"cycling and the law" - edfoc 2015
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“Cycling and the Law”
Working in the Cycling Community
Road Traffic Law• Criminal Law• Civil Law
Rural Roads
Junctions
Roundabouts
Road Surface Defect
Dogs
Dooring
Pulling Out
Passing –Thomas
Passing - Andrew
Rural - John
Rural - David and Mark
Dooring - Balbir
Junctions - Jim
Roundabouts
Gemma
Paul
Road Surface Defect (R)
Road Surface Defect - David
Road Surface Defect - David
Cycle Path - James
Dogs - Ian
Prove fault
Alex Gibson
AIG
Jamie Aarons
Tradex
Insurers’ Excuses
• “Red light jumping”• “Launched off the pavement”• “Came from nowhere”• “Riding too fast”• Changing their story• Refusing to provide insurance details
Down right bad behaviour
What’s wrong?
Civil Law Protection
Campaigning for safer cycling in Scotland
Campaign for Presumed Liability
Not convinced?
Robust Criminal Justice - Police
Colin
Rob
Robust Criminal Justice - PF
Will it ever change?
Road Share Research• There is a clear and strong association between presumed liability
legislation and higher levels of walking and cycling. • All countries with high levels of safe walking and cycling have
some form of presumed liability legislation. • Leading cities in Europe with some form of Presumed liability now
see more than 55% of trips being made by walking and cycling, but Scotland falls well behind this.
• Lower litigation and insurance costs are achieved due to a higher proportion of victims obtaining compensation quickly and fairly.
• Presumed Liability has already been successful across a range of sectors in Scotland. It is not a “new” concept and extending it to transport presents no fundamental legal or administrative barriers.
Good news
roadshare.co.uk
Campaignforstrictliability
@roadshare
Sign the online petition
Show your support
Fault based system
Cycling Lawyers
Cycle Law Scotland App
Available Free from Apps stores
Legal Expense Protection
Q and A
www.cyclelawscotland.co.uk
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