure that all driving instructors across the country will see a slightly edited version of it, and a shorter cut of the video, called SPACE,  will also become a public information film.

The news was confirmed on Twitter on Thursday evening by Carlton Reid, who made the video.

Reid, executive editor of BikeBiz, author of the book Roads Were Not Built For Cars, and the man behind the website I Pay Road Tax, tweeted:

Gov’t has asked for a few edits to the @Chris_Boardman SPACE video. It will then go out to all driving instructors. https://t.co/CWUPZHjdeL

— Carlton Reid (@carltonreid) November 5, 2015

In response to questions from followers on Twitter, he added:

The edits are minor, and won’t take me long. I’m also going to make shorter version to be used as official Gov’t public information film.

— Carlton Reid (@carltonreid) November 5, 2015

We’ll have more on this story later on Friday. In the meantime, see here for our original coverage of the video.

- Video: Chris Boardman demonstrating safe overtaking of cyclists