An important piece on the view of cyclists in the UK by the Guardian.
Cyclists can be a nuisance, running red lights, riding on the pavement ... but are they dangerous, and if not, is it a problem if they break the law? Peter Wallker, Guardian journalist and author of Bike Nation: How Cycling Can Save the World, explores our fixation on cycling behaviour and whether it’s distracting us from solving the real causes of death on our roads Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://is.gd/subscribeguardian Should you wear a bike helmet? ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWhME... Sources: Department for Transport cycling statistics ► https://www.gov.uk/government/collect... Reported road casualties in Great Britain: quarterly provisional estimates year ending September 2015 ► https://assets.publishing.service.gov... TfL road network performance and research team: proportion of cyclists who violate red lights in London ► http://content.tfl.gov.uk/traffic-not... Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/contr... Today in Focus podcast ► https://www.theguardian.com/news/seri... Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter ► https://www.theguardian.com/info/2016... The Guardian ► https://www.theguardian.com The Guardian YouTube network: Guardian News ► http://is.gd/guardianwires Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► http://is.gd/guardianfootball Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► http://is.gd/guardianculture
Cyclists can be a nuisance, running red lights, riding on the pavement ... but are they dangerous, and if not, is it a problem if they break the law? Peter Wallker, Guardian journalist and author of Bike Nation: How Cycling Can Save the World, explores our fixation on cycling behaviour and whether it’s distracting us from solving the real causes of death on our roads Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://is.gd/subscribeguardian Should you wear a bike helmet? ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWhME... Sources: Department for Transport cycling statistics ► https://www.gov.uk/government/collect... Reported road casualties in Great Britain: quarterly provisional estimates year ending September 2015 ► https://assets.publishing.service.gov... TfL road network performance and research team: proportion of cyclists who violate red lights in London ► http://content.tfl.gov.uk/traffic-not... Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/contr... Today in Focus podcast ► https://www.theguardian.com/news/seri... Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter ► https://www.theguardian.com/info/2016... The Guardian ► https://www.theguardian.com The Guardian YouTube network: Guardian News ► http://is.gd/guardianwires Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► http://is.gd/guardianfootball Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► http://is.gd/guardianculture
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