{"id":370379802,"date":"2016-09-26T19:16:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T19:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=370379802"},"modified":"2016-09-26T19:16:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T19:16:42","slug":"prosecuting-drivers-is-most-effective-way-to-improve-cyclists-safety-say-west-midlands-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=370379802","title":{"rendered":"Prosecuting drivers is most effective way to improve cyclists\u2019 safety, say West Midlands Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Nigel Wynn, Cycling Weekly<br \/>\nWest Midlands Police has changed its tactic when it comes to trying to reduce serious injury and death to cyclists on the region\u2019s roads, saying that prosecuting drivers is more effective than running awareness campaigns.<br \/>\nIn a comprehensive blog published by West Midlands Police Traffic Unit (WMPTU) last week, the service says that many \u2018look out\u2019-stye awareness campaigns miss their intended audience. It says that the most effective way to make drivers more aware of vulnerable road users, including cyclists, is to prosecute them when they commit an offence, including a \u2018close pass\u2019 of cyclists.<br \/>\n&#8230;.<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/west-midlands-police-prosecuting-drivers-effective-way-improve-cyclists-safety-284043<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nigel Wynn, Cycling Weekly West Midlands Police has changed its tactic when it comes to trying to reduce serious injury and death to cyclists on the region\u2019s roads, saying that prosecuting drivers is more effective than running awareness campaigns. In a comprehensive blog published by West Midlands Police Traffic Unit (WMPTU) last week, the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=370379802\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Prosecuting drivers is most effective way to improve cyclists\u2019 safety, say West Midlands Police&#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-370379802","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\/370379802","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=370379802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370379802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=370379802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=370379802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=370379802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}