Driving Offences Research Project

Twitter account for Road Safety Trust funded project: Assessing the Investigation and Enforcement of Endangerment Offences

[Driving Offences Research Project @RST_driving_law]

@ProfKyd High gear, low revs. And my dad’s top tip for rear wheel drive; bag of coal in the boot!

[Driving Offences Research Project @RST_driving_law]

@MartinPorter6 We’re working on a paper that does just this; examining the importance of enforcement in reducing social harm.

[Driving Offences Research Project @RST_driving_law]

Our short article in The Magistrate, 'Do we need to convict here?', has just been published, where we, inter alia, look at the boundary between careless and dangerous driving.

[CHAIRRDRF @CHAIRRDRF]

Still time to join 150 others at the second of our webinars: register here https://t.co/bPnPH4SbRW
Welcomed by @GreenJennyJones; Jeremy Leach on community speed control; Clare Rogers on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods; @RoadPeace on PCCs and me wearing a tie...
Do RT.

[The Road Safety Trust @TheRSTrust]

We funded @uniofleicester to examine road traffic offences enforcement. The research included interviews with police & crown prosecutors, review of Crown Prosecution case files & cyclist focus groups.
@RST_driving_law @ProfKyd @StevenCammiss Report here: https://t.co/knnmCs9wQ6

[Driving Offences Research Project @RST_driving_law]

@nadine_ansorg @MeteredFare @LTDAForum @TfL Indeed. A point we make in our research. In any other area of policing, we wouldn’t expect the vulnerable to manage risk.

[Leicester Law School @LawLeicester]

Day #2 of our 12 Days of Research Christmas Countdown: Driving Offences Research Project @RST_driving_law from @ProfKyd & @StevenCammiss produces report on 'Promoting Safety for Vulnerable Road Users' funded by
@RoadSafetyTruUK
https://t.co/LUeMspzWzX

[Driving Offences Research Project @RST_driving_law]

@guyharvey70 @markandcharlie @CHAIRRDRF @ProfKyd @StevenCammiss @RoadSafetyWales @TeeCiano @roadsafety @WeAreCyclingUK @RoadPeace @Brakecharity Get in touch and we’ll be happy to help. The project team are @ProfKyd and @StevenCammiss, both from Leicester Law School. You can find our project report here: https://t.co/xYlTdcpYsd

[Driving Offences Research Project @RST_driving_law]

@markandcharlie @CHAIRRDRF @ProfKyd @StevenCammiss @RoadSafetyWales @TeeCiano @roadsafety @WeAreCyclingUK @RoadPeace @Brakecharity Finally, we’re working on a paper that links exposure to risk to social harms. The benefits of active travel are multiple; failing to tackle vulnerable road users’ exposure to risk can only lead to wider social harm as we, collectively, do not make active travel choices.

[Driving Offences Research Project @RST_driving_law]

@markandcharlie @CHAIRRDRF @ProfKyd @StevenCammiss @RoadSafetyWales @TeeCiano @roadsafety @WeAreCyclingUK @RoadPeace @Brakecharity The threat, from say a close pass, harms our sense of security. While the law does not recognise those exposed to risks as ‘victims’, we say they are victims of this second order harm.

[Driving Offences Research Project @RST_driving_law]

@veloman8 We’ve worked with @ericonabike on this to try and make a difference. We’d definitely like to see a change there (we’re based in Leicester University). The council seem receptive, the police less so.

[Driving Offences Research Project @RST_driving_law]

Our research says it is a postcode lottery. We’ve made a number of recommendations to try and ensure it isn’t. https://t.co/xYlTdcpYsd

[road.cc @roadcc]

Is submitting close pass footage to the police a postcode lottery? The experience of these two @roadcc readers suggests it is: https://t.co/grnMBkeHJN #cycling

[Driving Offences Research Project @RST_driving_law]

@NthrnCyclistTVL @PompeyCyclist @Jdrsmith @syptweet @cpsuk As a matter of law, yes, that is what I’m saying. It’s careless, not dangerous. I would like to see more forces actually act on such footage and prosecute for careless in these cases. But it doesn’t meet the threshold for DD. If it did, the CD offence would be redundant.

[Driving Offences Research Project @RST_driving_law]

@NthrnCyclistTVL @PompeyCyclist @Jdrsmith @syptweet @cpsuk But that’s not the law. It’s a useful shorthand, and one that some officers use for decision making. And it still doesn’t make it simple; what is below or far below is an ambiguous test.

[Driving Offences Research Project @RST_driving_law]

@NthrnCyclistTVL @Jdrsmith @PompeyCyclist @syptweet @cpsuk Do you have the citation for that, please?

[Driving Offences Research Project @RST_driving_law]

@PompeyCyclist @NthrnCyclistTVL @Jdrsmith @syptweet @cpsuk True, but I don’t think it does fit the description. There’s a distinction between careless and dangerous for a reason (not least dangerous carries a possible prison sentence). That really is bad driving, but that doesn’t mean it’s automatically dangerous.

[Driving Offences Research Project @RST_driving_law]

@NthrnCyclistTVL @Jdrsmith @PompeyCyclist @syptweet The near miss case I referred to was an overtake on a national speed limit A road, nearly taking out a motorcyclist coming the other way. While your video is disturbing, it’s not the same level of risk.

[Driving Offences Research Project @RST_driving_law]

@NthrnCyclistTVL @Jdrsmith @PompeyCyclist @syptweet @cpsuk No magistrate or jury would convict of dangerous driving for this. Careless, yes, dangerous no.