If you ever have to outrun the police in a vehicle chase, forget about using a car, or motorcycle or scooter. Use a bicycle, as this suspect somewhere in America did. It looks like he made it, too.
January 18, 2016
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If you ever have to outrun the police in a vehicle chase, forget about using a car, or motorcycle or scooter. Use a bicycle, as this suspect somewhere in America did. It looks like he made it, too.
Governments, police forces and parent groups have use various messages to warn the public about dangerous driving and some have been more effective than others.
Two recent examples – one from New Zealand and one from Australia – make their point in different ways. The New Zealand video - ‘don’t use a mobile phone while driving’ – gets the message across with gentle humour.
The Australian video – ‘don’t drink and drive’ – employs intense drama to ensure a mark is left on the viewer.
The Metropolitan Police in London, England is reported to be considering the option of pursuing the first ever corporate manslaughter charge against a highways authority.
Twenty-four-year-old cyclist Deep Lee was killed in a collision with a lorry at the junction of Pentonville Road and York Way in King’s Cross last October.
An independent consultants’ report on pedestrian safety in 2008 had warned the capital’s highways authority, Transport for London (TfL), that the junction at York Way needed prope
Highway designers are increasingly asked to integrate cycle lanes and paths into their projects in major urban areas.
And many commuting cyclists are grateful for it, too.
But what happens when the cycle path ends, even if it is right outside the rider’s destination, such as his or her work place, be it an office building or factory?
That last few metres are essential for completing the perfect commute. This means being able to park the bicycle in a secure environment.
The UK has the second safest road network in the world, beaten only by Sweden according to the latest traffic data analysis from the Department for Transport (DfT). Fatalities from road crashes account for 28.3 deaths/million of population in the UK, compared with 28 fatalities/million of population in Sweden according to the DfT data. It should be noted too that the UK has a larger population and a far higher population density, as well as 35.6 million registered vehicles (an increase of 41% since 1994) an
