Cyclists not classed as road users according to transport secretary
- 13.01.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury
The transport secretary has claimed cyclists don't count as road users after he was questioned in the House of Commons.
Chris Grayling has been accused of showing 'an astonishing lack of knowledge' after he argued that cycle lanes cause too much of a problem for road users, implying that cyclists are not classed as road users.
He argued that cyclists are the users of cycle lanes and motorists are the road users claiming the comment was very straightforward.
But how do cyclists themselves feel about being classed as non-road users?
Jeremy Smith, personal injury solicitor and keen cyclist at PotterReesDolan, said:
I find it really shocking that our Transport Secretary apparently thinks that cyclists aren’t road users. I suspect his comment betrays the truth about the Government’s attitude, which is so short sighted, when the benefits of getting more people cycling (better health, cleaner air, less traffic congestion etc.) are there for all to see.
The explanation from Grayling caused uproar among the 7 million people who regularly use the roads to cycle.
Questions were put to the transport secretary after he was filmed knocking a cyclist from his bike when opening his car door last month.
Jeremy Smith is a personal injury solicitor with PotterReesDolan. Should you have any queries about personal injury issues or indeed any other aspect of this article and wish to speak to Jeremy or any other member of the team please contact us on 0161 237 5888 or email Jeremy.