It has been seven years since 15 year-old road racing cyclist Ben Mikic was killed in a road accident in Mittagong.

Ben's grandfather Phil Herd was so shaken by the death of his grandson he began a personal crusade to ensure something positive came out of Ben's passing.

Mr Herd is now campaigning for safer roads and changes to the justice system.

"This is the only way I know how to handle this heart-wrenching loss," Mr Herd said.

If a cyclist is killed by a vehicle In Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands motorists are deemed at fault until / unless it is proven that the cyclist is proved at fault. This is legislation Mr Herd believes should be replicated in NSW.

"A study of car/bicycle crashes resulting in serious injury to the cyclist by the Centre for Automotive Research found that, as assessed by the attending police, the motorist was at fault in 79 per cent of cases," Mr Herd said.

However, Mr Herd said cyclists were not blameless.

"Evidence points to issues like inattentiveness, disobeying signs/lights, overtaking without due care, changing lanes and failure to keep to the left," Mr Herd said.

"Cyclists also need to abide by the road rules. Legislation needs to be implemented to ensure this and to parallel the legislation that is in place in Denmark, France and the Netherlands. It's about everybody showing respect on the roads.

"There are some fundamental problems with the law needing to be addressed if cyclists and others who become entrenched in the NSW legal and justice systems are to achieve natural justice."

Mr Herd wrote to Premier Mike Baird with eight proposals he believed would make cycling on the road safer for cyclists.

The proposals were rejected and now he has started a petition on Change.org.au

"I believe these proposals would ensure that court proceedings dealing with cyclist fatalities, as well as proceedings dealing with the victims of cyclist fatalities, will go a long way to achieving natural justice for those who become entrenched in the NSW legal and justice systems."

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales Thomas Bathurst is on record saying only 35 per cent of the public has any confidence in the criminal justice system.

He said Australia ranked 27th out of 36 countries in an international survey of public confidence in national criminal justice and, more seriously, the public's confidence was steadily declining.

Mr Herd said he was now one of the 65 per cent of Australians who had little confidence in several aspects of the justice system.

To sign Mr Herd's petition visit www.change.org/p/premier-mike-baird-stop-cyclists-being-killed-on-the-roads-and-take-action-to-reform-the-nsw-justice-system#share