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“ Reducing Road Danger: Empowering Local Communities”.

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We’re delighted that our Conference (jointly organised with RoadPeace) which was due to be held in April, will now happen as two webinars on October 22nd and 29th at 4 pm:

 “ Reducing Road Danger: Empowering Local Communities”.

Do register (for free) here https://t.co/hfeDTpGLaS?amp=1  as soon as possible.

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October 22nd – speakers

  • Welcome – Baroness Jones, President, Road Danger Reduction Forum
  • “Vision Zero: Enforcement and reducing road danger” (including using 3rd party reporting) Andy Cox, formerly Superintendent, Metropolitan Police Roads and Traffic Police.
  • “How important is dashcam footage when a crash happens?” Ciara Lee, RoadPeace.
  • USING THE TECHNOLOGY-
  • Madison/Cycliq bike camera lights
  • Nextbase Dashcams
  • “Cycling Mikey“
  • October 29th – speakers
  • Welcome – Baroness Jones, President, Road Danger Reduction Forum
  • “Reducing speeds in your neighbourhood – 20mph speed limits, Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) and Community Roadwatch” Jeremy Leach, Action Vision Zero.
  • “Low Traffic Neighbourhoods: Winning over the local community”: Clare Rogers, London Cycling Campaign.
  • “Involving your Police and Crime Commissioner” Victoria Lebrec, RoadPeace.
  • PANEL DISCUSSION: Including Dr Robert Davis, Chair RDRF

SPONSORS:

Moore Barlow

Madison UK for CYCLIQ

Nextbase Uk Dashcams

The two webinars can be seen here :

Webinar 2

Webinar 1

“…this should be a new golden age for cycling…”

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Thus spoke Prime Minister Johnson in the House of Commons on 6th May 2020. Next day the Minister for Transport announced a programme which appears to signal the best chance for genuine Governmental support for cycling and walking for the last few decades. Momentous if it is – and not before time. “Should” – but will it be? I look at the prospects and continue the update of transport in the Covid crisis

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“Reducing road danger: Empowering local communities in London”

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We have decided to POSTPONE rather than CANCEL this conference until later this year – we will set a new date in the summer with our speakers as the COVID-19 situation develops. We have had substantial interest in the conference and think it would be wrong to abandon it. Regrettably road danger will not disappear in the meantime, and the need for such events will continue. Hopefully a new spirit of concern for public safety in the current emergency can give impetus to efforts to reduce road danger.

We look forward to re-posting details of the event later in the year.

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What’s wrong with electric cars? Are they a (small) step forward or a red herring?

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Any contemporary discussion about the environmental, health and social problems associated with mass car use will inevitably turn to electric vehicles (EVs). Plainly there may be some advantages to their use compared to that of current petrol or diesel (ICE) cars – but how much? More importantly, does the focus on EVs overall hold the potential for being a major diversion from where our concerns should be, rather than their use being some kind of step forward. Will EVs turn out to be a part of the problem rather than its solution?


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Without tackling car culture we won’t make headway with road danger reduction

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(This article appeared in the 19th July 2019 issue of Local Transport Today as “Viewpoint” – online here)

Last week Lord Berkeley retired after 26 years as President of the Road Danger Reduction Forum (RDRF). So what has been achieved since we were set up in 1993? Is road danger being properly addressed? And since governance of policy on safety on the road is always part of wider transport policy, is the way our society views transport what we need for the 21st century? Despite some positive developments, the answer for both is no.

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Government response to its “Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS) Safety Review”.

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Today the Government announced its response to the consultation on its “Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS) Safety Review”. You can download it here and I suggest anybody interested in sustainable/healthy travel does so – this is a very important document.
Below I’m giving some first impressions – as I say, you should read the full document yourselves.

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Should cyclists be able to hurt or kill with impunity?

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Following the Alliston case (discussed here and here) we have discussed the demands for parity between cyclists and motorists with regard to the response from the criminal justice system, not least from the Kim Briggs Campaign . In particular, we have studied the meaning of The Times instruction to cyclists to “respect the rules of the road like everyone else” . We showed 
that this would in fact mean that “cyclists” (the term refers to everybody who may ever ride a bicycle) would actually have to break rules and laws a lot more, and have to endanger other road users far, far more. That’s the actual rule and law breaking: what about the responses of the criminal justice system once the rule and law breaking has been detected, and in particular once collisions have occurred? Continue reading →

2017: A pivotal year for Road Danger Reduction

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2017 has seen two important steps forward for Road Danger Reduction (RDR) in the UK. But the transport status quo is still stacked against sustainable/healthy travel policy and the gains can easily be rolled back. So let’s have a look at what has happened to get RDR on the agenda – and what needs to be done to keep it there and push it further.

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Launch of Operation Snap

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I was pleased to attend the launch of Operation Snap in Cardiff on December 19th. It has significant implications for traffic law enforcement and the involvement of the public in reporting bad driving to the police.


Insp Steve Davies, Duncan Dollimore (Cycling UK),Asst Chief Constable Jeremy Vaughan, Chair RDRF, Theresa Healy (GoSafe)

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