Dear All,
My inbox has fluttered this down to me from Cycle Law Scotland earlier today.
"Since Road Share’s launch just over a year ago on 15 April 2013, the campaign has steadily gained great momentum. Our online petition calling for a Member’s Bill to introduce presumed liability between motorists, cyclists and pedestrians has over 5,585 signatures and we now have the backing from major cycling groups, driving schools, celebrities, athletes and MSPs.
Now that the campaign is firmly established, we have embarked on the next phase of our work, which has been to gather together major stakeholders in the cycling and wider transport sectors to form a Road Share steering group on presumed liability.
The purpose of the steering group will be to thoroughly and objectively research the benefits associated with the introduction of a presumed liability regime on road safety and to then take these findings to decision makers in the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government. Such an empirical underpinning has been requested of the campaign by a number of MSPs and it is our hope that with this soon in hand, we will be in a firm position from which to argue for the introduction of a presumed liability regime to Scots civil law for road traffic collisions.
The personal comments made by many of you in support of the campaign as to why you believe this to be important are very poignant and, in some cases, heart rendering. These only help to drive us on even more determinedly to ensure that we succeed in changing the minds of others who are still not fully aware of what impact this change would have on the road share culture across Scotland.
The more support we have at grassroots level, the easier it will be to demonstrate that this change is one which is well overdue and needed sooner rather than later to bring us in line with our European neighbours and other cycling friendly nations.
To that end, please continue to encourage others to sign here If each of you persuades just 4 more people to sign the petition, we will have over 20,000 signatories."
Pretty self explanatory, please do sign this,
Radgeworks
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