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What do the Highway Code changes really mean for cyclists and drivers?

Guardian, 11 Feb 2022
There is, we are told in the Daily Mail, 'fury' over changes to the Highway Code. Cyclists and pedestrians, the more breathless news coverage intimates, have carte blanche to weave across the highways, with drivers held culpable for every mishap. This is, of course, nonsense. The Guardian's Peter Walker gives us a brief, potted guide – on his bicycle – to what has actually changed
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