Calling #WarwickshireCountyCouncil - let's get some more School Streets going and make the school run more fun! Children want it; most people will support it!
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-streets-how-to-set-up-and-manage-a-scheme
#ActiveTravel #ActiveTravelEngland #SchoolStreets #Warwickshire_CC #WCCSafe_Active #WarksHighways #WarksRoadSafety #SchoolRun
New on the blog: following recent posts by the Warwickshire Road Safety Partnership and many others, it's time to debunk the "Be Safe Be Seen" and similar road safety campaigns that are a sop to the cause.
https://fiets.uk/2023-11-01/be-safe-be-seen-the-sop-to-road-safety
I'm sure I've said this before, but I really don't like that mat. A rider's distance from the kerb is irrelevant. It incorrectly implies cyclists should keep left. It also suggests a safe pass distance is measured from the cycle wheel. It's not, but from the rider's offside edge.
Operation targets motorists who ignore Highway Code rules by passing cyclists too close Whilst most drivers passed cyclists safely, some need to give cyclists more space when they overtake them is the conclusion of the latest Operation Close Pass that took place on Hillmorton Road in Rugby today, Mo
And #WarksRoadSafety are doubling down on their irresponsible and dangerous advice to people #cycling, over on Facebook.
Yours truly is quoted in this, a furore over misleading advice from the Warwickshire Road Safety Partnership, sent on both Facebook and Twitter.
https://road.cc/content/news/road-safety-group-advises-cyclists-allow-drivers-overtake-300769
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