#warksroadsafety — Public Fediverse posts

Calling #WarwickshireCountyCouncil - let's get some more School Streets going and make the school run more fun! Children want it; most people will support it!

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-streets-how-to-set-up-and-manage-a-scheme

#ActiveTravel #ActiveTravelEngland #SchoolStreets #Warwickshire_CC #WCCSafe_Active #WarksHighways #WarksRoadSafety #SchoolRun

New on the blog: following recent posts by the Warwickshire Road Safety Partnership and many others, it's time to debunk the "Be Safe Be Seen" and similar road safety campaigns that are a sop to the cause.

https://fiets.uk/2023-11-01/be-safe-be-seen-the-sop-to-road-safety

#RoadSafety #BeSafeBeSeen #WarksRoadSafety

I'm sure I've said this before, but I really don't like that mat. A rider's distance from the kerb is irrelevant. It incorrectly implies cyclists should keep left. It also suggests a safe pass distance is measured from the cycle wheel. It's not, but from the rider's offside edge.

https://warksroadsafety.org/2023/09/19/operation-targets-motorists-who-ignore-highway-code-rules-by-passing-cyclists-too-close/

#cycling #WarksRoadSafety

And #WarksRoadSafety are doubling down on their irresponsible and dangerous advice to people #cycling, over on Facebook.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0Cu25hxnSjynugXy6qXMdK8Awb4Lgpk2E5Eu7QorK5DvWsXLxSiMND2EwGxPJyaQol&id=100065554867017

Yours truly is quoted in this, a furore over misleading advice from the Warwickshire Road Safety Partnership, sent on both Facebook and Twitter.

https://road.cc/content/news/road-safety-group-advises-cyclists-allow-drivers-overtake-300769

#WarksRoadSafety