New "Anti-Social Road Use" Offence

We propose creating a new blanket offence of “Anti-Social Road Use” to cover a number of separate actions that undermine communal road use and/or directly and needlessly constrict traffic flow, some of which are already offences, some not.

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The purpose is to penalise actions such as parking to block driveways and pavements, creating hazards for people with disabilities, blocking roads without a permit, breaching noise levels (especially at night), aggressive and careless cycling, dangerous road use by pedestrians, repeated failure to indicate on turns, and excessively slow driving.

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Monitoring and issuance of penalties for such behaviour could be based on in-person observation by police, or through use of CCTV or mobile phone footage.

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The intentions is that this would reduce incidences of these behaviours, as well as congestion and road rage, by making road users consider their impact on others at all times.