SMIDSY = 'Sorry Mate, I Didn’t See You'
Because sometimes sorry just isn’t enough.
Stop SMIDSY aims to address the far too common attitude that simply saying ‘Sorry Mate, I Didn’t See You’ somehow erases an act of bad driving. This is not true and it must be stopped.
You can get involved by visiting the Stop SMIDSY website and logging your experiences of bad driving. You can report crashes, near misses and incidents that you have witnessed.
Why?
The police, prosecutors and the courts all contribute to protecting us from criminal behaviour on the roads. Much of the time, they are effective and many bad drivers are prosecuted and receive the appropriate penalties. Yet, unfortunately some bad drivers go unpunished due to what CTC perceives as occasional failings of these institutions. This can send out the message that driving inconsiderate ly or in a way that puts others at risk is acceptable.
Most of us have experienced bad driving. By creating a place to collect and share these stories, we will create the political will to change how the institutions of our society deal with bad driving.
- Report crashes
- Report near misses
- Report how the police, prosecutors and courts respond
- Help collect evidence for CTC's campaign to stop bad driving
- Get information about the law
- Get practical tips for dealing with bad driving
- Get in touch with the lawyer's from CTC's legal help service
Background
CTC has long campaigned for the rights of cyclists to use Britain’s roads safely. Our Safety in Numbers research found that the more cyclists there are in a given area, the less likely that each individual cyclist will be involved in a crash. We also found that fear is one of the main reasons that people don’t cycle. To get more cyclists on our roads, we need to make our roads feel safer - by stopping bad driving.
