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Claudia Schergna

OPINION - Yes we cyclists have an image problem, but we're not the real danger on London's roads

Upper Tooting Road remains the most dangerous place in London for cyclists - (London Cycling Campaign)

The government’s latest push to criminalise “death by dangerous cycling,” tucked into the sweeping new Criminal Justice Bill, might sound like common sense.

We’ve all been there: crossing the road at a green light and almost being hit by a cyclist who thinks traffic lights don’t apply to them; or seeing groups of teenagers riding in a horizontal line, or cyclists texting while riding, no hands on the handlebars.

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