STUC joins calls for change in civil law to help improve cycle safety
The call for presumed liability for Scotland’s cyclists and other vulnerable road users has been taken up by the STUC.Support for a change in Scots Civil Law was agreed at Congress this week and it will now be STUC policy to seek presumed liability alongside other cycle safety measures including extended cycle routes and employer initiatives. Presumed liability shifts the burden of proof for any damage or injury from the vulnerable road user – the injured and bereaved – to the more powerful, which in most situations of a road traffic collision involving a cyclist is the motorist’s