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@Pezza
Why don't they just ask for more cycle lanes... or greater cycle awareness schemes??
I'd rather not get hit and have a nice cycle lane to ride down than get hit and know that the driver will get a slightly worse punishment.
I find it silly that on my entire commute from Hagley to central Birmingham I do not see a single cycle lane the entire way... that is 14miles of urban roads!
I was hospitalised by a silly motorist a month back, and I couldn't give a toss what punishment she gets, it's not going to stop all the other bad drivers... Prevention of accidents is a better idea than focusing on punishing the few that get caught, and since so little time is given to the cyclist cause, we should at least be asking for the right things. This is my opinion anyway.