Only three fixed penalty notices have been issued by West Midlands Police for cyclists jumping red lights in the last three years – a tiny fraction of the number in London.

One was given out in 2014/15, two in 2013/14, and none at all in 2012/13, statistics following a Mail Freedom of Information request reveal.

Yet in London, police issued 4,000 notices in 2013 alone.

Reported by the Birmingham Post. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
http://www.mattburgess.co
I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.