road.cc live blog: Highway Code tweet sparks a bit of a discussion, Martyn Ashton gives inspirational talk and more
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The difference in the UK is that the police don't try to hide their pride in paying no attention to bicycle theft, in order to maintain credibility with their motorhead mates. When the British Transport Police actually declared they weren't interested (OK, there were some provisos to that, but what they really meant was: cyclists can get stuffed) in cycle theft, they were forced to retract that officially but continued in practice to teach cyclists a lesson by making no effort to catch the thieves (I assume - no personal experience of this particular police-encouraged crime wave)
Might have been usefull to describe the bike / brand etc..?
Operation "Sorry Not Attempting Prosecution"? Certainly some forces see it as a success!
I have some Assos gear and generally like it but at 295 GBP, trouser legs that slip upwards while riding are most definitely unacceptable. That's a kill right there in my book. Hell, I own several bib shorts that cost me 1/4 th of that amount and while they are not so supremely comfy as Assos where the pad is concerned, no slippage.
@mdavidford "We should all love one another and I know there are people who do not love their fellow man and I HATE people like that!" Tom Lehrer. Thing is Tom was being satirical...
Bristol City Council is hell bent on turning the former railway line into a so-called relief road for the A4. Van dweller pitches are simply a ruse to bide it time whilst it plots its next manoeuvrers.
@BaselGooner In the early '90s a friend of mine was working in Geneva, his girlfriend had her (unlocked) bike stolen one night and two days later it reappeared in the same rack outside her flat cleaned, oiled and with flowers and chocolates tied to the rear rack and a note saying, "I took your bike because I was drunk and had no money for taxi or bus. I thought it was funny but I was wrong. Sincerest apologies." I've always remembered that and thought what a great place Switzerland must be for cycle ownership if that's representative, sorry to hear it might not be.
Said motorists remain mentally ill when they aren't behind the wheel.
... Are you sure? Could be Scorpion de Rooftrouser minus his red beard?
...is undoubtably the funniest thing I've read all month - well done!
8 thoughts on “road.cc live blog: Highway Code tweet sparks a bit of a discussion, Martyn Ashton gives inspirational talk and more”
The cyclist in the Bristol
The cyclist in the Bristol story, not great cycling but no worse that driving I see daily.
Guys these live blog pages
Guys these live blog pages are utterly broken in chrome due to piles of Javascript errors …
EDIT: Never mind …. pebcak
Interesting comments.
Interesting comments.
I preferred this story.
I see a photo of a stationary
I see a photo of a stationary bike but no story or links.
Hunted it down
Hunted it down
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/cyclist-death-wish-filmed-dashcam-945450
Perfectly legal cutting through stationary traffic to filter down the outside. Impatient idiot driver trying to get 20m down the road so he could stop again.
pakennedy wrote:
Hi, sorry for any confusion: our live blog includes short stories with the main topics of conversation included the title. If you scroll down you should have found the post with a link to both our forum topic on the Bristol Post article and also a link directly to the article itself in the text. We’re still trying to improve the format of the live blog and would be glad of any feedback to make it more enjoyable – email us at info@road.cc or comment back. Thanks!
This is the best bit from the
This is the best bit from the article…
“The cyclist comes perilously close to the cars driving behind.”
Just consider that sentence for a second.
The cyclist looks very
The cyclist looks very slightly unsteady as he starts moving, but that is certainly no rason to drive at him! He is very clearly visible and it is perfectly clear what his intentions are.
Isn’t it an offence to use your horn in this manner (ie. “It annoys me that you don’t have to wait in this traffic jam like I do, therefore I’m going to drive unnecessarily close to you and use my horn”)?