Department for Transport written question – answered at on 27 March 2018.
Mark Hendrick
Labour/Co-operative, Preston
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to tackle cyclists riding dangerously on (a) footpaths and (b) pavements.
Jesse Norman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The current dangerous and careless cycling offences apply to the road. This includes the pavement.
Last year the Government announced a cycle safety review consisting of two phases. The first part of the review considers the case for creating a new offence similar to that of causing death or serious injury by careless or dangerous driving, to help protect both cyclists and pedestrians. This is the focus of an independent legal report which was published on 9 March. The Department will issue a response to that report in due course.
The independent legal report is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycle-safety-review
Yes4 people think so
No4 people think not
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