A CHEPSTOW Pride of Britain award-winner has been discussed in a campaign to introduce tougher responses to bad driving.

CTC's Road Justice campaign is calling for a tougher response from the justice system to bad driving.

Last Wednesday (12th February) campaigners handed in a petition to the Association of Chief Police Officers' National Cycling calling for the police to implement the campaign's recommendations for better road policing.

The campaign calls for police to thoroughly investigate all road collisions that result in injury and death.

The campaign, sponsored by Slater & Gordon Lawyers, argues that lenient treatment of bad driving by the police is leading to a culture of impunity, wherein drivers who cause serious injury to others perhaps aren't treated in a severe enough way.

Dan Black, from Chepstow, was hit by a 73-year-old driver in 2009 where he was left triplegic. A case study published by CTC's Road Justice, stated that the police investigation made several mistakes during the collision investigation, resulting in the Crown Prosecution Service deciding to not prosecute the driver.

Rhia Weston, the Road Justice campaign co-ordinator, said: "A 29 per cent reduction in roads police numbers in the UK over the last decade, shows that road policing is no longer prioritised for investment.

"No one should be complacent about road safety because although overall road casualties are dropping, cyclist and pedestrian casualties are rising. This shift must be reflected in policing priorities."

Dan Black later donated £22,000 he'd raised for his own surgery to six-year-old Brecon Vaughan from Chepstow, who also needed the same surgery.