Labour Group Amendment
Safe Pass
That the relevant changes are made to the recommendations as shown below in strikethrough and bold italics:
b. updated highway code rule 163 which states that drivers should give motorcyclists, horse riders and cyclists at least 1.5 metres when overtaking at a speed of up to 30mph and more space overtaking at higher speeds, and that drivers should allow at least 2 metres of space and keep to a low speed when passing people walking in the road (for example, where there’s no pavement)
c. updated highway code rules 170, 195 and 206 which state that:
· when pedestrians are crossing or waiting to cross at a junction, other traffic should give way
· if pedestrians have started crossing and traffic wants to turn into the road, the pedestrians crossing have priority and the traffic should give way
· people driving, riding a motorcycle or cycling must give way to pedestrians on a zebra crossing and people walking and cycling on a parallel crossing
d. updated highway code rules 62 and 63 which state that cyclists are asked to:
· not pass people walking, riding a horse or driving a horse-drawn vehicle closely or at high speed, particularly from behind
· slow down when necessary and let people walking know they are there (for example, by ringing their bell)
· remember that people walking may be deaf, blind or partially sighted
· not pass a horse on the horse’s left
e. failure of communications from the Department for Transport in outlining changes to the highway code which protects all road users. [1]
f. significant and dangerous impact close passing by motorists can have on people travelling by foot, cycle, horse or motorbike [2] [3]
g. infrastructure improvements that have been proposed in the city’s Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP)
This council resolves to request the:
1. Chief Executive write to the Secretary of State for the Department for Transport asking them to do more with the Think! PR campaign to promote new highway code rules and distribute more funding to local authorities to enable them to introduce infrastructure to make all road users safer
2. Executive Director
for Economy, Environment and Culture liaise with taxi and bus
providers calling on them to outline how they have promoted
theseis rule changes to their
staff
3. Chief Executive writes to the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership calling for an update and extension of their Safe Pass campaign.
Proposed by: Cllr
Wilkinson
Seconded by: Cllr Appich
Motion to read if carried:
This council notes the:
a. introduction section of The Highway Code which includes 3 new rules about the new ‘hierarchy of road users’, a concept that places those road users most at risk in the event of a collision at the top of the hierarchy - this hierarchy does not remove the need for everyone to behave responsibly, but states that road users most likely to be injured in the event of a collision are pedestrians, cyclists, horse riders and motorcyclists, with children, older adults and disabled people being more at risk
b. updated highway code rule 163 which states that drivers should give motorcyclists, horse riders and cyclists at least 1.5 metres when overtaking at a speed of up to 30mph and more space overtaking at higher speeds, and that drivers should allow at least 2 metres of space and keep to a low speed when passing people walking in the road (for example, where there’s no pavement)
c. updated highway code rules 170, 195 and 206 which state that:
· when pedestrians are crossing or waiting to cross at a junction, other traffic should give way
· if pedestrians have started crossing and traffic wants to turn into the road, the pedestrians crossing have priority and the traffic should give way
· people driving, riding a motorcycle or cycling must give way to pedestrians on a zebra crossing and people walking and cycling on a parallel crossing
d. updated highway code rules 62 and 63 which state that cyclists are asked to:
· not pass people walking, riding a horse or driving a horse-drawn vehicle closely or at high speed, particularly from behind
· slow down when necessary and let people walking know they are there (for example, by ringing their bell)
· remember that people walking may be deaf, blind or partially sighted
· not pass a horse on the horse’s left
e. failure of communications from the Department for Transport in outlining changes to the highway code which protects all road users. [1]
f. significant and dangerous impact close passing by motorists can have on people travelling by foot, cycle, horse or motorbike [2] [3]
g. infrastructure improvements that have been proposed in the city’s Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP)
This council resolves to request the:
1. Chief Executive write to the Secretary of State for the Department for Transport asking them to do more with the Think! PR campaign to promote new highway code rules and distribute more funding to local authorities to enable them to introduce infrastructure to make all road users safer
2. Executive Director for Economy, Environment and Culture liaise with taxi and bus providers calling on them to outline how they have promoted these rule changes to their staff
3. Chief Executive writes to the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership calling for an update and extension of their Safe Pass campaign.