Friday, 4 September 2020

Highway Code: your views needed to improve safety


Message from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency:

Highway Code: your views needed to improve safety

This week (31 August) a consultation has been launched seeking your views on proposed changes to the Highway Code.

The review is being held by the Department for Transport, to improve safety on pavements for:

    wheelchair users
    people with visual impairments
    prams or buggies

The main changes being proposed

The main changes being proposed are to:

    extend the London-style ban on pavement parking
    make it easier for councils to pass laws to prevent pavement parking
    give councils the power to fine offenders

You can read and respond to the consultation online, complete a form or send an email to share your views.

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/managing-pavement-parking/pavement-parking-options-for-change

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