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Petition update, 04 December 2007

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Youngsters are being asked to walk or cycle to school to be green and reduce jams.

Walking and cycling are generally safe but parents will worry - if they are brave enough to let youngsters be independent.

The perception of safety has to be improved.

Lower speeds and extra road education will play a part but this petition is calling for a change to strict liability laws on drivers’ insurance policies.

At present, in a car - bike/pedestrian collision, the cyclist or pedestrian (probably the worst injured) has to prove the motorist was reckless.

We want that burden of proof switched so the motorist – choosing to use a ton of metal at speed – has to prove the cyclist or pedestrian was at fault.

This only applies to insurance claims. In criminal law, drivers in collisions remain innocent until proven guilty.

This rule exists in many EU countries with more walking and cycling, and a better child road safety record, Let’s raise driving standards and create better road user attitudes.

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• Janet Stark
• Andrew Bell
• Christopher Le Breton
• Norma Fender
• Raoul Bhambral
• anna hope
• Angela Last
• Shivaji Shiva
• Tony Ross
• Lin Webb
• James Eaton
• Neil Armstrong
• Richard Allen
• john glew
• Amanda Root
• patrick lingwood
• Dr. Mayer Hillman
• Emma Burnell
• Pat Tuson
• Robert Lister
• Ben Styles
• Judy Cumberbatch
• J Morrison
• Mark Dawes
• Peter Hutchinson
• Michael Groll
• Les Deering
• Veronica Pollard
• Richard Moore
• Andrew Gordon
• Clare Gillott
• Dorothy Greaves
• John Bastiani
• Kenneth Cook
• Paul Guest
• David Sinden
• John Beecroft
• steve meek
• Kerren Davey
• Andy Leeming
• Dee Northover
• stephanie woolley
• Mark Simpson
• Chris Nagle
• Nigel John Gunton
• Jackie Bridges
• phil mcgovern
• John Mallone
• Matt Innes
• Steffen Boehm
• Ewen Speed
• Mo Lee
• Nicolas Geeraert
• Anna Wittekind
• Chris Reed
• Simon Norton
• David Batten
• Stan Shire
• Adrian Harrison
• Richard Smith
• Wendy Lecluyse
• Luke Hickson
• Mark Faulkner
• Elizabeth Evans
• Phil Mead
• Nicholas Westlake
• Graham J Lee
• Tim Greenaway
• Helen Gamsa
• corinne grimley evans
• Stuart Jones
• Margot Oakenby
• carol packham
• Caroline Bartle
• Tori Ray
• Matthew Daley
• Peter Newbery
• Sue Moser
• Pete Blindell
• Des Richardson
• John Macmurray
• Sue Abel
• Tom Roberts
• Elizabeth Raney
• Kate Candy
• Andy Jewsbury
• juliet hankey
• Paul O'Brien
• Liz Hall
• richard attwood
• Robert Newman
• Mark Alston
• Phillip Exell
• Stephen Hutchings
• Fraser Bridgeford
• Joseph Peate
• Clifford Lantaff
• Chris Procter
• patrick greenaway
• Recardo Parris
• David Linnett
• Karl Rust
• Nigel Shoosmith
• David Mitchell
• Nina Killick
• George Ong
• Patrick Salmond
• Keith Macfarlane Islington Cyclists
• Stephen Penman
• Philip Benson
• anita reynolds
• Rosemary Cooper (Miss)
• Boyd French
• Catherine Cowling
• Matthew Leathwood
• david waller
• PETER ROBINSON
• Paul Krebs
• Merlin Matthews
• Huw Melliar-Smith
• Jon Evans
• James Rowlands
• ralph marks
• Irena Hoare
• Jerzy Kociatkiewicz
• Marielle de Groot
• Phineas Wenlock
• Francis Eaves-Walton
• Olaf Neuschaefer-Rube
