READ MORE UK facing NEW mini-heatwave with ‘hottest hour’ set to roast England<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n“We are, however, talking about a tiny fraction of road traffic offences in comparison to conventional collisions between motorised vehicles and pedestrians where greater focus ought to lie.<\/p>\n
“It remains the case that the overwhelming risk to vulnerable road users, as demonstrated by the UK\u2019s road safety statistics, are speeding motorised vehicles.”<\/p>\n
A DfT spokesperson said: \u201cDangerous cycling is completely unacceptable, and the safety of our roads is a key priority for this Government.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Government is proposing new offences and penalties for dangerous cycling, updating legislation that is over 160 years old, to ensure that the tiny minority who recklessly disregard others face the full force of the law.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are being brought forward as part of the Crime and Policing Bill, and will be debated in due course.\u201d Campaigners have welcomed the new legislation. Matt Briggs, whose wife, Kim, 44, was killed by a cyclist nine years ago, told the Telegraph: \u201cAfter losing Kim in 2016, I began campaigning the following year to have these laws enacted.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe use of the \u2018wanton and furious\u2019 charge for so many cases has been inadequate and archaic. I\u2019m absolutely delighted that this Labour government has followed through with our calls for new legislation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis isn\u2019t just a victory for me and my family, it\u2019s also a victory for all the families who have worked tirelessly through their unbearable tragedies to have these laws changed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"E xperts are warning they are “unlikely to improve road safety”, with a previous attempt to bring in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,393,4884,8955,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-76099","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-midlands-traffic-and-travel","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114454502045891126","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Experts are warning they are “unlikely to improve road safety”, with a\u00a0previous attempt to bring in harsher sentences previously scrapped during the General Election.<\/p>\n