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Yeah, of course cyclists can be arseholes. I don't think I'd call this guy one, although I'm sure the Daily Mail would disagree. Perhaps ask them to publish it instead? You can lead with "I'm a cyclist..."

Luckily it's not quite "we traded the latter for the former"...

This is immediately north of Causewayside, which (north of Fountainhall Road) has long been a testing area for road damage, random paint, illegal and/or antisocial parking and general road-mayhem. I believe Dave McCraw has chronicled the nuisance and danger there for a decade or so - and it shows little hope of improvement. Best avoided and given the parallel roads the best thing would be for the council to make sections access only. Note there have been improvements to the parallel "quiet route" on the West side from the Meadows and rejoining eg. at Regulas Road.

And further meanwhile... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98vrg40vzeo

Doesn't it ever strike you as just a bit odd that your "well-reasoned, interesting" [sic] comments hardly ever get a single like, never gain any replies supporting your arguments (at least not since Rich_cb flounced off in a huff because Labour got into power and thisismysuername and all his other aliases were banned) and have got you banned from this site at least a dozen times under your various aliases? I know most people have some cognitive gap between how they believe they should be perceived and how the world actually perceives them, but strewth, you've got a chasm into which one could fit the Mariana Trench and still have room for the Grand Canyon.

@mdavidford Hope they had a Strava code

When I saw the headline about the cyclist being in the outside lane of a 70 mph dual carriageway, my first thought was "Surely a time trial competitor approaching a turn around roundabout." How wrong I was.

...because having registration plates led your client to lose their licence, despite pathetic pleas that it would end their career as a best selling writer (ironically, a crime writer) Yet you still bent over backwards to try to get them off 🙄

I think George wasn't quite saying "collective responsibility" - maybe I'm wrong? If I have you right, you *are* saying that? That there is a "we" and the fact that kids in Croydon don't ride their bikes like advanced motorists drive their cars in Aberfeldy means that I deserve no respect? Or is it more "I *know* 'em when I see 'em"? Humans are a lot more sensitive to the bad - I recall the one close pass every so often very strongly but forget tens of perfectly adequate ones. I'm actually not that fussed about "respect" - for one that's normally judged by feel. I think the discussion is helped by a more "civil engineering" focus. Allowing for the fact that humans do work on feeling so law and engineering has to account for that...

Absolutely. With an elementary knowledge of psychology, UK motornormativity and media narrative and knowing that there are far fewer "cyclists" than "motorists" (anyone "both , and..."?) I'm betting on: "Cyclists could magically become model road users tomorrow breaking zero rules and attitudes towards cyclists would barely move." ... being the case, and the following not moving the plot forward: "must individually treat other road users with the respect we want back." The latter is a very good ideal. But leaving aside "who will make this happen?" a non-motorist on most roads will continue to be "in the way" regardless, and the KSIs will continue. Note roads are now designed for motorists to make progress at 20-30+ then wait for a minute at the next traffic light... The Dutch (out of all Europeans) have taken the "avoid the issue" approach furthest: fundamentally different modes in their own spaces, except where the more dangerous one is seriously restricted / outnumbered.