Campaign for Sustainable Safety, not Strict Liability.

For this post we've two authors. The first part is written by David Hembrow, the second part by Mark Wagenbuur.

Some people outside of the Netherlands have a huge interest in "Strict Liability". [Vulnerable user laws]

To many cycling campaigners, this looks like a "solution" to a problem which they experience on a daily basis. They want more respect and this appears to be a way to achieve it.
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So what really does keep Dutch cyclists safe ?

If we can engineer roads in a way that takes human failings into account and which results in crashes, injuries and deaths being less common then this is a far more reliable way to improve safety than any amount of punishment after the event.

The really important principle in road design from the Netherlands which is worth campaigning for is Sustainable Safety.
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Sustainable Safety is based on five principles:
* Functionality (of roads)
* Homogeneity (of mass, speed and direction of road users)
* Predictability (of road course and road user behaviour by a recognisable road design)
* Forgivingness (of both the road and street environment and the road users)
* State awareness (by the road user)
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