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On Wednesday, the Department for Transport unveiled its new Road Safety Strategy, which it says will save thousands of lives on the UK\u2019s roads<\/a> by tackling drink driving, improving training for young motorists, introducing mandatory eye tests for drivers over 70, and targeting mobile phone use at the wheel.<\/p>\n The strategy, the government\u2019s first published road safety plan in over a decade, forms part of Labour\u2019s stated ambition to reduce deaths and serious injuries on Britain\u2019s roads by 65 per cent in the next ten years.<\/p>\n >\u00a0Nigel Farage claims plan to lower drink drive limit \u201cdesigned by the Islington cycling classes\u201d \u2013 as Reform UK leader says: \u201cWe\u2019re now incredibly safe on our roads\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n However, the role of cycling and cyclists on the roads barely warranted a mention in the strategy, though people who travel to work by bike will be included as part of a National Work-Related Road Safety Charter pilot.<\/p>\n So, where does this leave cycling in the eyes of the Labour government? Is Keir Starmer serious about improving cycling infrastructure and making the roads safer for people on bikes? Or should we simply welcome Labour\u2019s apparent attempt to clamp down on dangerous driving, while also acknowledging that more can be done?<\/p>\n Elsewhere, Ryan, Dan, and new recruit Callum (plus Duran Duran bassist John Taylor \u2013 it\u2019s a long story) give our immediate reactions to the news that Giro and Vuelta winner Simon Yates has quit cycling<\/a>, and assess the Bury climber\u2019s place in the pantheon on British cycling greats.<\/p>\n The national cyclocross championships are also coming up this weekend, with British Cycling\u2019s decision to trial a \u00a32.99 subscription<\/a> for fans to watch the action in South Shields on YouTube coming under scrutiny. Is it a good idea?<\/p>\n Finally, it\u2019s early January, which means just one thing \u2013 the entire cycling world transforms into Milan Fashion Week, as we cast our sartorially questionable eyes, Zoolander-style, over the peloton\u2019s fresh batch of new kits. Who says cyclists don\u2019t know anything about fashion? Actually, best not answer that one\u2026<\/p>\n And, before I forget, the official road.cc Vodcast is now up and running on our YouTube channel, with our Simon Yates debrief now available in all its audio-visual glory below. Bonus points for anyone who can spot Callum\u2019s pop star\/Tour winner housemates\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The\u00a0road.cc\u00a0Podcast is available on\u00a0Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0Spotify<\/a>, and\u00a0Amazon Music<\/a>, and if you have an Alexa you can just tell it to play the\u00a0road.cc\u00a0Podcast. It\u2019s also embedded above, so you can just press play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s fair to say the opening nine days of the new year have been fairly frenetic when it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-363754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Simon](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20250714tdf2151.jpg\" "\\"Simon")
Simon Yates, stage 10, 2025 Tour de France (credit: ASO\/Billy Ceusters)<\/p>\n