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December 8, 2016December 8, 2016 / carltonreid

Tables and graphs from Transport Statistics Great Britain: 2016 by the Department for Transport, published 8th December 2016.

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Go Danish to save lives, urge motoring and cycling organisations

December 8, 2016December 8, 2016 / carltonreid

British Cycling, the AA and the RAC Foundation have joined forces to call for the next edition of the Highway Code to have a Danish-style priority rule with motorists giving priority to cyclists at junctions. This “Universal Duty to Give Way” rule has been operational in Nordic countries since the 1930s. In the UK the need for drivers to give …

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