The Auriol Grey case and pavement cycling
Last week a woman who had been imprisoned for (allegedly) causing the death of a cyclist she encountered on a pavement in Huntingdon, a small town in eastern England, and waved her arms and...
Category: Cycling
Tories gunning for cyclists (during climate and cost-of-living crisis)
In today’s newspapers there is a story that the Tories have proposed requiring cyclists to have mandatory insurance and number plates, the same as cars and other motor vehicles, and could face licence points...
Johnson’s cycling proposals are no substitute for new laws
Boris Johnson’s bold thinking could change the future of London cycling | Environment | guardian.co.uk (also see this in today’s Observer) I’ve been a cyclist since I was a child, although these days I...
There’s no “war” on Britain’s roads
Last Wednesday there was a programme on BBC1 called “The War on Britain’s Roads”, which was based on footage shot from cyclists’ helmets, and included various encounters with dangerous drivers and cyclists and confrontations...
Are there more stupid cyclists in good weather?
Tom Meltzer on the phenomenon of fair-weather rage | Life and style | The Guardian This article has an astonishingly charitable attitude towards cyclists who hit pedestrians and then get angry with them, but...