URGENT - Sunday Times on the Highway Code

[Tony Raven]

Lifted from El Swear:

> The Sunday Times is doing an article for this Sunday's edition about
> the problems which the Highway Code would cause for cyclists if the
> version now laid before Parliament goes through unamended.
>
> They want to know of anyone who has been injured while using a cycle
> facility - to make the point that using cycle facilities can sometimes
> be more dangerous than deciding not to use them.
>
> The copy deadline is the end of this afternoon, 2 May!
>
> Personal experiences best but knowledge of injury caused to others
> would be useful. Not Blackfriars Bridge though as they already know
> about that.
>
> They are talking to the CTC and the best way to get them information
> is to contact the CTC's Yannick Read ([email protected]), or
> phone 01483 238322.
>
> Sorry about the short notice but I've only just found out and that's
> the way newspapers work, it seems!


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[naked_draughtsman]

"Tony Raven" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Lifted from El Swear:
>
>> The Sunday Times is doing an article for this Sunday's edition about
>> the problems which the Highway Code would cause for cyclists if the
>> version now laid before Parliament goes through unamended.
>>
>> They want to know of anyone who has been injured while using a cycle
>> facility - to make the point that using cycle facilities can sometimes
>> be more dangerous than deciding not to use them.
>>
>> The copy deadline is the end of this afternoon, 2 May!
>>
>> Personal experiences best but knowledge of injury caused to others
>> would be useful. Not Blackfriars Bridge though as they already know
>> about that.
>>
>> They are talking to the CTC and the best way to get them information
>> is to contact the CTC's Yannick Read ([email protected]), or
>> phone 01483 238322.
>>
>> Sorry about the short notice but I've only just found out and that's
>> the way newspapers work, it seems!

Have emailled a reply, but I've only just got in and read the message so it
was probably too late!
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[Martin Dann]

Tony Raven wrote:
> Lifted from El Swear:
>
>> The Sunday Times is doing an article for this Sunday's edition about
>> the problems which the Highway Code would cause for cyclists if the
>> version now laid before Parliament goes through unamended.

I emailed the Times, BBC and the ToryGraph a couple of days ago about
this. If they have had a lot of correspondence about this perhaps this
persuaded them to do and article.
So if everyone writes to a couple of newspapers as well as MPs, we may
get more articles like this.

Martin.

 

[naked_draughtsman]

"Martin Dann" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I emailed the Times, BBC and the ToryGraph a couple of days ago about
> this. If they have had a lot of correspondence about this perhaps this
> persuaded them to do and article.
> So if everyone writes to a couple of newspapers as well as MPs, we may get
> more articles like this.

Was thinking today that I should have emailled all the candidates for the
local election to ask what they plan to do to improve road saftey,
particularly the safety of cyclists but it's a bit late though now!
Our current councillor proposed a 'crackdown' on bad cycling a few weeks ago
which is fair enough but she wasn't interested in the problems cyclists face
on roads when I asked.

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[Alan Braggins]

In article <[email protected]>, naked_draughtsman wrote:
>
>Was thinking today that I should have emailled all the candidates for the
>local election to ask what they plan to do to improve road saftey,
>particularly the safety of cyclists but it's a bit late though now!

Cambridge Cycling Campaign did that:
http://www.camcycle.org.uk/elections/2007may/