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Petition - Cycle path access for horse riders
Petition to try to get access for horse riders to ALL cycle paths in the national network. This petition has been started by the Trails Trust, a charity committed to improving access to the countryside for all users - horseriders, carriage drivers, cyclists, the disabled, and walkers. Please sign up now!!!
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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Legislate to end discrimination on cycle paths.
Since 1968 all bridleways, irrespective of width, sightlines, surface, urban or rural, have been legally shared by walkers, cyclists and horse riders. Yet legislation ensures access only to walkers and cyclists on cycle paths. Bridleways are used as part of the Safe Routes to School network, yet horse riders, over 85% of whom are women and children, are forced onto dangerous roads instead of sharing safe, off road cycle paths. There are well over 29 accidents between horse riders and vehicles per day, 10,658 per year, many of which result in death or serious injury. There is no justification at all for discriminating against this vulnerable user group. Please put right the wrongs of the last 40 years and save lives.
You can add your signature at:
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Access4All/
