Motorists could face ?100 fines if they pass too close to cyclists

[super jumbe]

Motorists could be slapped with ?100 fines for driving too close to cyclists under plans being considered by the Government.

Transport Minister Robert Goodwill said he is considering Australian-style laws which set a ?minimum passing distance? between cyclists and other vehicles in law.

?We remain interested in the change and are keeping it under review,? Mr Goodwill told MPs.

It follows a petition signed by more than 16,000 cycling campaigners calling for Britain to follow the lead of South Australia and introduce a new law stipulating motorists can not pass closer than one metre to cyclists - or 1.5 metres on faster roads.

Minimum passing distances are already in place in other European countries including France and Germany.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/motorists-could-face-100-fines-8102754

[bonus2010]

I've to wonder how this will be enforced, but really if a car driver drives too close to a cyclist, then should that not be considered as dangerous driving, in which case a driving ban for 6 months would be more appropriate... I think there should also be fines for cyclists though, because I passed one the other day on a narrow road, where there was a separate cycle laneprovided for safety that the cyclist wasn't using....

[super jumbe]

They will be enforced just like bus lane, we have bikes lanes, CCTV 100 dole lots of drivers going to starve children’s to many rules to break…..

[bonus2010]

fine for city centres with CCTV everywhere, but in the countryside they'll be struggling to get their 100 squids

[tango]

iv passed many cyclists on the roads that have cycle lanes and they still choose to ride on the road
happens all the time here so they should be fined too for non use of a cycle lane

[Meat-Head]

Eh up, theres a theead on herez, about not declearing war on moterists.

If the peasants with push chairs & people walking 2 abreast were given
fines, then us cyclistts would be more likly to use cycle paths.

better to be waved at than be redesigned by a car

[super jumbe]

Cyclist doesn’t pay for the roads and they are given so much freedom what is wrong with this country, what happens when a cyclist gets too close to a motorist? Will the cyclist be fined?

[Meat-Head]

WRONG

I pay ?200 insurance ?230 tax, ?200/diesel year for my ownn vechile
think did something like 2000 miles last year.

SPEC:-

TURBO
TWIN CAM
TWO SEATER

[GastonJ]

and will cyclists who undercut buses (usually complain when they get squished for that) and cars with less than the minimum distance also be fined, or is this one law for motorist cash cows and one for cyclists?

[Meat-Head]

Update

did 1999 miles last year of own

[GastonJ]

Update

did 1999 miles last year of own

That was probably 19,000 miles, but it had an odometer correction once reprogrammed


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[Johnner]

Bicycles with windmills don't have odometers Gas

[GastonJ]

You forget it's a mhm bicycle so could well have 5 wheels, 8 tyres, a turbo and a knackered engine as well


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[Johnner]

Fair point !!

[rds60h]

Solution for the Car Drivers...............Completely flatten the ~~~~ers so there is no one to lodge complaint, plus by doing this you have proof that you weren't too close as you got it just right !!