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[url= http://www.roadjustice.org.uk/ ]Road Justice[/url]
Hats off to CTC for this: the legal situation needs to be improved.
Road crime is not being prioritised in the same way as other types of crime. Roads police numbers have fallen 29% in the past 10 years in England and Wales, while overall police numbers have remained stable.
Road casualties can and should be prevented, yet the justice system is failing to ensure safety on our roads by not taking road crime seriously. The police and coroners do not investigate road collisions thoroughly enough; the prosecution services make weak charging and prosecution decisions, and the courts issue sentences that do not adequately reflect the severity of crimes committed by bad drivers.
In order to make the roads safer we need a system that discourages bad driving, educates drivers to a higher standard and takes persistently bad drivers off the roads.
CTC, the national cycling charity, and the Cyclists’ Defence Fund, the charity which provides legal support to fight cases involving cyclists and cycling, have joined forces to campaign for road justice. The Road Justice campaign aims to fix the justice system by pressuring the police, the prosecution services, the courts and the law itself to improve the handling of bad driving and bad drivers.