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@SVXY Yes and a fisherman can be convicted of that offence as a cyclist can be of careless cycling

Still better safe... add it to the list along with hi-vis (with reflectives), helmet, definitely not sandals...

Do tight-fitting masks help by stopping cyclists breathing effectively, and thus not hoovering up so many particles (more deeply) into their lungs? Won't they think of motorists - IIRC you could get a worse dose by driving? And worse still are some of the deep tube lines apparently...

@Jetmans Dad you're quite right, - although we then get into what charges are considered (see nonsense of the distinction between "careless" and "dangerous". And of course that these only exist to replace other charges (which the judiciary / jurors felt were unfair on motorists)). And the fairly arbitrary allocation of punishments. The contrarian would have been better being more explicit about "should it be a *crime* if most people don't think it is?" Or rather - how does the law help with deterrence / prevention of harm AND delivering the degree of "desert" broadly acceptable to society. Ultimately I would suggest that "police it better" isn't the primary tool (particularly with such a massive investment in the motornormative). I would argue for the "restrict motoring convenience" like the Dutch. And not "restrict and ideally dissuade vulnerable road users" which the Uk has done by fiat and presumably that poster would like more of.

It's not really odd at all, given that transport planning is not their field of study.

@jaymack maybe if he had bothered looking he would have seen her? His dashcam showed her quite clearly...

@bathcycleguy my thoughts exactly; far from being an unavoidable incident, it appears to be either a deliberate close pass gone wrong or a deliberate collision, without any regard for another human being. In either case why anyone would try to blame the victim and excuse the criminal who injured her? It is just beyond belief!

@bathcycleguy my thoughts exactly; far from being an unavoidable incident, it appears to be either a deliberate close pass gone wrong or a deliberate collision, without any regard for another human being. In either case why anyone would try to blame the victim and excuse the criminal who injured her? It is just beyond belief!

@mitsky You are quite correct. Unfortunately there is no joined up thinking in local and central govt. Separate incomes and expenditures are considered as stand alone profit or loss entities without joined up thinking

If the pollution is harmful the answer is to curtail the pollution. Cyclists are not the only victims. Everyone using roads and even living close to them is affected. Clear precedents exist in the UK on how to reduce harmful pollutants from motor traffic for example the LEZ and ULEZ in London. It is odd that the academic is not recommending such schemes.