tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651597981151570147.post1061561939829819408..comments2024-03-15T07:44:55.087+00:00Comments on The Cycling Lawyer: Crown Prosecution Service decisions – compare and contrast.Martin Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07802050121734667593noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651597981151570147.post-56170599053546252022010-12-08T13:00:06.288+00:002010-12-08T13:00:06.288+00:00I am so glad that we have people like you pursuing...I am so glad that we have people like you pursuing this kind of institutional bias against (overwhelmingly) completely harmless cyclists whilst not taking proper action against dangerous driving and a curious road ownership mindset from drivers. Do you know if it is worth taking down license plates of drivers on handheld mobiles and handing them to the police once a month? I can safely say I never complete a journey without seeing this and it is a hundred times more dangerous than a cyclist jumping a red. When drivers of enormous articulated trucks (or even of the local rubbish truck whilst machinery is in operation at the back) are on their phones it annoys me even more!!! <br /><br />My 14 year old daughter is desperate to cycle to school. At 3.5 miles away, it is an ideal distance for that but I just don't feel safe allowing her because of the lack of a proper cycle lane for the final mile and the way that people drive in London in the rush hour. Such a shame that I then add to the road traffic as there is no bus and it is just a bit far to walk with a heavy bag. I have lobbied the council for better provision but they replied firstly saying provision was within national guidelines as it was a 20mph zone, and then when I pointed out to them that it was NOT a 20mph zone and cars tended to drive at more like 35 or 40 mph given the chance and that there were speed cushions right next to central island refuges creating dangerous pinchpoints, they basically said that is was my decision about whether or not it was safe for her. I give up!<br /><br />Good luck with your case.LDxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08837778725217083910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651597981151570147.post-79941921628038183682010-12-06T12:40:59.821+00:002010-12-06T12:40:59.821+00:00It is difficult sometimes to not become jaded when...It is difficult sometimes to not become jaded when it comes to cycling and the law. I remember a few months ago reading Crap Waltham Forest and seeing that the fines handed out to cyclists for jumping reds in London are very close to those handed out to motorists for murdering cyclists through their negligence.<br /><br />Because the vast majority of adults drive (or at least have a license to drive/see driving as something they aspire to) they are treated with sympathy. If you see someone as being like yourself, you naturally tend to empathise with them. The people who should be convicting these motorists don't want to because they see them as being "Ordinary people," like themselves. Cyclists get little sympathy because there are so few of us, we are not "normal." <br /><br />Maybe you could try and find a CPS employee who cycles and will be able to identify with our situation.Dr C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10234078254243840589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651597981151570147.post-32757887408345067502010-12-05T22:20:36.434+00:002010-12-05T22:20:36.434+00:00http://www.lfgss.com/thread55387.htmlhttp://www.lfgss.com/thread55387.htmlDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011855016442296931noreply@blogger.com