@Sogood - we need to look outside cycling, if we can align some of our goals to more mainstream concerns we might stand a chance. Cyclists are too easy to dismiss and will remain that way until we increase in numbers. In the meantime we will remain targets.
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Warning this article is not cycling related - however it mentions a viewpoint on making faster more certain but less severe puncishment for crimes. It is interesting, and I don't normally like Gittins.
If you are charged and convicted of negligent driving, no matter the outcome, death, injured, bent street sign you get 3 years inside the dog house. Would that help?? The flipside would be you can basically murder someone (bunch of people) and only get 3 years...
Cyclists should advocate on non cycling issues where the outcome will assist our cause. Otherwise it is just us and Clover
JM