Dangerous Cycling Law Ditched Due To U.K. Election Called For July

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Dangerous Cycling Law Ditched Due News

Iain Duncan Smith,Matthew Briggs,Rishi Sunak

I was Press Gazette's Transport Journalist of the Year, 2018. I'm also an historian – my most recent books include 'Roads Were Not Built for Cars' and 'Bike Boom', both published by Island Press, Washington, D.C.

outside 10 Downing Street announcing UK general election will take place on 4 July in London, United Kingdom on May 22, 2024. An amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill, put forward by British MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP, that was set to introduce the offense of “causing death by dangerous, careless or inconsiderate cycling, and causing serious injury by careless or inconsiderate cycling,” will not become law.

Today, following the news that a general election will be called on July 4, Briggs wrote on X: “Whilst I’m no expert—I understand that all legislation passing through Lords will fall after prorogation. If that’s the case then we will be back.”Bezos Reclaims World s 2nd Richest Title From Musk As Net Worth Tops 200 Billion

Briggs had promised to delete his social media accounts pressing for a law change but will now continue campaigning. “The spotlight will return,” he predicted.announcing UK general election will take place on 4 July in London, United Kingdom on May 22, 2024. Meanwhile, one of the media reports that fanned the flames of cyclist hate in the last few days has been amended.

The piece was based on Strava data that the newspaper was later told was likely to be bogus and, upon further investigation, the story has been amended withThe correction states: “This article and its headline have been amended to remove speeds recorded on Strava which Strava has now deleted and which appear to have been erroneous. Data is uploaded to Strava by users, either automatically or manually, and cannot be checked or independently verified; the data is accepted on trust.

 

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