Opinion: The government has its priorities wrong on the dangers on our roads

Dangerous driving, not dangerous cycling, is the more pressing issue

Car crash
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On Monday, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking (APPGCW) published Road Justice at an event at the Houses of Parliament, a report which seeks to redress the balance between the nature of road violence and its consequences. 

On Tuesday, at justice questions in the House of Commons, Edward Argar, a justice minister, said that the government was considering a "broader call for evidence on motoring offences". Hardly a ringing endorsement of the report, especially as a "full review" of driving offences has been promised for almost a decade, without any sign of it actually happening. 

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