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During October, Essex Police prosecuted 14 drivers for driving offences, helping officers keep Essex roads a safer place for all road users.
MOTORISTS could help reduce deaths and serious injuries on Essex roads by becoming police’s “Extra Eyes”.
MOTORISTS could help reduce deaths and serious injuries on Essex roads by becoming police's "Extra Eyes".
“Where digital evidence highlights, Essex Police will not hesitate to take action against those who drive carelessly or dangerous near cyclists and fail to give sufficient space when passing. “We all have places to be and we all deserve to arrive safely. Please share the road considerately and be patient with other road-users.” The Highway Code requires that drivers “give cyclists at least as much room as you would a car when overtaking”. Cycling UK says that most police forces interpret the overtaking space to mean at least 1.5m, the width of a car, at speeds of up to 30mph.
The Safer Essex Roads Partnership has released shocking footage of a series of close passes of cyclists by drivers on roads in Essex.