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DRL Response
Below is an email from a policeman regarding MAG UK's response to the DRL consultation.
It makes everything worthwhile and is a reason to continue the fight.
Elaine,
I've just read the MAG response to the DRL consultation.
I had submitted a personal comment so was notified when the consultation was published.
As a former motorcyclist and now a cyclist I found your response the clearest and best argued out of all the ones I read.
TfL gave a response that seemed only concerned about money; the UK government response didn't even want to open.
As you note in your document the greatest danger to all road users is the human being behind the wheel.
I passed my motorcycle test in the old days when the tester jumped out from the side of the road for the emergency stop.
Since then motorcycle training and testing has continually advanced whereas car training and testing (apart from a farcical written test that just disadvantages the dyslexic) has stayed static.
Thank you for the response, even if it will be ignored by the bureaucrats, as the saying goes - Consulting, if you are not part of the solution, there's good money to be made in prolonging the problem.
Thank you also for acknowledging cyclists as fellow road users, sometimes we are seen as trespassers on the road and it is good to be acknowledged.
Name withheld
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