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@Mr Blackbird "it will remove the “tour” aspect and reduce the amount of scenery viewed. In my opinion the landmarks etc is one of the enjoyable aspects of events such as the Giro and TDF" - Many of us get to the point where we realise it's all about the scenery, not the racing : ) I think Plugge is right to demand that no race should ask riders to run this risk. It seems that we're accepting fatal car RTA as a risk of road riding and racing. It can never be zero risk but perhaps it should be lower. Circuits needn't be boring or short and they can lead to immortalised stage routes that are more popular with riders as destination rides. I'd argue for it having potentially greater tourism benefit for a ville d'etape as well as better for spectators (if they can be accommodated on less total roadside). It could reduce the logistics cost if a few circuits are based in one area. But it's a big cultural change, for sure.

Odd isn't it how (in oversimplified generalisations employed on a daily basis) pedestrians are "endangered" by cyclists, but cyclists are "putting themselves in danger" around drivers, should be responsible for their own safety, and it's only "the roads" that are dangerous. No culture war though.

It's poor that so many people are ignoring the crossing, and frustrating and inconvenient for the pedestrians. That said, though, in all those clips I only see two incidents where a pedestrian could arguably be said to have been 'endangered' (plus two more where someone ran into the back of someone else who'd stopped for the crossing, and an unexplained and seemingly unrelated Lime bike coming-together).

@lesterama In most cases - whether you like it or not - the cyclists are not to blame. Floating bus stops, courtesy crossings (like you see in supermarket car parks etc) are NOT zebra crossings. They are often hard to see until you are up close in many cases. This is quite clearly a very busy thoroughfare and as such its a failure of the council to put in suitable infrastructure. A lot of these are not given much thought process as to how it will impact people moving in all directions no matter their mode of travel. Its so easy to blame the cyclists but they didnt install the crossing. If this were a proper Zebra (or even a pelican crossing) it would be much more suitable in this situation. I tire of cyclists being to blame for poorly designed roads and paths. The ones who created this problem should receive the ire of the public.

Shocking behaviour by so many people on bikes in that vid. Unshocking behaviour by someone in power lumping all cyclists together.

Fair take on the Erola Jons controversy from Orla Chennaoui: "It’s too easy to blame the woman. It’s what we always do. But if the Vuelta is going to bring an influencer who has built a huge following with her brand of flirty interactions, is it her fault if that’s what she brings to the job? Or is it bad branding which is someone else’s call entirely? Just be careful about ripping a young woman to shreds. She doesn’t deserve that."

I'm a french resident. Please could you tell me where to find the silky smooth bike paths and the considerate drivers. And those signs which you saw (chausée déformée) have probably been there for years.

@Bungle_52 If he broke the NZ equivalent of GDPR rules that would be a very different matter, but the report here implies that he was originally investigated for the CCTV matter but sacked for the comment. You'll notice above that nowhere have I condoned or excused the "joke", I simply said that I don't think it's sufficient grounds for someone to be sacked. How many of us can say that we've never said something like, for example, on being overtaken on a blind brow, "Shame there wasn't a truck coming, that might have taught the bugger some sense" or similar? Would that warrant dismissal from your job if someone heard you say that at work?

@Rendel Harris wrote That may be the case but if management are "out to get you" you would be well advised to watch your step and stay well within the rules. In my opinion there is no excuse for this person's comment to impressionable youngsters. To condone this is akin to supporting the likes of Messrs Clarkson, Liddle and Parris. "Well it was only a joke." The other point made in the article is that he showed the cctv footage without obtaining authorisation and if GDPR in NZ is anything like here you need to be very careful in this respect.

@Xenophon2 I agree. I tried a different route from Garstang to Leeds on Saturday to avoid the Death Highways from Barnoldswick to Skipton. I had to turn off Hazard warnings on the 1040 because people have ruined the hazard facility by warning about every pothole, instead of only the bad ones. UK roads are full of them, and the red Hazard was turning up constantly. Similarly, radar is useless in the UK because nutter drivers are everywhere and the alarm will be going off all the time. I'm convinced this is a good radar and it's what I'd get if I had any use for it. I'm pretty sure it would have warned me about this Stagecoach bus on The Lancashire Terminator Express, and lots of the other vehicles as well- then what? ttps://upride.cc/incident/px12dnv_stagecoach41_closepass/