• Nigel Harwood
• Kai Arzheimer
• Kay Thompson
• John Ratford
• David W Quinnelle
• Duncan Colville
• Michelle Paul
• Allan Davidson
• Frances Williams
• Chris Read
• Veerle Van den Eynden
• Michael Steinke
• Paul Tunnell
• Adrian Ashworth
• Rob Crozier
• giorgio finella
• Jeremy Spencer
• Owen Robinson
• Ann Farncombe
• Muriel Egerton
• Lisa Bayliss
• Bryony Evens
• Malcolm L M Jones
• Fred Barker
• Stefan Kaye
• Mark Irving
• Tim Steele
• Angela Steele
• Rob Leedham
• Klaas Brumann
• ayse uskul
• tess jones
• George Brent
• Anna Langley
• Dilly Meyer
• Andy Chapman
• Gordon Hollingworth
• Aderyn Hurworth
• Chris Dorling
• Terry Felgate
• James Schumm
• Diana Bogie
• David Redfern
• George Coulouris
• Dave Parry
• Jean Dollimore
• M Doherty
• David Arditti
• catherine unia
• Annette St John Howe
• Tre Crossfield
• Tobin Sykes
• Anne Boston
• Karen Adams
• Malcolm James Smith
• Nathan Kaczmarski
• Charles F Harvey
• Mark Jacobson
• Richard Harman
• Richard Thomas
• Paul Braithwaite
• Cllr Alexis Rowell, Chair, Camden Sustainability Task Force
• Adrian Lord
• Jeremy Palmer
• l turner
• Christopher Turcksin
• David Horsley
• Edward Blackmore
• Colin Rosenstiel
• Jo Leyland
• Ankush Shah
• John Bennett
• Alex Gumbrecht
• Penelope Abraham
• Gary Say
• Neil Hancock
• Michelle Jamieson
• Edward Nelson Collict
• Colin Routledge
• Tim Leyland
• Brian Gray
• Jonathan Lingham
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• Richard Moberly
• Bryan Eric Hall
• Chris Rowan
• Nick Smith
• Richard McAleer
• Stuart Jordan
• Charlie Brooks
• Alan Goswell
• Michael Owen
• Jonathan Chew
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• Robin Campbell
• Trevor Stephenson
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• Andy Kay
• Jacey Jackson
• Steve Broad
• Geoff Dingely
• ANDREW LLOYDLANGSTON
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• Guy Elliott
• John Buckley
• ross dingley
• John Metcalf
• craig thwaites
• Andy Jones
• Rob Weeks
• Douglas McLellan
• Dr Tim Gordon
• Simon Garnett
• robin ashdown
• Jan Pope
• Anthony P McCann
• Stuart Shurlock
• Matthew Hurrell
• John Loyd
• Pippa White
• David Orchard
• Adam Edwards
• Michael Grazebrook
• Nigel Agar
• John Pelham
• Mark Brownlees
• L Poust
• Paul Dean
• dave preece
• Andrew Martin
• Maria
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• Amanda Tipper
• Peter Baker
• Linda Cox
• john village
• Stephen Price
• Sara Robin
• Richard Sunderland
• Janet Wood
• Stuart Connelly
• Peter Henshaw
• Cliff Bradley
• Philip Shaw
• Keith Edwards
• Mark Oxtoby
• Iain Gunn
• Rosalind Townsend-Hope
• matt scriven
• Terence John Edwards
• Joseph Rowe
• MArk Allen
• John Armstrong
• sam jewell
• DAVID HOPE
• Ali Macdonald
• Adam Pope
• Brendan Cuddihy
• Roy Turner
• Emma Chapman
• Kate Metcalf
• richard Haines
• Eileen Dean
• Simon Miller
• Ken Kneller
• Willy Hoedeman
• Rob Livesey
• roberto napolitano
• James A Hargreaves
• Gerrard Ridge
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• Ben Parish
• Daryl Levy
• Joe Monk
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• Martin Osman
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• philip white
• Katy White
• Anthony Steven Barbaglia
• anthony martin
• Lee Oliver
• Gregor Peterson
• Mischa Altmann
• vince page
• Nick Walford
