activist cameras

Griff500 wrote:

You will probably find that what you propose is illegal. There are strict guidelines on individuals setting up fixed CCTV to record outwith their own property. This is very different to a dashcam or helmet cam! I suspect your proposed installation would very quickly be tested by "Mr Loophole" or some other scumbag lawyer wheeled in by a traffic light jumping 4x4 driver arguing that the evidence was illegally collected.

Well there's no right to privacy if filmed in a public space. What's the difference in a fixed camera over someone standing there filming? The hurdle would probably be exactly where they were filming. If you had to attach it to someone's private property it would a problem. Likewise most stuff that isn't private will be council so you've got that problem. 

At the end of the day the police seem more interested in transphobic tweets and the like so it seems a waste of time. The only solution is to identify as the opposite sex when cycling and tell them it's a hate crime if you run into trouble. 

redrobot wrote:

> i see <

 

are you a headmaster?

And are you twelve years old, perchance? 

redrobot wrote:

apart from cycle lanes (a guess) what wd be the top 3 improvements to road infrastructure that cyclists wd want?

For me, it's not so much about the infrastructure as it always seems so poorly thought out in the UK with cycle lanes that don't have priority over side junctions and that can stop abruptly leaving the cyclists in a dangerous position.

I'd rather we tackled the attitude and behaviour of the dangerous drivers, so my top 3 would be:

• presumed liability
• strict traffic law enforcement
• education about how and why cyclists ride as they do (e.g. two abreast, not using poor infrastructure, taking the lane to dissuade overtakes etc.) and how drivers should behave near vulnerable road users

Personally, I'd also like to see a "left-on-red" rule for cyclists (and possibly other vehicles if they can do it safely) and also a legal right to go either way down one-way roads (priority to the signed direction of traffic flow though).

redrobot wrote:

apart from cycle lanes (a guess) what wd be the top 3 improvements to road infrastructure that cyclists wd want?

not cycle lanes.

1. Reduce volume of motor traffic (preferably to buses and emergency services only)

2. Reduce speed of motor traffic

3. Improve road layouts in favour of cyclists

... see Hierarchy of provision

redrobot wrote:

apart from cycle lanes (a guess) what wd be the top 3 improvements to road infrastructure that cyclists wd want?

Local council built a path. Similar to a canal path yet super smooth.. I like that.. From home to work is a relatively straight ride where as home to work in a car is an extra 4km. 7km compared to 11km.
Hence wider paths such as river paths are excellent.

2. Not so much councils.. A picture from one of the local 24/7 service stations.. Heaps awesome especially on fatties and similar Max 60psi tyres. Bike stand to get off the cold ground and tools in a secure location to fix minor issues.

3. Tax return. Cents per km to carry tools in vehicle to work is currently an earnings return benefit available to the workers.. Panniers can carry some jobs tools.. A tax return incentive could be a likeable less cost to workers too.

redrobot wrote:

my suggestion wasnt aimed at prosecutions so much as gathering evidence to pressure for road layout changes. some roads have built in hazards that cd be changed with a jcb and a truck load of tarmac. there are qualified road safety specialists who cd produce (probably expensive) reports based on public concerns / evidence.  lives v money.

I see.

Unfortunately, that sounds like trying to get local councils to look at evidence about safe road layouts which seems to be like kryptonite to most councils.

Councils don't listen to cyclists' concerns currently, so I doubt that they'd listen to cyclists with hours of video footage.