Cyclcists enter a road clearly marked as "closed" (Image: Daily Express)
Dangerous cyclists flouting road rules highlight the urgent need for a clampdown on bicycles putting people at risk.
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Our pictures show a man talking on his mobile phone while one hand is off the handlebars in Central London just days after the Government agreed to toughen jail sentences for reckless cyclists.
Another photo showed two people weaving through pedestrians on a pavement on Friday last week, two days after the government agreed to a change in the law.
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Cyclists who cause death or serious injury could face up to 14 years in prison under fresh laws making their way through Parliament.
Tory MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith has been campaigning on the issue and believes cyclists should be accountable for reckless behaviour.
Speaking in the House of Commons, the former Conservative leader said his amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill was not "anti-cycling".
He added: "Quite the opposite, it's about making sure this takes place in a safe and reasonable manner.”
Pictures showed cyclists riding on pavements beside pedestrians or entering roads clearly marked as “closed”.
Other snaps capture people chatting on the phone with one hand off the handlebars.
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Cyclists were photographed riding on busy pavements in the capital (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster)
Cyclists were seen riding through red lights (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster)
Sir Iain raised the case of Matthew Briggs, whose wife died from head injuries following a collision with a cyclist in London in 2016.
The cyclist, who was riding a fixed-gear bike with no front brakes, was jailed for 18 months after he was found guilty at the Old Bailey of “wanton or furious driving”, using a law from 1861 – the Offences Against The Person Act.
Sir Iain said: “(Mr Briggs’) attempt to get a cyclist prosecuted after his wife was killed in central London in 2016 involved a legal process that was so convoluted and difficult even the presiding judge has said afterwards, since she’s retired, that this made a mockery and therefore it needed to be addressed, that the laws do not cover what happened to his wife and is happening to lots of other people.”
He also said: “The amendment, I believe, will achieve equal accountability, just as drivers are held accountable for dangerous driving that results in death, cyclists I think should face similar consequences for reckless behaviour that leads to fatalities.”
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Cyclists were using mobile phones (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster)
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Dangerous cycling is already defined in the Road Traffic Act, which includes riding in a way which “falls far below what would be expected of a competent and careful cyclist” and which “would be obvious to a competent and careful cyclist that riding in that way would be dangerous”.
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The proposed law would require cyclists to make sure their vehicle “is equipped and maintained” in a legal way, which includes keeping brakes in working order.
It would apply to incidents involving pedal cycles, e-bikes, e-scooters and e-unicycles.
Causing death or serious injury by dangerous, careless or inconsiderate driving are already offences but the vehicle involved must be “mechanically propelled”.
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