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It’s an odd situation, wanton and furious driving, which cyclists currently get prosecuted with has a 100% conviction rate in that last 20 years and until very recently 100% custodial sentence rate too. You can only dream of a similar conviction rate for driving offences. All things being equal the cyclist conviction rate should go down. Obviously it won’t!
I bet the average custodial sentence for a driver is less than 2 years, what can a cyclist do that is anywhere near as dangerous as a motorist in a 2 ton metal box.
It’s just red meat for the gammons, another easy win in the culture war.
HousecatHST-
And Grant Schapps leading the charge and getting all the gammons behind him.
Last year 520 casualties caused by collision with a cyclist, 3 of those sadly died. This was a large increase in the previous year.
In 2019 100 cyclists died in collision with a car with 14,500 casualties in total. Not all injuries, even when it requires attendance at A&E, are reported so are not in the stats.
Alan_tbt
One of the reasons drivers don't get prosecuted with the more serious offence is the lower chance that juries will find them guilty. I'm not sure cyclists would be given the benefit of any doubt in the way that motorists are.