• Michelle Kirby
• Anniek Wasser
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• Gerald Blackmoor
• Simon Capper
• virginia lemonnier
• Adam Prickett
• Ruth Stafford
• shona prasad
• Lee Stephens Gardner
• Emily Beatty
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• Simon Cook
• Heleni Pantelidou
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• Michelle Kirschner
• Helen John
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• Lucy MacArthur
• Rob Cartwright
• Paul Cooper
• Raul Fuentes
• Janine Eagling
• John Bryant
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• Mark Wilson
• M.J.Stiasny
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• george hanna
• DAVID CARNEGIE
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• James Dunlop
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• Kimberly Cronk
• Jonathan Rhodes James
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• Micaela Basford
• tania field
• christy hanna
• Stephen Goodenough
• Elizabeth Pearson
• John-Paul Flintoff
• Brendan Casey
• Duncan Chandler
• Daniel Hurst
• Kim Trill
• Vanessa Lake
• Muntedhar Alhakim
• David Walton
• Mark Hodgson
• Peter Milne
• Frank Proud
• paul luton
• sabrina aaronovitch
• Tim Dukes
• Jennifer Goslin
• Steve Fisher
• Laura Packham
• Stephen Massey
• Anthony Roberts
• m haynes
• Caspar Evans
• Dave Crawford
• Steve Flowers
• Scott Cowap
• Veronica Brown
• William Mitchell
• Peter Berg
• S.F.Snedker
• WILLIAM NEILSON
• Tony Flecchia
• D.Pearson
• Andrew Green
• james casey
• Paul Benton
• James Crawford
• Gavin Kilner
• Jason Reynolds
• anthony rafferty
• Robert Green
• Des Edwards
• Alison Davies
• Grae Sinclair
• Damian Bevan
• richard borner
• Peter Mains
• Christopher Irish
• Raymond Walker
• Jamie Urquhart
• lauren van zwanenberg
• John S Rees
• Jane Barnes
• Paul Graham Shenton
• Noel H.Mitchell
• R H Williams
• Takane　Funatsu
• James Collins
• James Barber
• Neil Williams
• Mike Roberts
• Jane Kingswood
• graham wood
• John Howes
• Paul McNally
• Dan Hemmington
• Chris Cottom
• David Andrew Clarke
• Jo Sampson
• William Saltmarsh
• carl taylor
• Sonia McNally
• Chris Owen
• Giuseppe Tozzo
• Gordon Low
• Jacqueline Walster
• Ryan Clark
• Richard Todd
• Ian Storer
• Richard Adam
• colin Drapper
• R H HALBERT
• Stuart Haines
• David Clarke
• J D Phillips
• Stephen Charles Walster
• Richard carlton
• Jane Cribb
• Christopher Cribb
• Andrew Rideout
• Paul Brookes
• Sanjay Patel
• Sorrel Pindar
• D r. Nick Abercrombie Andrews
• Dipak Mistry
• Helen Naylor
• susan lee taylor
• Alexandra Whitfield
• mark woodbine
• Simon Millington
• Tom Smith
• John-Patrick Stacey
• Clive Savory
• Stephen Barker
• Ben Keenan
• will rawes
• Sandra McGuigan
• vivien morgan
• Sarah Price
• Shawn Pearson
• Laura St Clair
• Simon Still
• Emma Meaney
• Colin Fenwick
• Sophie Best
• Andrew Chapman
• Davod cox
• Charles Cadbury
• john bennett
• Emma Neave
• Matthew Vernon
• Peter Benie
• Malcolm Bradbrook
• Robert Paynter
• Paula Redmond
• Kevin Meaney
• Frank Sobott
• Ron Fellows
• Ian Johnson
• Kevin Hamblett
• J Bryant
• James Lawrie
• Jeremy Warner
• Simon sven elliott
• David Clark
• Jill Worth
• Laura Liddell
• Fuchsia Arnold
• Andrew Chadwick
• Peter Steward

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