A Toronto police safety campaign aimed at protecting vulnerable cyclists found a significant number of aggressive drivers unwilling to share city streets among a total of 1,617 tickets issued in just one week. Of those, police handed out at least 800 citations for “particularly aggressive behaviour,” Toronto police Sgt. Aggressive driving “can be a whole basket of big things,” Moore said, including erratic lane changes, not yielding properly, speeding or racing, and getting distracted around bikes. “You’re just not safe on roads when you’re sharing it with that little distance between yourself and these aggressive drivers.” Moore said it’s been a while since Toronto police’s last cycling safety ticket blitz. An earlier campaign in 2017 was focused on road safety education, rather than enforcement.

Source: thestar July 02, 2019 21:34 UTC