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Have Highway Code changes made drivers more aggressive?

The Highway Code changes were implemented to a backdrop of sustained attacks on social media and in certain national newspapers, but what have been the real-world effects for cyclists in the UK?

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Highway Code (Department for Transport)

Highway Code ‘fury’: Calls for cyclists’ driving test as Mike Graham and Daily Express continue attacking changes

Paul Biggs from the Alliance of British Drivers said it is "bizarre untrained cyclists are still allowed on the roads"

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“What drives you mad about cyclists?” Radio 4 presenter criticised for “irresponsible” questions during Highway Code segment

One Twitter user claimed the interview “encouraged aggressive driving towards cyclists”

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“Lunatic Highway Code” encourages road rage and gives cyclists carte blanche, Fair Fuel UK boss claims

Howard Cox claimed changes "must have been authored by an asylum inmate" and is a "cyclists' charter to ride any way they wish"

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VecchioJo-TickTickTick

This isn’t about cycle lanes or the Highway Code – I just want to get home in one piece

VecchioJo is riding against the clock, but not like that – sadly near misses with drivers are an unavoidable and inevitable consequence of being behind a set of handlebars in 2022

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Cyclist in traffic (copyright Simon MacMichael)

“The day cyclists took over the roads”: The Times, Darren Grimes and TikTok react as new Highway Code revisions come into force this weekend

One TikTok user responded to the changes by joking about hitting schoolchildren with her car and laughing that she is “going to hurt people”

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Cyclist in traffic (copyright Simon MacMichael)

Highway Code changes: Cycling UK calls for long-term public awareness campaign to help produce a “mindset shift” on British roads

Charity says it will take years, not months, to fully enforce the revisions and change “entrenched driving behaviour”

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Highway Code changes: Department for Transport finally announces publicity campaign to increase awareness

In an online quiz on the new Highway Code revisions, a quarter of the respondents failed to answer half of the questions correctly

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Highway Code changes: what is the Dutch Reach and will drivers be fined £1,000 if they don’t use it?

With days to go until Highway Code changes aimed at protecting vulnerable road users come into effect, we ask what is the 'Dutch Reach' and will drivers be forced to use it?

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Daily Mail story Richard Littlejohn

Highway Code changes: Daily Mail publishes “error-strewn” Richard Littlejohn column attacking cyclists

National newspapers publish provocative opinion pieces, one titled: 'Bike lane Britain...the Great Leap Backwards' another, 'Pedal-pushers have taken over British roads'

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