Hi, thanks for responding; these are all good suggestions. My Road Safety Unit is currently reviewing what else can be done to improve road safety around the school zone in Shawlands.
Thank you for taking part in the debate, unfortunately I cannot comment on police vehicles other than to say they sometimes have to park wherever they can to undertake their lawful duties. I will however raise this matter at the next Police liaison meeting. I am pleased to advise that we will be introducing a city-wide 20mph mandatory speed limit to reduce vehicles speeds thereby making our communities safer for our most vulnerable road users. In the meantime, if you have any concerns about particular roads in your community, please don't hesitate to email RoadSafety@glasgow.gov.uk and we can check with our new speed analysis tool. Where we identify a speeding issue, road safety engineers will investigate.
All of the options are valid to some degree, but when an accident occurs the speed at which the motor vehicle was travelling and its mass are the main factors in the degree of damage suffered by casualties.
These examples don't cover all bases, and many people will surely want to highlight more than the single issue. Not allowing them to do so calls the entire survey into question. My experience is that too many drivers find traffic regulations inconvenient, so consider they don't apply to them, and there's no enforcement. I've seen cars drive through red lights, drivers fly into rages because a pedestrian has presumed to cross in front of them at a junction, cars continually parked on double yellow lines, which are poorly maintained in my area. When I've chatted to traffic wardens about illegally parked cars they've been instructed to observe the car for ten minutes before applying a ticket, which is wasting so much time when, like every other service in the city, too few people are doing too many tasks.
Reckless driving - including reckless parking. Too fast, too close, too hard to see what's coming. Most drivers are lovely but it just takes one... I'm also concerned by the number of drivers using phones, and the general lack of good infrastructure for cycling and some pedestrian crossings.
Pedestrians feel like an afterthought. Too few pedestrian crossings, cars parked on pavements, junctions obscured by parked vehicles, lack of pedestrian crossings. Dipped pavements at crossings often flooded. Barriers to force pedestrians to cross at specific points with too little priority at the lights (see the crowds at Shawlands Cross and the junction of Minard Road and Pollokshaws Road as examples). Currently in Shawlands there is a lot of pavement digging up happening and it's not unusual for there to be a "pavement closed" sign and people expected to just walk along busy roads, often with parked cars so you have to walk right out in the road.
Its very disappointing to hear of your experiences, especially when out riding with your children. Drivers should be aware of their duty to give way to people on bikes and pedestrians at junctions and we are currently working on a new road safety campaign for 2023 to highlight this. Please don't let this deter you and your family from cycling , but also please make note of any incidents and report them to the police who will investigate. Please also take care around large vehicles as they tend to have quite a few blind spots, particularly when turning. This is a matter our Go Safe Glasgow road safety partnership will be looking to address in the near future, to raise awareness of this issue. I do feel the Give Me Space campaign has improved driver behaviour, but we have a lot more work to do in this area.
All of the above. Rat running, Rampant ableism, Pavement parking, selfish parking, incredibly short pedestrian crossing times. There appears to be no enforcement within the city. Indeed Police Scotland are not shy about parking on pavements or in bike lanes. When challenged it is apparent they are doing paperwork or getting lunch or have just abandoned outside their own premises. (Cowcaddens Police station has acres of parking, a large disabled community and there are often police vans on the pavement out of habit. They need to be setting an example and enforcing internally and externally). Speed limits need to drop city wide and in residential areas rat running needs to be discouraged with Bollards and single lanes making high speeds impossible. I have a traffic counter which roughly measures speed and there are a few 40mph plus in my 20mph "advisory" limited street.
Hi, thanks for responding; these are all good suggestions. My Road Safety Unit is currently reviewing what else can be done to improve road safety around the school zone in Shawlands.
Thank you for taking part in the debate, unfortunately I cannot comment on police vehicles other than to say they sometimes have to park wherever they can to undertake their lawful duties. I will however raise this matter at the next Police liaison meeting. I am pleased to advise that we will be introducing a city-wide 20mph mandatory speed limit to reduce vehicles speeds thereby making our communities safer for our most vulnerable road users. In the meantime, if you have any concerns about particular roads in your community, please don't hesitate to email RoadSafety@glasgow.gov.uk and we can check with our new speed analysis tool. Where we identify a speeding issue, road safety engineers will investigate.
All of the options are valid to some degree, but when an accident occurs the speed at which the motor vehicle was travelling and its mass are the main factors in the degree of damage suffered by casualties.
These examples don't cover all bases, and many people will surely want to highlight more than the single issue. Not allowing them to do so calls the entire survey into question. My experience is that too many drivers find traffic regulations inconvenient, so consider they don't apply to them, and there's no enforcement. I've seen cars drive through red lights, drivers fly into rages because a pedestrian has presumed to cross in front of them at a junction, cars continually parked on double yellow lines, which are poorly maintained in my area. When I've chatted to traffic wardens about illegally parked cars they've been instructed to observe the car for ten minutes before applying a ticket, which is wasting so much time when, like every other service in the city, too few people are doing too many tasks.
Many thanks for your contribution. Of the issues you described, is there one that you find has the most significant impact on you as a road user?
Courtesy, care and respect sound like the right tone!
Reckless driving - including reckless parking. Too fast, too close, too hard to see what's coming. Most drivers are lovely but it just takes one... I'm also concerned by the number of drivers using phones, and the general lack of good infrastructure for cycling and some pedestrian crossings.
Pedestrians feel like an afterthought. Too few pedestrian crossings, cars parked on pavements, junctions obscured by parked vehicles, lack of pedestrian crossings. Dipped pavements at crossings often flooded. Barriers to force pedestrians to cross at specific points with too little priority at the lights (see the crowds at Shawlands Cross and the junction of Minard Road and Pollokshaws Road as examples). Currently in Shawlands there is a lot of pavement digging up happening and it's not unusual for there to be a "pavement closed" sign and people expected to just walk along busy roads, often with parked cars so you have to walk right out in the road.
Its very disappointing to hear of your experiences, especially when out riding with your children. Drivers should be aware of their duty to give way to people on bikes and pedestrians at junctions and we are currently working on a new road safety campaign for 2023 to highlight this. Please don't let this deter you and your family from cycling , but also please make note of any incidents and report them to the police who will investigate. Please also take care around large vehicles as they tend to have quite a few blind spots, particularly when turning. This is a matter our Go Safe Glasgow road safety partnership will be looking to address in the near future, to raise awareness of this issue. I do feel the Give Me Space campaign has improved driver behaviour, but we have a lot more work to do in this area.
All of the above. Rat running, Rampant ableism, Pavement parking, selfish parking, incredibly short pedestrian crossing times. There appears to be no enforcement within the city. Indeed Police Scotland are not shy about parking on pavements or in bike lanes. When challenged it is apparent they are doing paperwork or getting lunch or have just abandoned outside their own premises. (Cowcaddens Police station has acres of parking, a large disabled community and there are often police vans on the pavement out of habit. They need to be setting an example and enforcing internally and externally). Speed limits need to drop city wide and in residential areas rat running needs to be discouraged with Bollards and single lanes making high speeds impossible. I have a traffic counter which roughly measures speed and there are a few 40mph plus in my 20mph "advisory" limited street.