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Another
cyclist has been involved in a collision with a motor vehicle.
The
cyclist is now brain damaged and unable to speak.
The
driver was given 6 penalty points, fined £100 plus £150 costs and
£15 victim support.
The Police charged the driver with Careless Driving
rather than Dangerous Driving
probably because they were more likely to get
a conviction for Careless Driving.
The CTC believes
this may be because the Crown Prosecution Service have a policy that says -
a
vehicle colliding with another on emerging from a side road can be considered
as careless driving.
The CTC wish to challenge this and would like details
of similar "accidents" that get police involvement
as soon as they
occur. Contact the CTC here.
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Anyone thinking about Cycling to work should read this article from the Guardian.
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Connect2
Connect2
is a joint project between Stockport Council and Sustrans to create an Off Road
Route between Stockport andMarple. The
major hurdle, a bridge over the River Goyt near Chadkirk
should be completed
by July 2010 in time for the Chadkirk Festival.
When the route is completed it will link with the Middlewood Way and provide a Commuter route into Stockport and a leisure route to Macclesfield and beyond.
However
it does require cyclists to encourage Stockport Council
to recognise
and cater for the needs of cyclists. Here
are some examples of what the Council considers satisfactory.
Lobby your local
Councillors for better conditions for cyclists.
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Helmet News
A new design of Helmet has been devised - see here.
Despite them producing
a helmet that should be safer to wear than the current design,
they conclude
there is no statistical evidence to show that helmet wearing should be made compulsory.
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Stop SMIDSY
CTC - the UK's national cyclists' organisation is calling on all cyclists to add their voices to its new campaign to combat bad driving.
Stop SMIDSY is a major campaign to end the culture of brushing off dangerous incidents
with the excuse
"Sorry Mate I Didn't See You". It aims to change
lax attitudes towards bad driving and the failures of the
legal system to
respond to it when it occurs.
By encouraging cyclists to report crashes
and near misses on the new Stop SMIDSY
website, CTC will build up a picture of how
cyclists are treated by other
road users, with the ultimate goal of transforming drivers' attitudes to reduce
danger on the roads.
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Someone
- we assume the Council - has demolished the BMX course
created by local young
cycling enthusiasts near Brabyns Park.
If
you have any interest in catering for cyclists, particulary the younger element,
please
make a complaint to the Chief Executive of Stockport Council.
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