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Old 30-03-18, 10:19 PM   #36
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Default Re: London not to include motorcycle in it's traffic congestion strategy

I'm not going to argue with any suggestion that we should try and make our roads safer, and I'm certainly in favour of trying to achieve that by improving driver and rider behaviour, both of those with and without engines..... rather than through more and more legislation, however my original point still remains unanswered.

Your suggestion was that introducing a presumption of fault on the part of the motorist would improve driver behaviour and reduce casualties, and I pointed out that countries that already do so have a worse casualty rate than we do. Nothing you have subsequently said has explained why that is the case.

The entire British legal system works on the presumption of innocence until shown otherwise. In practice nothing should be presumed, every incident should, and generally is, examined and directed according to the information available and the circumstances prevailing. I for one hope that will continue to be the case. In my experience once a presumption is adopted in the belief that it will support one side of a case it is widely abused, such as it has been in domestic violence and sexual abuse cases recently. Be careful what you wish for folks.
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