Highway Code – Reading Cycle Campaign

Cyclists and The Highway Code

27 February 2025AliceLeave a Comment

If you’re like most people you are unlikely to have looked at the Highway Code since passing your driving test. Or maybe you have never driven a car. The recently […]

Chairman’s Letter Spring 2023

6 March 20234 June 2023Alice1 Comment

Dear RCC members The following piece is taken from a recent article in The Guardian and reading it caused me to remember a similar incident that happened to me and […]

Push-outs pushing cyclists into the road

Redlands Road Area Traffic Calming

6 March 20236 March 2023AliceLeave a Comment

We welcome the implementation of traffic calming schemes to improve conditions for cyclists and pedestrians. However, the Redlands Road Area scheme falls way short of providing decent conditions. We make […]

Highway Code Cycle Signing

6 March 20236 March 2023AliceLeave a Comment

What are the main cycle signs that we should know? Most signs and markings are shown in the Highway Code, 2022 being the latest edition. The round blue signs relate […]

Cycle Friendly Highway Code

8 December 2021Alice1 Comment

Most of us have probably not read the Highway Code recently – chances are that unless there is a learner driver about you don’t even have a copy in the […]

Why do cyclists so often get criticised?

30 September 2021AliceLeave a Comment

Is it our behaviours, or attitudes? Is it others’ green guilt or what? Whatever, it affects our pleasure or otherwise on the road, and often spoils conversations. Jumping red lights […]

Cyclists’ collisions update

30 September 2021AliceLeave a Comment

The website www.crashmap.co.uk is always a useful source of good but unwelcome information. The latest 2020 injuries are now shown, with Vastern Road Roundabout still taking top spot, albeit with […]

Berkshire Driving Instructors

1 June 2019KeithLeave a Comment

A while back I trained as a safe urban driving instructor. It is part of a goods vehicle driver’s licence that they undergo annual training, there are lots of modules […]

Less Conversation, More Action

6 March 2019Keith2 Comments

One cheer for the Government’s Cycle Safety Proposals? Last Summer, the Government held a consultation on safety for people who cycle and walk. This was part of the launch of […]