Crime & Legal

Fines for illegal mobile phone use at wheel set to double to £200?

DfT concerned at rise in distracted driver collisions - but road safety campaigners urge enforcement needed

Helmetcam user and cycling campaigner “targeted” as drawing pins sprinkled on drive

Pedal on Parliament co-founder Dave Brennan contacts police after puncturing when he set off for work

Court convicts driver who deleted record of phone call after killing cyclist

Court finds Julie Watson guilty of causing death of Alistair Speed through dangerous driving

Mobile phone use and aggressive drivers are major concerns for road users finds IAM survey

IAM calls for an increase in the number of road policing officers and a zero tolerance approach to enforcement of traffic law

Police hunt gang who ransacked Northants bike shop after breaking through wall

40 Giant, Specialized and Trek bikes stolen from AJ Cycles in Higham Ferrers, plus Endura and Pearl Izumi clothing

Why do some cyclists break the law? US academic surveys 18,000 people to find out

Results due out in summer - but US professor says early results are that proper infrastructure is solution

Cambridge cycling route targeted by drawing pin saboteurs

Tacks have been removed by river managers armed with powerful magnets

SW London road rage meltdown driver apologises, while cyclist reveals he was clipped by wing mirror

Cyclist says he regrets his own actions during the argument, which he says don't show him in a good light

Man who killed Horsham cyclist convicted of causing death by careless driving

Albanian man, Luigi Dannile, given 14-month jail term and will be deported

Local paper identifies extreme road rage driver as SW London cafe chain owner

Business is popular with local cyclists ... though possibly not for much longer

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Call for more police funding as report highlights flaws in investigation of Kent cyclist’s death

Report into Marc Dunk's death highlights lack of guidance from senior officers and witnesses not being interviewed

Witnesses sought as cyclist pushes another rider into hedge after crash

Dorset Police says man who grabbed victim by throat was riding "gold-coloured Brompton-style bike"

Video: Road rage meltdown driver who threatened to kill cyclist fined for public order offence

Driver of a black Land Rover suffered meltdown because cyclists weren't using an adjacent pavement bike lane

Jan Ullrich to appear in court on drunk driving charge

Two people were injured in May 2014 collision

Sussex cyclists warned to look out for wire strung across paths in Brighton

Local cyclist believes deliberately-placed traps were borne of anti-cycling sentiment

Cyclist brings private prosecution against Plymouth police officer

Alleges officer drove without due care and attention

Lorry driver who killed cyclist given year’s community order and 11 penalty points

Clive Keegan thought Martyn Bamford was out of the way, but didn’t check his nearside mirror

Blackpool cyclist involved in collision with toddler summonsed for dangerous cycling

Andrew Holland says his life has been ‘destroyed’ by media coverage of the incident

CTC critical of police response to death of Merseyside cyclist

Organisation says that examples of police bias against cyclists have happened across the country

Video: 6 arrests as cyclists attack Pedal Pubs – one full of off-duty cops – with water guns

Aftermath of incident in Minnesota caught on film

Officer given written warning for decision not to prosecute driver who hit cyclist while on wrong side of road

Evidence was only reviewed when cyclist later died in hospital

Police launch appeal as cyclist pushed into Regent’s Canal in East London

Woman was riding past group of youths on towpath when assault happened on Thursday evening

London bike-jackings hit 10 a week, say Metropolitan Police

As many incidents in last 12 months as in previous two years, according to figures obtained by BBC

Lance Armstrong helped USPS overcome negative PR caused by Cliff from Cheers, claim his lawyers

$40m backing of disgraced cyclist's team was worth $140m to government, says defence team

Cyclist who died of head injury was either hit by car door or swerved to avoid it

Driver involved has already been charged but inquest hears how bike’s brakes may also have played a part

Tennessee cop invents safe passing radar device to catch rogue motorists

Enforcing 3-foot passing law with the help of science

Seven men arrested and 20 bikes retrieved by police in Brick Lane operation

The Met, City of London and British Transport Police arrested the men on suspicion of handling stolen goods and money laundering

Tipper truck driver who killed cyclist Alan Neve jailed for three and a half years

Barry Meyer also banned from driving for 10 years after fatal crash on Holborn in July 2013

Avon & Somerset police critcised over Cycle Code leaflet

Pamphlet accompanied by 'No Cycling' sign warns riders of consequences of breaking law - 'is there a leaflet for drivers too? ask critics

British Transport Police release images of Birmingham bike theft suspects

Officers want to track down men involved in spate of thefts at city's railway station