Live blog: Nibali puts winning Milan-San Remo ride on Strava, ‘driverless’ Tesla car rammed by ‘riderless’ dockless hire bike + more
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Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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quiff 18 minutes ago
In principle, it shouldn't matter if you're familiar with a particular junction - that's precisely why we have (relatively) uniform signage across the country (I had this from a driver recently - Him: sorry, I don't know the area. Me: but a no entry sign is the same everywhere...). But in practice in a busy environment like this, simply adding another sign saying look out for cyclists is limited help. I don't love cycling on contraflows / a two way cyclelane on a one way street for that reason. In fact there's a crossing I don't love as a pedestrian which is look right (bikes) look left (bikes) look right (cars), island, catch breath, look left (cars), look left (bikes). (Yes, you could wait for a green man, but then it's still look everywhere (Deliveroo)).
Mr Blackbird 34 minutes ago
I'm not familiar with Jeremy Vine's favourite cycle lane. However I do have sympathy with drivers if they have to deal with "Look both ways for cyclists" as well as "One Way" and "No Entry" signs. Especially if the driver is not familiar with the junction.
chrisonabike 42 minutes ago
@mitsky Alas for a second there I was awarding the motorist in the window there points for wearing hi-vis in their car, then I realised they were also wearing a motoring helmet...
quiff 53 minutes ago
While I understand it in context, I quite liked this to conclude a bike light review: "it’s a reliable set for the price, so long as you aren’t looking to ride in the dark"
mitsky 54 minutes ago
@Bungle_52 My note on the description states "CD20 Driving without reasonable consideration for other road users" I've chased the police to explain which specific action this relates to, close passing and cutting me up or driving onto the pavement near pedestrians.
Bungle_52 1 hour ago
@mitsky Do happen to know what offence the points and fine were for?
mitsky 2 hours ago
@Mr Anderson Agreed. Perfect example is this parent doing an, approximately, 700 METRE school run. I worked t out by finding where the vehicle was parked on the residential road when I first encountered it. Whilst I can't be 100% sure, I am certain the children had no physical disability that would prevent them walking. https://youtu.be/R-dp-G6W8Jk
quiff 2 hours ago
"Old Man Mountain kit is built tough, and comes with a lifetime warranty – which really matters, when it may well be subject to being battered over many tens of thousands of miles of awful terrain, carrying the equivalent weight of a small-ish child." Obviously it depends how the manufacturer applies its warranty, and OMM might be great - but worth noting that "lifetime warranty" is often less generous than it initially sounds - it's the reasonable lifetime of the product, and only warrants against manufacturing defects. So being battered over tens of thousands of miles is not necessarily going to be covered.
mdavidford 2 hours ago
0.8m of cycleway does seem an extremely selective focus. Do we know which side of the junction those 80cm fall on?
10 thoughts on “Live blog: Nibali puts winning Milan-San Remo ride on Strava, ‘driverless’ Tesla car rammed by ‘riderless’ dockless hire bike + more”
That Abingdon cyclist could
That Abingdon cyclist could probably have run someone down while drink driving, and been fined less…
brooksby wrote:
Ah, but we all know cyclists are so dangerous. I mean Lord Lawson said cycle lanes have caused more harm to London than the Blitz in WWII.
Why couldn’t the person in Abingdon not drive a car instead? Preferably a realy big one.
🙂
He should have just driven
He should have just driven his 4×4 on to the pavement and killed a child. It would have been cheaper.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/delivery-driver-who-mounted-pavement-12782437.amp
But it isn’t illegal to cycle
But it isn’t illegal to cycle on the pavement, unless he was furious… He is now.
I don’t think we should
I don’t think we should comment until we know the condition of the victim…
alansmurphy wrote:
A$6,000.
Given my extensive knowledge of chauffeur-driven Teslas, my guess is it had a mildly offended front bumper. I reckon that would cost about A$6,000 to coddle back to happiness.
There’s obviously more to the
There’s obviously more to the bike on pavement story then we are being told. Someone isn’t going to end up in court just for that……..
Bungle73 wrote:
You are jumping to conclusions. People have been fined large amounts just for simply cycling on a pavement, it does happen.
> “The total cost of the
> “The total cost of the damage to the vehicle was $6000.”
Bullshit. The total cost of the damage was more like $600, not $6000, unless you’re an utter muppet who enjoys being ripped off.
Driverless bike 1 : 0
Driverless bike 1 : 0 Driverless car