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davel wrote:

I'm finding that dog really annoying today. Look at its grin, and its puffed-up stance. Little git.

It's gonna be a long Friday... roll on the weekend.

Grumpy today, are we?

davel wrote:

I'm finding that dog really annoying today. Look at its grin, and its puffed-up stance. Little git.

It's gonna be a long Friday... roll on the weekend.

 

Haters gonna hate.

Organon wrote:

So dark shoes aren't even acceptable now. Get Sir Chris Boardman on the case. 

They have form for bringing this shit up for motorcyclists on their FB page too, they never apply this to car drivers, bunch of victim blaming cretins. HC needs to be changed ASAP, lighting regs need changing too. Get rid of reflector requirements and static and/or british Standard lights because that's so ridiculously out of date.

If you can't see any person or vehicle on the road during the day or at night by your own headlights then you're travelling too fast, driving distracted or not competent mentally or physically to be allowed on the road other than by foot

So, ignore your own rules to victim blame, wankpuffins

BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

Organon wrote:

So dark shoes aren't even acceptable now. Get Sir Chris Boardman on the case. 

They have form for bringing this shit up for motorcyclists on their FB page too, they never apply this to car drivers, bunch of victim blaming cretins. HC needs to be changed ASAP, lighting regs need changing too. Get rid of reflector requirements and static and/or british Standard lights because that's so ridiculously out of date.

If you can't see any person or vehicle on the road during the day or at night by your own headlights then you're travelling too fast, driving distracted or not competent mentally or physically to be allowed on the road other than by foot

So, ignore your own rules to victim blame, wankpuffins

 

As you no longer drive a car, thought you might be interested to see this from a drivers point of view.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RaCa4g66Fg

Please note that as a driver, I don't want to see you at the range of my headlights, I want to see you at the greatest distance possible even if that is 1/2 a mile away so that I can adjust speed, take road position and generally plan well ahead for your presence. Even to the extent of protecting you from other traffic.

As for dark shoes? In this video, pretty much the only visibility of the peds is motion of their light coloured trainers.

Mungecrundle wrote:

BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

Organon wrote:

So dark shoes aren't even acceptable now. Get Sir Chris Boardman on the case. 

They have form for bringing this shit up for motorcyclists on their FB page too, they never apply this to car drivers, bunch of victim blaming cretins. HC needs to be changed ASAP, lighting regs need changing too. Get rid of reflector requirements and static and/or british Standard lights because that's so ridiculously out of date.

If you can't see any person or vehicle on the road during the day or at night by your own headlights then you're travelling too fast, driving distracted or not competent mentally or physically to be allowed on the road other than by foot

So, ignore your own rules to victim blame, wankpuffins

 

 

As you no longer drive a car, thought you might be interested to see this from a drivers point of view.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RaCa4g66Fg

Please note that as a driver, I don't want to see you at the range of my headlights, I want to see you at the greatest distance possible even if that is 1/2 a mile away so that I can adjust speed, take road position and generally plan well ahead for your presence. Even to the extent of protecting you from other traffic.

As for dark shoes? In this video, pretty much the only visibility of the peds is motion of their light coloured trainers.

You have so much to learn about safe driving and what the statement in the HC means. You can't even grasp that driving faster because you can see stuff further means shortened thinking time, massively increased braking time and more incidents.

Congratulations on proving how much you know about safety, the sqaure root of nowt.

BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

Mungecrundle wrote:

BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

Organon wrote:

So dark shoes aren't even acceptable now. Get Sir Chris Boardman on the case. 

They have form for bringing this shit up for motorcyclists on their FB page too, they never apply this to car drivers, bunch of victim blaming cretins. HC needs to be changed ASAP, lighting regs need changing too. Get rid of reflector requirements and static and/or british Standard lights because that's so ridiculously out of date.

If you can't see any person or vehicle on the road during the day or at night by your own headlights then you're travelling too fast, driving distracted or not competent mentally or physically to be allowed on the road other than by foot

So, ignore your own rules to victim blame, wankpuffins

 

 

As you no longer drive a car, thought you might be interested to see this from a drivers point of view.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RaCa4g66Fg

Please note that as a driver, I don't want to see you at the range of my headlights, I want to see you at the greatest distance possible even if that is 1/2 a mile away so that I can adjust speed, take road position and generally plan well ahead for your presence. Even to the extent of protecting you from other traffic.

As for dark shoes? In this video, pretty much the only visibility of the peds is motion of their light coloured trainers.

You have so much to learn about safe driving and what the statement in the HC means. You can't even grasp that driving faster because you can see stuff further means shortened thinking time, massively increased braking time and more incidents.

Congratulations on proving how much you know about safety, the sqaure root of nowt.

Who said anything about driving faster? I think I was explicit in stating that I want to see vulnerable road users at the earliest possible moment exactly so I can plan for their safety.

Probably best that you have given up the car. Not only are your driving skills rusty but your powers of critical thinking are also on the wane.

Anyway, winter is coming (in Sean Bean accent) so another season to test out your theory and maybe as the nights draw in you will be able to regale us with a few more anecdotes of incidents where drivers claim not to have seen you.

StoopidUserName wrote:

Re. Tavistock Place. All that fuss (how long in consultation?!?) and looking at the map it's about 50 inches long.

 

The taxi lobby in london have too much power.

it’s part of a very significant cycle corridor. It’s been a cycle lane for years, maybe 10 years - I’ve been using it for at least seven years. I use it a lot more now that they’ve replaced the previous kerbs separating the lanes. This is a good result.

What they need to do now is resurface Tottenham Court Road, which is pit-holed to fuck.

burtthebike wrote:

Well done Daniel, even if the perp seemed a rather sad person.  

Yeah, felt a twinge of sympathy for him there.