Scottish Cyclists Urged To Join Campaign For Safer Roads

A coalition of organisations is calling on authorities in Scotland to build on the increased numbers of people walking and wheeling during lockdown. Cyclists have taken part in a demonstration in Edinburgh calling on candidates in next weeks local election to make the roads safer.

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Its a careless driving offence to close-pass someone cycling and puts lives at risk.

Scottish cyclists urged to join campaign for safer roads. The campaigners hope that it will be accepted and endorsed by MSPs. It also demands that Scotlands roads become more bike-friendly and that slower speeds be enforced on many roads. Scotland urged to walk back better from Covid-19.

The first stage of the campaign focuses on communicating the Governments travel guidance and what people should do if they need to travel. This is the biggest response weve ever seen to a Cycling UK campaign but just as significant as the number of responses is the wide variety of road users they represent. Drivers urged to slow down by road safety charities.

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BRENDA Mitchell a lawyer from Cardrona is combining her love of law and cycling to campaign for safer conditions for cyclists on Scotlands roads. British Cycling Policy Manager Nick Chamberlin has today expressed his disappointment at the decision of Holyroods Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee not to recommend approval of Scotlands Safer Streets bill and urged British Cycling members to join in one last push to encourage MSPs to support the campaign. Road safety charities Cycling UK and Brake have joined forces to appeal to all drivers to slow down and take more care as families and.

The programme in Scotland is delivered by Scottish Cycling which aims to narrow the vast gender cycling gap and get one million more women on bikes by the end of 2020. Pedestrians and cyclists know where improvements to the road network are needed. Road Safety GB is asking road safety teams and other partners to support and share the Governments new Safer Transport campaign.

Our Give Cycle Space campaign urges drivers to give space. Councils in England Scotland and Wales are being urged to follow the examples of Brighton Cardiff Edinburgh and Glasgow and install measures to make cycling and walking safer. A mix of public consultation and participatory budgeting could ensure road users can identify and help fix unsafe routes and junctions and we will call for measures such as 20mph speed.

Cycling UK and Brake make appeal after reports of speeding and fatalities - as quieter roads should be an opportunity for families to get much needed exercise. The 33 organisations including the AA IAM RoadSmart and Cycling UK want Police Scotland to follow the example of most forces south of the. However theres still work to do and any changes which are made must be well communicated and publicised to road users to ensure they are adopted by people driving cycling and walking.

Cycling UK has written to council leaders in Great Britain providing a guide on how councils can put in place measures during the COVID-19 lockdown that are quick to set up and cost very little. Look Out is the latest initiative from the Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership SSRP to help reduce the number of collisions involving cyclists across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. Police step up campaign to keep bikes safer on roads By Sue Austin Crime Published.

Of those 16500 15 said that cycling is their only mode of transport and responded as cyclists the other 85 represent people who also approach the Highway Code as drivers pedestrians or both. Cyclists and motorists in Staffordshire are being urged to be more courteous and to look out for each other as part of a new road safety campaign. The Scottish Government is wholeheartedly committed to improving the safety of vulnerable road users including cyclists which is why they were identified in 2016 two.

The initiative intends to tackle perceptions which prevent everyday women from getting on a bike including almost three quarters 72 per cent who say they feel there should be safer cycling routes and they have a lack of. Representatives gathered yesterday for the launch of the campaign. Closing roads to motor traffic and reducing speed limits.

Drivers urged to give cyclists space in North East road safety campaign Road Safety GB North East RSGB NE together with police fire officers and the Police and Crime Commissioners from both Cleveland and Durham have begun working together on a new regional initiative to help safeguard cyclists and educate road-users about safer overtaking and hopefully eradicate close passes. Tourists urged to keep left as campaign for safer driving launched at Urquhart Castle. The coalition which includes Living Streets Scotland.

The protest follows the deaths of two cyclists in the. Government launches Safer Transport campaign. British Cycling has long-supported the bills passage through the Scottish.

Were delighted that we saw our largest ever campaign response with over 16500 people writing to the Department of Transport to support changes which will make our roads safer for cycling.

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