Tuesday 2 December 2014

Zero Tolerance Spot for January, Coming to Your Town?

I want to lay down a challenge.

Talk to the other cyclists in your town, find a place you all agree is dreadful because of how motorists behave there. Is it a junction where 'they' always jump red lights? A place 'they' always pull out of without giving way? A pinch point where 'they' always drive straight at you? Take your pick, but do please choose one.

You've got a month to put the word out that this location is your target. This is where you're going to make a change. I want you, and all of the other cyclists there, to report every rule infraction you see, by every motorist, to the police. I want you to get incident numbers for all of them. Heck, if you can strap a camera to your helmet or your bike and record the problems you have there so much the better!

Lets make a difference in the New Year. Lets stop allowing the Police and Local Authorities to fob us off, one at a time, incident by incident. Lets make it absolutely clear - enough is enough, its time for us, the Cycle Lobby, to start getting shirty about how they've been treating us.

Cambridge Cyclists - Magdalene Street, the 'narrows' where bus and taxi drivers do not give way to oncoming cyclists, driving straight at you with the expectation we'll somehow disappear. Every event, every time 'they' endanger us, we'll report it. All through January. And in February? Pick somewhere else.

Are you all up for it? Can I get a 'HELL yes'?

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