Well this will confirm some things...
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Number of stops in regards to advice given for “Drive safe, cycle safe”
Phase one 2nd of April to 5th of April
Northbridge southwards corridor
Totals in Bold
In summary
• 32% of vehicles stopped for entering ASL’s were black cabs
• 50% of vehicles stopped were private cars.
• 80% of vehicles were driven by males.
• 75 % of those stopped committing cycling offences were male.
All stops recorded were backed by legislation and could have been subject to fixed penalty tickets had the week been about enforcement, not education.
Feedback from officers on patrol was that there appeared to be lack of knowledge on the ASL’s however cyclists were aware of the red light offence and many cyclists were deterred by the presence of officers and as such the figures reflect this.
Some examples of feed back from patrol officers
• One female cyclist in her mid twenties was spoken to who was cycling in the oncoming lane heading for the advanced stop box. We only spoke to her due to the speed and volume of the oncoming traffic we felt it was dangerous for her.
• 3 pedestrians spoke to us commenting on how pleased they were to see the police getting involved with this issue. 2 of these people were from Edinburgh Uni. They were all cyclists themselves. One cyclist approached us and again commented on how pleased he was to see the work we were doing.
• Around 21 motorists were spoken to re entering the box at lights. Around 10 were male, (with them being 40 - 50 years), 5 female (40-50 years) and the remaining 6 were evenly split 25 - 35 age group of males and females. So 13 male in total and the remaining 8 female. Of note about four of these drivers were professional black cab drivers. Most stated ignorance of the boxes.
• About 7 cyclists were seen to go through red lights. 4 were male and the remaining 3 female all in the age group 25-35. All used the excuse of 'running late' or 'impatience.'
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