Bytagand the publication "Press release: Stop violence on routes!"
Press release from the French Cycling Tourism Federation and 12 other organizations.
The French Cycling Tourism Federation and the Bicycle Users' Federation (FUB), along with 11 other organizations, have published their proposals to combat road violence. This joint initiative is still awaiting a response from the government.
Six months after the murder of Paul Varry, the Government is preparing to receive the report it commissioned from Emmanuel Barbe as part of the mission "against violence, protect all users of the route "This report must propose concrete solutions to combat road violence and create a safer environment for all travel.
The French Cycling Federation, the FUB, and 11 other organizations have joined forces to submit 10 effective and pragmatic proposals to the government to change behavior and create improvements to ensure everyone's safety.
CHANGE BEHAVIORS, CHANGE ARRANGEMENTS 10 proposals to change behaviors 1. Measure road violence to better address it by having annual statistical monitoring of these acts of violence, by evaluating their judicial treatment and by organizing prevention campaigns targeting in particular excessive speed and dangerous behavior 2. Improve the collection of complaints, their judicial treatment and the criminal response by training moretagand the national police, the gendarmerie and the municipal police on the rights of cyclists and the reality of their practice 3. Better prevent, prosecute and punish violent behavior on routes by making possible, within a framework that avoids any abusive use, the automated control of offenses of non-compliance with cycle boxes, of circulation on cycle facilities and of non-compliance with safety distances, in particular in the event of overtaking 4. More systematic use of immediate administrative sanctions against perpetrators of road violence such as impounding or temporary suspension of driving licenses, ensuring rapid integration of these people into a mobility support program to compensate for the loss of the vehicle 5. Improve the behavior of all users of the route, individuals and professionals, through training at all stages of life, relying in particular on the role of employers and vocational training centers and strengthening the role of organizations providing advice and training in cycling and sustainable mobility 6. To train a generation that is cautious and respectful of the routes by generalizing and improving the “Knowing how to ride a bike” system, by integrating a bike training module in middle and high schools and by adding a bike module to driving license training 7. Promote cohabitation between users of the route by generalizing the 30km/h speed limit in built-up areas, by imposing the complete crossing of the line, including continuous, for any exceeding of a cycle on the routeoutside built-up areas and by promoting the reduction of speeds and the use of secondary roads made safe for cyclists 8. Making cycling safer outside built-up areas by strengthening the obligations incumbent on road managers by aligning the provisions of Article L.228-3 of the Environmental Code with those of L.228-2 and removing the mandatory prior assessment 9. Draw up a list of road and cycle path configurations to be avoided based on a retrospective assessment of the impact on accidents of cycle facilities built in France and make binding, in certain circumstances, the recommendations made by Cerema 10 Combating accidents linked to blind spots large-size vehicles by extending by regulation the provisions of European Directive 2019/2144 to vehicles put into circulation before July 2022 and by offering assistance for retrofitting |
The increase in the number of cyclists and the diversification of cycling practices, whether daily, sporting, leisure or professional, require collective acceptance of the partagand de la route and a response from the public authorities that is adequate.
This collective approach is a continuation of the work carried out by these organizations to support the mission through a substantiated report based on thousands of testimonies and feedback from our network of associations and clubs. It demonstrates a shared commitment to responding to the majority of French people's desire to be able to cycle safely and in a peaceful environment.
These proposals were the subject of a collective letter addressed to the Minister of Transport on March 26. Pending a response from the Government, the proposal to hold a meeting to continue the discussions initiated on October 21 with the previous Government remains open.
Bytagand the publication "Press release: Stop violence on routes!"
