mickle
innit
- Location
- 53.933606, -1.076131
Petition to: Remove the danger on British roads posed by drivers of motor vehicles towards to Vulnerable Road Users - peds, cyclists et al.
Background - Identify the problem - made up of some punchy facts and figures such as ..
* Cycling and walking are inherently good, it is only the threat posed by motor vehicles which renders these safe and healthy activities dangerous
* Pedestrians and cyclists are x% more likely to be killed or seriously injured in a collision than the occupant of a motor vehicle.
* Aside from the human cost of (x) deaths per year KSIs involving vulnerable road users costs society/ the economy £xxxmillions
* Road danger is still the #1 reason that people are deterred from cycling
* Blah blah etc
This is a problem of danger posed to VRUs by drivers of motor vehicles. The solution up to now has been to suggest that VRUs adopt protective wear - helmets, HiViz. Asking the victims of danger to protect themselves rather than controlling the danger at source. It hasn't worked.
We propose that the only way of reducing and ultimately removing this danger is to remove it at source by the implementation of ;
* Driver education (and re-education) programmes
* More severe sentences for dangerous drivers
* Change the onus (?) of liability to bring the UK in line with other European nations
Background - Identify the problem - made up of some punchy facts and figures such as ..
* Cycling and walking are inherently good, it is only the threat posed by motor vehicles which renders these safe and healthy activities dangerous
* Pedestrians and cyclists are x% more likely to be killed or seriously injured in a collision than the occupant of a motor vehicle.
* Aside from the human cost of (x) deaths per year KSIs involving vulnerable road users costs society/ the economy £xxxmillions
* Road danger is still the #1 reason that people are deterred from cycling
* Blah blah etc
This is a problem of danger posed to VRUs by drivers of motor vehicles. The solution up to now has been to suggest that VRUs adopt protective wear - helmets, HiViz. Asking the victims of danger to protect themselves rather than controlling the danger at source. It hasn't worked.
We propose that the only way of reducing and ultimately removing this danger is to remove it at source by the implementation of ;
* Driver education (and re-education) programmes
* More severe sentences for dangerous drivers
* Change the onus (?) of liability to bring the UK in line with other European nations
