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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.
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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.