Cycling, lighting, accidents and responsibility

Fotios, Steve and Bohm, Alexandra (2017) Cycling, lighting, accidents and responsibility. Electricity and People, 67 . pp. 61-62. ISSN .

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Local authority lighting engineers have a responsibility to optimise the energy used by road lighting, to meet budgets and to meet environmental targets. Reducing the provision of road lighting can, however, lead to public criticism - articles in the Lighting Journal have shown part-night switch-off blamed for a fall, death from a road accident and for a series of crimes. This article considers road accidents associated with cyclists, the benefit of lighting, and the possible effect of a change in legal responsibility for accident compensation.

Keywords:cycling, responsibility, tort law, lighting
Subjects:M Law > M224 Torts
Divisions:College of Social Science > Lincoln Law School
ID Code:28094
Deposited On:01 Aug 2017 21:02

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