Posts tagged with ‘safety’

Five penalty points for driver who rammed a cyclist

A driver has been given five points on his licence, and fined £600, after deliberately ramming a cyclist – but the points were for failing to stop, not for the…

Edinburgh lorry drivers get on their bike

Bike awareness training looks set to become compulsory for City of Edinburgh Council’s lorry and van drivers. In the first course of its kind in Scotland, employees swapped six wheels…

Botley Road danger spot to be improved

Plans to rebuild Oxford station look to be great news for cyclists. The notorious Botley Road railway bridge is to be replaced in 2017, and there’ll be full room underneath…

Could overnight deliveries make streets safer for cyclists?

The Government is encouraging hauliers to make more out-of-hours deliveries – potentially making the streets safer for cyclists at busy times. The ‘Quiet Deliveries’ initiative particularly targets construction lorries, responsible…

One in three haven’t ridden a bike for ten years

Cycling might be booming in the UK – but we’ve a long way to go before we can aspire to European levels. That’s the message from a new survey commissioned…