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London cyclists – King William Street 11-30 screenshot

20mph in all urban areas, a ban on pavement parking and cycling in the national curriculum: cycling and walking groups call for “most radical reforms to road safety since mandatory seat belts” ahead of Government’s Road Safety Strategy

A new report commissioned by The Bikeability Trust and Living Streets also says lack of awareness over Highway Code changes are leading to "conflict" on Britain's roads, but are confident the Government will act on some of their recommendations

Tue, May 20, 2025 17:15
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Child walking in front of SUV

How do we put a stop to road violence and curb excessive car use? Look at how we dealt with guns

In light of numerous devasting incidents involving drivers in the UK and beyond recently, Frank Podmore makes a case for tighter regulation when it comes to driving

Sun, May 04, 2025 11:00
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Oxford sign defaced (Image credit: Tom Seaward/Twitter)

Anti-cycling bingo bonanza: Drivers call for cycling to be banned to make it safer in bizarre social media exchange

According to the comments under an Oxford Mail Facebook post, at least 160 people believe cycling should be outlawed, as well as the usual calls for mandatory insurance and a 'road tax'

Mon, Jan 27, 2025 18:06
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Sara Piffer

“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
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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
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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
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Laurens De Plus

“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
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2022 Sea Otter Spoke

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
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see their side advert screenshot

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
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see their side advert screenshot

“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
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