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Re: [Update] Cyclist convicted of "wanton and furious driving"
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Dangerous cyclists face a decade in prison if they kill pedestrians under a new criminal offence being drawn up by ministers.
Transport Minister Jesse Norman announced an urgent review into cycle safety after a series of shocking recent incidents.
Top of a list of his proposals is a new offence of death by dangerous cycling.
The new law would fill the current gap between the charges of manslaughter and less grave offences.
Cyclist numbers have spiralled in Britain over the last decade.
At the same time, so has the number of accidents involving bicycles, with two pedestrians were killed and 96 seriously injured after being hit by a bicycle in 2015 alone.
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We definitely need something more up to date than a 150+ year old law intended for controlling badly driven horse drawn carriages.
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