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“The roads aren’t dangerous, drivers who don’t respect others’ lives are”: Anger and calls for road safety reform, education in “Wild West” Italy after teenage racing cyclist killed by overtaking motorist during training ride

Sara Piffer, a promising 19-year-old racer at Continental team Mendelspeck, was killed during a training ride with her brother on Friday, prompting her parents to call for more “common sense” from drivers

Sun, Jan 26, 2025 12:52

Remco Evenepoel, 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships

Remco Evenepoel calls for drivers to use Dutch Reach after suffering multiple fractures in dooring incident on training ride

The double Olympic champion has launched ‘Remco Reflex’, a road safety campaign by partnering with postal service whose van driver was involved in the incident

Wed, Dec 11, 2024 12:59

Tadej Pogačar wins stage 15, 2024 Tour de France (Zac Williams/SWpix.com)

“I live the reality of the danger of cycling in traffic almost every day”: Tadej Pogačar joins international road safety campaign urging drivers to respect cyclists by not texting or drinking – while calling for cyclists to wear helmets

The world champion’s involvement in the UN campaign, which aims to protect cyclists from “predictable and preventable” collisions, comes in the same week rival Remco Evenepoel was injured in an apparent ‘dooring’ incident

Thu, Dec 05, 2024 11:57

“Think!” – Ineos Grenadiers rider Laurens De Plus sends safety message to drivers after he is knocked off bike

Crash comes in week in which Tiesj Benoot sustained broken vertebrae when motorist hit him

Thu, Aug 11, 2022 19:57

A cure for SMIDSY? Spoke technology provides riders and drivers with real-time road safety warnings

High tech hardware and software allows road users to “see” one another… even around corners

Mon, Apr 11, 2022 06:30

Controversial See their Side ad campaign officially scrapped by Transport for London

London’s Walking and Cycling Commissioner Will Norman also confirmed that he was not involved in the consultation process for the £1 million campaign and that he “wasn’t a fan” of the ad

Wed, Jan 12, 2022 13:59

“Bowing to the minority”: TfL official wanted to revive suspended £1 million See their Side ad campaign by digitally altering it

FOI request reveals TfL official suggested altering "geography" to make it look like cyclist had not been close passed, while agency executive said they were "gutted" at ad's suspension

Sat, Jan 01, 2022 15:23

Rural A roads are where cyclists are most likely to be killed, road.cc analysis reveals

Insurer NFU Mutual has launched a rural road safety campaign – but it is on busier countryside roads where bike riders face greatest danger

Wed, Dec 01, 2021 17:14

Oxford Crown Court – ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Flickr Creative Commons

Cycling and the law: Are UK sentencing guidelines tough enough for motoring offences? Explaining Clifford Rennie’s sentence

Following a recent high profile case in which two cyclists lost their lives, specialist cycling solicitor Mark Hambleton analyses the sentencing decision and offers his thoughts

Sat, Nov 27, 2021 12:00

14 online courses for cyclists: learn new skills during lockdown

Bored kicking about home most of the day? Why not stir your brain into action by taking an online course?

Thu, Apr 09, 2020 12:04