Out of the blue last night, an old friend I lost touch with around 25 years ago contacted me via Facebook, and it reminded me why I continue to support POP and also the campaign for Presumed Liability.
Her sister, Sally Low, (who I also knew in years gone by) was killed by a driver in 2013 when out cycling.
The distraught family went through 2 years of hell before the driver eventually settled out of court. She's forever grateful to the sole witness who held Sally's hand as she died, and to Brenda at Cycle Law Scotland who took their case on.
I know I'm guilty of thinking at times that we're wasting our time, and that for all the lovely words from politicians we never see anything changing and they're just stringing us along.
But we HAVE to keep going; we owe it to those who've paid the ultimate price for our country's woeful record of investment in active travel and making the roads safer for cyclist and pedestrians. One day we will see change; the baby steps now will eventually become giant leaps.
Until that day, I'll be there at every POP.
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