Police fine more than 2,100 drivers and cyclists in London road safety crackdown
By Piers Eady - 29 Nov 2013 19:11
In three days, nearly 1,400 car and lorry drivers were slapped with penalties for offences like talking on the phone while driving and jumping red lights
No speeding: 755 cyclists were also fined for going through red lights No speeding: 755 cyclists were also fined for going through red lights
Police have fined more than 2,100 drivers and cyclists in the first three days of a major campaign to make London’s roads safer.
Nearly 1,400 car and lorry drivers were slapped with penalties for offences including talking on the phone while driving and jumping red lights.
And 755 cyclists were also fined for going through red lights, riding on pavements and cycling with the wrong lights - or even no lights.
Another 28 people were arrested for a range of crimes including assault, bike theft and drugs and immigration offences.
Operation Safeway was launched by the Met on Monday after six cyclists died on the capital’s roads in just a fortnight earlier this month.
The operation, which started on Monday, will see 2,500 officers monitoring 166 junctions and will run until Christmas.
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Last night I saw a Police van pull over a cyclist who was riding on the road without a single light!
It took ages for him to stop too! With all the cars pausing behind the van it was puzzling why the cyclist didn't pull over straight away. I guess it was just not 'expected'.
I am pleased to think that some cyclists making errors are being tugged. It's about time. Shame it's taken so long to get Police back on the roads!
It just goes to show how out of hand this has got, and it is rife! Horrifying that some cyclists do not seem to know the rules of the road apply to them!
It would be nice to know of the percentage of cyclists or did and didn't stop, who were also driving licence holders too. I wonder if there is a chance that those who hold a driving /lorry (etc) licence stop ?