04-09-2006 15:00
IAM Chief Examiner Peter Rodger said:
"The IAM supports this campaign to encourage all road users to cooperate and look out for each other. London's roads are crowded - we can behave like caged rats and fight with each other for space, or we can behave like human beings and cooperate with each other. If we simply give each other a bit of room, it all works better.
"Crashes also cause congestion. Even a minor shunt creates a bottleneck at peak times - and that just adds to the pressure. Motorists have a key role to play in preventing those crashes. Drivers can become frustrated by the actions of some cyclists and pedestrians, but the onus is still on the motorist to drive with care and remember the vulnerability of other road users."
Research for Transport for London, by the independent Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), showed that in London one in five cyclists jumped a red light and that motorists stopped in more than a third of advance stop boxes, both of which are against the law. Road casualty figures from 2005 show that eight people were killed and 201 people were seriously injured after a vehicle failed to stop at a red light.
The police enforcement campaign will focus on five sites across London and will tackle road users who break the rules of the road, either by advising of infringements or giving a fixed penalty notice.
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