Video: Police officer deliberately doors thief riding Boris bike
This surely wasn’t the first time someone on a Boris bike has been doored by a motorist, but it might be the first time one has been deliberately hit with the door of a moving police car shortly before...
View ArticleBristol cyclist finds burnt-out car and motorbike on cycle route – for the...
A Bristol cyclist says he has repeatedly come across burnt-out cars and motorbikes on National Cycle Route 4, where Farm Lane crosses the M49.The Bristol Post reports that David Surowiec was riding...
View ArticleGerman street racers who killed cyclist ordered to stand retrial
Two young drivers in Cologne who killed a cyclist while having a street race have been ordered to stand for a retrial.The motorists, who were 21 and 22 at the time, sped at 95km/h (59mph) through the...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 14: Motorbiker overtakes cyclists at 100mph+
The latest video in our Near Miss of the Day series shows a motorcyclist overtaking three cyclists - at a speed thought to be well in excess of 100 miles an hour.It was filmed by Tarik Qirem when he...
View ArticleVideo: Teens push bike into path of Dunwich Dynamo riders, causing crash
A cyclist taking part in last night's Dunwich Dynamo from London to the Suffolk coast has filmed the moment he and two friends he was riding with crashed when some teens pushed a bike into their path...
View ArticleVideo: Shocking moment driver rear-ends cyclist in Tennessee
Shocking footage from Tennessee that was posted to Facebook shows the moment the driver of an SUV rear-ended a cyclist, apparently on purpose.The incident took place on Saturday on Natchez Trace...
View ArticleLorry driver who pleaded not guilty after being caught by West Midlands...
West Midlands Police reports that its operation to protect riders from “close-pass” motorists has secured its first court conviction. A 60-year-old Birmingham lorry driver was convicted of driving...
View ArticleSussex van driver filmed forcing cyclist off road to appear in court
A van driver from Sussex who was filmed forcing a cyclist off the road in April will appear in court next week on a charge of dangerous driving.Confirmation that the motorist had been summonsed to...
View ArticlePolice forces attend Cycle Crime Conference to hear about the various...
Officers from 28 police forces have attended the third annual Cycle Crime Conference, hosted by BikeRegister, the national cycle database, in association with British Transport Police (BTP). Held on...
View ArticleGlaswegian woman tells teen bike thief the error of his ways
A Glasgow woman has spoken of how she gave a bike thief ‘a life lecture’ after tracking down her son’s stolen bike on Gumtree.Vonnie Sandlan’s son Findlay's bike was taken from outside McDonald's on...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 15: Tractor driver holds line, almost hits cyclist
If you ride regularly in the countryside, you'll know just how frightening it can be when a tractor is bearing down on you.That's what happened to road.cc reader John Berry on Sunday as he rode into...
View ArticleMotorist hospitalised Cotswolds cyclist using ice cream cone
A cyclist was hospitalised when an angry car driver attacked him with an ice cream cone near Bibury in the Cotswolds last month. The Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard reports that the cyclist had...
View ArticleClose pass operations launched in Cornwall, Devon and Dorset
The joint road policing team of two police forces covering three counties in the south west of England have become the latest to roll out a close pass operation targeting motorists who give cyclists...
View ArticleCyclist killed in Northern Ireland after driver crashes into club ride
A cyclist has been killed in Northern Ireland after a driver crashed into a club ride near Bangor Two other riders were hospitalised in the incident, one of them sustaining critical injuries.The fatal...
View ArticleLorry driver convicted of close pass baffled by verdict (+ video)
A lorry driver who pleaded not guilty after being caught by West Midlands Police’s close pass initiative has expressed confusion that he was subsequently found guilty. Dean Littleford claims that the...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 16: Police show how to overtake cyclists safely
As we reported yesterday, Dorset Police, along with their colleagues in Devon & Cornwall, launched their Operation Close Pass this week.The forces are the latest to adopt the close pass initiative...
View ArticlePolice officer fined for breaking cyclist's wrist while driving without due...
A police officer who was found guilty of breaking a cyclist’s wrist while driving without due care and attention has been fined.Mark Godfrey Turner, 57, from Barrow, denied the charge but was found...
View ArticleJudge calls for tougher sentencing powers after jailing drink-driver who left...
Hull’s most senior judge says he will write to the Secretary of State for Transport and the Lord Chancellor to invite reconsideration of the maximum penalties open to a court in cases where serious...
View ArticleOn anniversary of his mother’s death, Chris Boardman says justice system is...
A year after Chris Boardman’s mother was killed by a van driver while riding her bike, the former world and Olympic champion turned cycling campaigner has said that the justice system is failing...
View ArticleBristol woman 'steals' bike back from thieves in Facebook sting operation
A Bristol woman revealed how she ‘stole’ her own bike back from a man who was attempting to sell it on Facebook, despite police advising her not to attempt to retrieve it.The Cube Axial bike belonging...
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