{"id":278512045,"date":"2013-10-29T12:27:25","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T12:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=278512045"},"modified":"2013-10-29T12:27:25","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T12:27:25","slug":"scottish-parliament-to-debate-strict-liability-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=278512045","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Parliament to debate &#8216;Strict Liability&#8217; usage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Mark Sutton, Bike Biz<br \/>\nCross party support for law which places onus on motorist to prove they were not at fault in a collision with cyclists or pedestrians<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nThe motion reads: &quot;That the Parliament believes that the number of fatalities and injuries to pedestrians and cyclists on Scotland&#8217;s roads, including in the Lothian region, is unacceptably high; recognises that the Scottish Government has funded a number of national cycle safety initiatives; notes that versions of a strict liability rule exist in the civil law of many European countries; notes that a number of walking and cycling organisations support the introduction of such a law in Scotland; understands that a petition by Cycle Law Scotland on this topic has secured over 5,000 signatures; considers that a stricter liability rule could have positive benefits for the safety of more vulnerable road users as part of a package of measures, and would welcome further debate on this proposal.&quot;<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikebiz.com\/news\/read\/scottish-parliament-to-debate-strict-liability-usage\">https:\/\/www.bikebiz.com\/news\/read\/scottish-parliament-to-debate-strict-liability-usage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Mark Sutton, Bike Biz Cross party support for law which places onus on motorist to prove they were not at fault in a collision with cyclists or pedestrians &#8230; The motion reads: &quot;That the Parliament believes that the number of fatalities and injuries to pedestrians and cyclists on Scotland&#8217;s roads, including in the Lothian &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=278512045\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Scottish Parliament to debate &#8216;Strict Liability&#8217; usage&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278512045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278512045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=278512045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278512045\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=278512045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=278512045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=278512045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}