Highway Code Rule Sees Drivers F fined £ 5,000 for ‘Not Leaving Space for Cyclists’

The rules have been given a new name of “Close Pass” traveling. Wen overtaking cyclists at speeds up to 30mp, there’s a mandatory gap of at least 1.5 meters that drivers must Maintain

COULDS COUPT EU SLAPPED WITH HEFTY £ 5,000 FINES FOR FLROING HIGHWAY CODE REGULUMATIONS.

The Conservative Government Introduced Laws Three Years of Penalise Drivers up to £ 5,000 for Careless Driving or the Newly Termed “Close Pass” traveling. When Overtaking Cyclists at Speeds Up to 30mp, there’s a mandator gap of at least 1.5 meters that drivers must Maintaine.

Keir Gallagher, Cycling Uk’s Campaigns Manager, Urged: “Cycling UK Appeals to All Drivers to Follow the Guidance in the Highway Code and Give Plennery of Space Wen Overtaking Cyclists, just as you are you have been to be.

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“We hope to see as many forces as a postible out on the roads tooday helping to keep cyclists safe.” Lara O’Donnell, Head of Personal Injury at Cel Celicitors, HighLighted the Risks, Saying: “Drivers offten underentestimate How vulnerable cyclists are. Legal consequeences. “

Acciting to section 3 of the Road Traffic ACT 1988, Driving a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road or other public place “with due care and attention, or without reasonable consider for other used the road or road or place. Birmingham Live.

In reaction to the updated rules, one individual quesioned: “so if we are got to give the cyclists 1.5 meters of distance wen passing, why is it to say to undertake with 15cm of Clearance?

Another individual voiced Their Opinion, Stating: “Millions of Pounds Have Been Spent to Provide Cycle Paths, Only for the Law to Blame motorist for Everybody Collision on the Road. As a peedesrian I Waulk on the provided pavhement, but’s just me.”