Bristol City Council approves zero road deaths motion |

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Oldbristolian-5149

Wednesday Jul 19, 2023 - 8:00am

Could anyone really vote against this motion?.

Ripper-8566

Friday Jul 14, 2023 - 10:45am

So let me get the straight BCC will change the behaviour of boy racers, drink drivers, tiredness or people just making genuine mistakes. The council needs to focus on things that benefit or improve the lives of the majority. I stopped cycling because a taxi driver knocked me flying into the road and injured my wrist. How will they stop accidents from happening. More woke pro bike nonsense. It’s time we got rid of green obsessed councillor’s who base our entire existence around the mythical 2030. Vote the clowns out.

AngusG-7817

Thursday Jul 13, 2023 - 10:53pm

I also very much agree with DanN-8305 below. 40 years ago drink driving was just as illegal as now but was largely ignored. Then the law was strictly enforced and it has become accepted as a social evil. The same needs to happen to drivers who park in cycle lanes/on corners/double yellow lines. It would take a lot of work at first but until that happens, too many drivers will continue to park dangerously because for them it doesn't matter.

AngusG-7817

Thursday Jul 13, 2023 - 10:47pm

Twice in the last decade I've been knocked off my bike by a taxi. When it first happened, four pupils at the school at which I taught told me they had also been hit by taxis in the previous year. Taxi drivers are, understandably, given a DBS check. There *was* a driving test but the government scrapped it in 2015 because it cost money. At the time the Council said they would replace it when they could find something. That was 8 years ago. Taxi drivers still cause a disproportionate numbers of collisions. They need to be regulalry tested and barred if they cause an accident.

BristolBusRider-7210

Thursday Jul 13, 2023 - 2:48pm

All 30mph roads in the city should become 20mph.

DanN-8305

Thursday Jul 13, 2023 - 8:59am

They'll be running the Council from next May so we'll see. As I've mentioned before on these pages, I used to cycle to work, but its now so dangerous due to every, crossing, double Yellow, loading bay, bus stop, dropped kerb, corner, cycle path, etc, etc is illegally parked on 24hrs a day. And the alternative one way is driven down the wrong way constantly. All very easy things to fix.

Clarkey-1802

Thursday Jul 13, 2023 - 8:41am

Yet another ruse to spy on every man jack

DavidEvans-731

Thursday Jul 13, 2023 - 7:13am

A motion has been passed, so that will make all the difference, but how will that change the attitude of many in the wheeled brigades?