Rejected petition Create a Bicycle Awareness Course for car drivers causing danger to cyclists
Car drivers caught speeding are offered the chance to attend a speed awareness course that lasts approximately 3 hours in order to qualify for a reduced speeding fine. I believe a similar Bicycle Awareness Course for car drivers found guilty of causing danger to cyclists should also be created.
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Because the recent changes to the Highway Code advising car drivers they should ensure there is a 1.5 metre gap when they pass a cyclist has not informed enough car drivers
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It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
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Decisions about whether to offer a lesser penalty to drivers who agree to take a retraining course are a matter for prosecutors, and the design of retraining schemes are a matter for the organisations that run these schemes, not the UK Government or Parliament.
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