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Old September 3rd 04, 09:55 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.rec.cycling
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Default Bus driver complaint and OYBike

Tom Anderson wrote:

What this is really about is that the costs of breaking the law aren't
internalised; the drivers' illegal actions cost time, money and
lives, but the costs are borne by other road users, the state, and
cyclists and pedestrians. If the costs could be transferred to the
delivery companies, then it would be in their economic interests to
have good drivers. This is well nigh impossible to do perfectly, but
covering the country in smart CCTV with automatic fines for any
traffic offence would be a start.


....and who pays for the 'smart CCTV' system? Answer; road users, the state,
and cyclists and pedestrians.