Live blog: Video of little girl giving safe overtake lorry driver thumbs-up goes viral, London Quietways under fire after latest death + more
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Mon, Jun 04, 2018 13:55
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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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Simon Withers 20 seconds ago
Shame, as another one bites the dust. I really like the Temple bike I tested for road.cc and they were very good to deal with too. It's a difficult time out there for a lot of people and I fear that people are going to lose money here too; if I was ever to join a crowdfund it would be for a very moderate amount for something I really believed in.
Mr Blackbird 7 minutes ago
@the infamous grouse Expanded list of excuses: "Wearing black, no helmet, no Garmin cycle computer..... " "Children in the car, just worked a 12 hour shift, late for a dental appointment, distracted by Waze..."
HoarseMann 17 minutes ago
Just had a look at Garmin Connect App and there's no option yet for me to share my livetrack data with Waze.
the infamous grouse 27 minutes ago
#whatcouldpossiblygowrong.
Backladder 45 minutes ago
"Downsides? Alas, yes: you have to get the money out of them, else for the council “it hurts us more than it hurts you”." That one is easy, payment before vehicle release with the storage cost going up daily, vehicle to be auctioned off as abandoned after 12 months.
mitsky 1 hour ago
While cyclists get a lot of stick for using cameras to report dangerous driving, will the police get the same level of vitriol for this...? (And previous similar work.) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmvgx10zwr14o
chrisonabike 1 hour ago
@rct That's dire...
mitsky 1 hour ago
@chrisonabike Probably also worth calling the Tyre Extinguishers.
chrisonabike 1 hour ago
Just in passing - the perspective no doubt distorts this somewhat but the illustrated bus stop bypass - while "better than nothing" is actually pretty poor. For starters - and this might be the whole of the issue - it looks like this is actually just a brief add-on to a cycle *lane*. Further on it looks like cyclists are dumped into a cycle lane again. That maybe explains the unnecessary high kerb on the road side which leads to things like the hump (see later)... Nobody should want cycle lanes. They are fundamentally a waste of money - when compared to separate cycle *paths*, or other interventions like removing most motorists / slowing them down etc. The sharp bend after immediately *after* the bus stop. What's that for? How does that help *anyone*? There's a confusion of markings and "who the space is for". The design is clearly intended to help pedestrians cross (no level change) and to indicate to cyclists that in some way this is pedestrian "priority". You can see the thought: "that hump will slow cyclists down AND help accessibility!" Presumably the change of colour is to say to cyclists "pedestrian space here! They should have priority!". But that isn't in line with best practice (see NL). Also if this is really "pedestrian space" then this should be - like "continuous footway" - and not marked with any kerb / change in colour compared to the footway at all. Alternatively - they could throw in a mini zebra (for what that's worth...). Actually - this is also poor (again Ranty Highwayman has this covered in his recent blog post "It's more complicated than that") Fundamentally we're stuck at our shared expectation of cyclists as (annoying, pushy) mini-motorists. Which - to be fair - is indeed how most people would expect cyclists to behave...
mitsky 1 hour ago
@Geoff H As the saying goes... "If the punishment is a fine, then it means it is legal for the rich."
7 thoughts on “Live blog: Video of little girl giving safe overtake lorry driver thumbs-up goes viral, London Quietways under fire after latest death + more”
What it seems like the
What it seems like the Canucks have come up with some really stupid legisaltion in Montreal.
As for World Bicycle Day, I celebrated it by marshalling at a BMX event.
It’s about time someone found
It’s about time someone found the balls to stand up to the brutal cyclists going around with 5 or less reflectors. The sheer number of lives lost to the reckless abandon shown by these cyclists is just astounding.
Yesterday was designated the
Yesterday was designated the first ever World Bicycle Day by the United Nations – sorry, but that one passed me right by. I didn’t know that there was a World Bicycle Day.
On the Montreal thing:
On the Montreal thing:
So a bit more to it than just the reflectors…
Some Canadian Provinces have
Some Canadian Provinces have some strange bike laws. I lived in Halifax, Nova Scotia on the Canadian east coast and when I bought a bike I asked for a set of lights and the bike shop guy said why ? “To ride at night” I replied – ” Not a legal requirement ” he answered -“but you are required to have a helmet – night or day”
And with helmet and reflector
And with helmet and reflector laws cycling has not got safer in Canada, it’s got worse with more deaths and more injuries since they started forcing helmet wearing/increases in helmet wearing across the country.
Yet another backward society that focuses on the vulnerable to protect themselves instead of changing the behaviour of those doing the harm. What utter bullshit.
Lovely video of the fab overtake by the transporter, I had a brilliant overtake on a country road a couple of years ago, after a fair few of the usual crud it was a nice relief so I contacted the firm ( not local but family run business) to give praise and they responded back that they got their drivers out on bikes and made particular training sessions for their drivers when in various scenarios where they might come across people on bikes.
We all have to get some place and that means when you’re in the bigger/biggest thing out there you need to take more time and care with how you do things to minimise the risk for all concerned including yourself.
“twat” can be found on
“twat” can be found on Wikipedia, “supercilious” sadly not.