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14 Jun, 15 tweets, 7 min read
Thank you everyone for contributing your spicy ideas about what we can start advocating for to get on the radio. We're going to give our 'top 5' and give them a 'spice factor' using the chili emoji 🌶️
Starting off with 'beg buttons' for motor traffic. This is a spicy idea that up-ends the current system of road crossing in which pedestrians and cycle traffic have to 'beg' traffic to stop by pushing a button and waiting - which can be an agonising delay
We're giving this one a spice rating of 3 out of 5 chilis, great contribution @pareetjshah 🌶️🌶️🌶️ pretty spicy!
Coming in hot is @cyclegaz with compulsory 100 hours of on-the-road cycling for those wanting to pass a driving test. This is a spicy idea but may well make many many more people more empathetic to those cycling. We're giving this one four chilis 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
We should add that it is already kind-of happening in the heavy vehicle sector. It's great to see responsible fleet operators train their drivers on cycles so that they can build empathy and understanding with vulnerable road users! lbhf.gov.uk/transport-and-…
Up next, every road safety campaign group's favourite subject, so-called 'hi vis,' regularly suggested as the panacea for cycle safety. But the shoe's on the other foot with this one: @JamesBlurbs wants to mandate 'hi vis' schemes on all motors!
This is kind-of being done by the emergency services. This tweet shares why it doesn't work. But we didn't ask for good ideas, we asked for spicy ones and mandating that motors be decorated like this is a spicy one for sure so it gets 5 chilis! 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Up next is a levelled-up take on an LCC idea: road user charging. @mazza_maca doesn't want to just charge dangerous and polluting vehicles to use the road network, they want people to be financially rewarded for cycling and walking.
Again, this one has been trialled in the Netherlands (of course!). It would be great if people were financially supported in choosing transportation that was safer for themselves and their neighbours, don't you think? This gets a spice factor of 3 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Last but not least, the absolute madman @matbono brought out the big guns. Mandatory helmets. But with a twist - drivers! We can't firmly state when motorsport introduced mandatory helmets but one google search said 1914. It could save lives!
This one's spice factor is off the wall. So we're giving it a gif. Well done Matt!
Thank you everyone for joining us in this thread. If you're interested in ideas to end road danger to cyclists and pedestrians that would actually work, as well as tackle air pollution and climate change, do read our #ClimateSafeStreets report lcc.org.uk/campaigns/deci…
If you've enjoyed this thread please consider joining LCC as a campaign member and supporting our work to make cycling more safe, enjoyable and accessible across London. And we'll gift you a free cycle lock, too.
@bbcnickrobinson our DMs are open. Any time!
Honourable mention to Sophie who made this suggestion on Instagram

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