{"id":198674301,"date":"2011-04-19T11:18:21","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T11:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=198674301"},"modified":"2011-04-19T11:18:21","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T11:18:21","slug":"save-our-cyclists-clamour-for-flood-of-avoidable-road-deaths-to-be-stemmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=198674301","title":{"rendered":"Save our cyclists: Clamour for flood of avoidable road deaths to be stemmed"},"content":{"rendered":"

[B’ Spokes: This is in the UK but the same attitude needs to happen here. I’ll jump to the end of the article.]
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\nBy Cahal Milmo and Kevin Rawlinson
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\nNine steps towards safer cycling
\nThe London Cycling Campaign, which promotes safer cycling in the capital, has produced a nine-point-plan for reducing the toll of death and injury among cyclists:
\n* Enforce speed limits and clamp down on drivers who use mobile phones.
\n* Crack down on hit-and-run drivers, who account for a large portion of serious road injuries. [Note: Maryland Hit-and-run drivers are ~20% of bike\/ped fatalities vs ~1% overall.]
\n* Introduce 20mph speed limits in all built-up and shopping areas of Britain’s towns and cities.
\n* Require all lorries to carry full safety equipment to help them avoid collisions with cyclists: six mirrors, sensors and safety guards. (See www.no-more-lethal-lorries.org.uk\/<\/a>)
\n* Require organisations which run lorries and other large vehicles to provide their drivers with cyclist awareness training, as already practised in four London boroughs.
\n* Include a "cycle awareness" section in the driving theory and practical tests
\n* Allocate more road space to cycling, as has been done in The Netherlands and Denmark, among other places.
\n* Provide all children with access to Bikeability cycle training, the current version of the Cycling Proficiency test
\n* Encourage less car use and more. cycling so that, as in The Netherlands and Denmark, collision rates for cyclists are reduced.
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\nhttps:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/save-our-cyclists-clamour-for-flood-of-avoidable-road-deaths-to-be-stemmed-2268135.html<\/a>oldId.20110419111821637<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[B’ Spokes: This is in the UK but the same attitude needs to happen here. I’ll jump to the end of the article.] ******************************************************************************************************************** By Cahal Milmo and Kevin Rawlinson … Nine steps towards safer cycling The London Cycling Campaign, which promotes safer cycling in the capital, has produced a nine-point-plan for reducing the toll … <\/p>\n

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