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Cyclist bemoans police reporting system as furious driver who shouted abuse and got out car to confront him “gets a talking to”

"A victim of a crime shouldn't have to know the system [...] if you think this is about cyclists vs motorists, it isn't. It's about the basic ability for laws and norms to be upheld"

Wed, Sep 13, 2023 09:47

road.cc is 15! Here are our top 15 articles of all time (plus plenty of honourable mentions)

To celebrate 15 years of road.cc, we've gone very deep into the archives and pulled out some of the most memorable moments in our short(ish) but colourful history

Thu, Sep 07, 2023 17:34

Turning right “most dangerous manoeuvre” for cyclists, resulting in over 10,000 collisions in ten years, new study finds

Moving off and going ahead on a right-hand bend were the next most dangerous manoeuvres for cyclists on the list, accounting for a combined 9,500 collisions between 2012 and 2021

Wed, Sep 06, 2023 16:54

“I’ve got a cyclist here!”: Bus driver who tailgated cyclist tries calling the police for “getting on his nerves”

The bus driver tried to overtake the cyclist by speeding, and then on reaching a red light, got out of the bus to aggressively confront him

Sun, Sep 03, 2023 15:28

Cyclist “almost ran off the road” by bus driver says they feel lucky to be alive after frightening incident

Carousel Buses has not commented on the incident, during which the driver allegedly told the remonstrating rider, "Well I didn't hit you, did I?"

Tue, Jul 04, 2023 14:08

Driver of Royal Mail van tells cyclist: “If I was messed up in the head you would’ve died” (+ video)

Company says it is investigating incident which happened in west London yesterday evening

Fri, Jun 16, 2023 17:55

Richmond Park 03 copyright Simon MacMichael

“Not at all surprised”: Cyclists react to research showing riders wearing helmets and high-visibility clothing seen as “less human”

The new study from Australia found that an alarming number of people do not see cyclists as human, 30 per cent saying they considered those riding bicycles as less than fully human

Mon, Jun 05, 2023 14:21

Should dealing with third-party camera reports from cyclists be outsourced? Close pass op pioneer Mark Hodson on the road.cc Podcast

We're talking third-party reporting and how to make the system work better with Mark Hodson in this episode, and also chatting gravel ahead of an exciting new event in Finland

Thu, May 04, 2023 16:13

Near Miss of the Day 851 – Bus driver squeezes cyclist into kerb (Lauren O’Brien)

Cyclist speaks out about “bullyish” bus driving that prompted Transport for London investigation

"It just winds you up so much because it's bullyish behaviour, you have no option but to brake or you're going to get hit by a bus"

Tue, Feb 21, 2023 12:55

Pro cyclist-led lights campaign, endorsed by Tadej Pogačar, “feeds into victim-blaming culture”, says road safety expert

The ‘Be Bright Wear a Light’ campaign aims to reduce cyclist fatalities and injuries on the road by “empowering visibility behaviour”

Fri, Feb 17, 2023 17:47

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