Italy’s professional cyclists’ organisation, the ACCPI, has launched a petition in memory of the late Michele Scarponi that calls on the country’s government to do more to protect people riding bikes on the road.
Highlighting an increase in the number of cyclists killed in recent years on Italy’s roads, the ACCPI’s petition, which goes by the name Siamo sulla stessa strada: rendiamola sicura – We’re on the same road, let’s make it safe – is hosted on Change.org and addressed to Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
It urges the government, among other things, to introduce a minimum passing distance of 1.5 metres to the country’s highway code, which currently requires motorists only to give “adequate distance” when passing cyclists.
It also calls for psychological support measures to be introduced for victims and their relatives, increased compensation for bike riders who sustain life changing injuries as a result of a road traffic collision, and changing the country’s penal code to enable the families of cyclists who have been killed to participate fully in criminal proceedings.
The petition can be found here.
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Mr Edet's going to need a new lower intestine very soon.
Thank you for not linking to the DM article. I would have felt duty bound to look at it.
Nice response from Surrey police. Now if only there was a body who could enforce those who ignore it...