“What possible justification is there for this?” Bike racks in Norwich closed for “Royal Period of Mourning” goes viral; Remco wins the Vuelta; Reaction to Hammersmith cancelling Car Free Day; Cabbie “meltdown” in CyclingMikey vid + more on the live blog
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Weekend catch-up
Taken a road.cc hiatus this weekend? Can’t say I agree with that but you’re here now and that’s what matters, so here’s what you’ve missed…
> Cycling ‘Viking’ told not to bring axe and sword into London
> Tech of the Week from Rapha, MAAP, Bolle, Leopard Lync and Islabikes + more
> Review: Tifosi Auriga Disc Chorus 2022
> Five things we loved about the Italian Bike Festival
> Win! Mason Definition OR Bokeh frameset worth up to £1,375!
> NMOTD 790 updated: Cyclist gets ANOTHER close pass from same taxi the day after punishment pass
Remco Evenepoel takes Vuelta red jersey, becoming first Belgian to win a Grand Tour in 44 years
Unbelievable as it is, it really is true that Evenepoel is the first Belgian for almost half a century to win one of cycling’s Grand Tours. After some wobbles in the mountains the 22-year-old managed to hold on in style and finished over two minutes ahead of Enric Mas in second place.
In love with this bike 😍#LaVuelta22 pic.twitter.com/tCpXpzJKTB
— Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team (@qst_alphavinyl) September 11, 2022
Of course Evenepoel had a lovely red Specialized Tarmac to mark the occasion, and did some classic poses with his teammates before rolling across the line…
Congrats, guys!
You’ve made it!#LaVuelta22
Photo: @GettySport pic.twitter.com/9cDMsMgQwE
— Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team (@qst_alphavinyl) September 11, 2022
Can this lad win the Tour de France one day? We’re still just glad he picked cycling over football…
Christmas has come early for road.cc Liam
…because he now has a ProCyclingStats page! Liam will be looking to add to his other stellar results such as 36th at the Category 2 National Trophy Series Round 5 in Pembrey over this year’s cyclocross season, do stay tuned…
Britain is baffled by a cycle rack in Norwich... closed for 12 days due to "Royal period of Mourning"
Britain seeing Thailand levels of royal mourning and then raising https://t.co/4FG6KsAxrp
— Jerome Taylor (@JeromeTaylor) September 12, 2022
If your bike is locked up safe and sound, are you really even mourning? That appears to be the message Norwich City Council are trying to hammer home, after a local spotted this bike rack outside City Hall had been closed… for 12 whole days, in what some people are suggesting is a bizarre mark of respect to our late monarch.
Although, is there a reasonable explanation? One road.cc reader from Norwich got in touch to say that as the cycle rack is outside City Hall it could be justifiable to put it out of use during the proclamation for King Charles III, but they were puzzled as to why it needed to be shut for the entire mourning period.
Jeremy, who took the photo, also told us: “There were a few people commentating on it and saying that because there’s people leaving flowers outside and going into the city hall building to sign the book of condolences that there might be a queue to get in which would get in the way of the cycle racks.
“The flowers weren’t really near them, and I’m not sure that people would be queueing for all of the days it’s out of action, so seemed a bit of overkill.”
So the cycle rack can’t be used, but the council have the time to remove anything attached to it? Explanation welcome @NorwichCC https://t.co/M4JhnM2mRf
— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) September 11, 2022
FFS imagine seeing this bullshit when you want to park your bike after a little cycle ride on your new Bank Holiday day off.
Outrageous. https://t.co/0onbqzIxMM
— Jason Kneen (@jasonkneen) September 11, 2022
TBF the closing of cycle racks following the death of the monarch has been established protocol since the death of Edward III in 1377. The practice was suspended during the Interregnum but revived by Charles II who famously hated cyclists.
— feralghoul steve pemberton 🌟 (@feralghoul1) September 11, 2022
Of course social media has gone into overdrive about this seemingly OTT mark of ‘respect’, with Jeremy Vine and many others chiming in to wonder just why locking your bike up over the next week or so is disrespectful.
It’s not the only unusual bit of meddling from authorities and event organisers that has taken place since the passing of Elizabeth II aged 96, with a number of children’s events targeted for cancellation during the period of mourning such as Ironkids at Ironman Wales, the children’s fun run at the Great North Run and this fair on Wimbledon Common…
And the kids fair on Wimbledon Common was cancelled today. Four miles away the test match is on and it’s packed. Bonkers. pic.twitter.com/h6WzWeHd6M
— mick dore (@14thefrog) September 11, 2022
Of course, we’ve put a question in to Norwich City Council to get their side of the story on that now infamous bike rack…
Londoners: be prepared to devise another bike route
Hardly the main issue, not least for those queuing 11 hours, but I’m going to need a new bike route into work this week. pic.twitter.com/uM09R14gny
— Peter Walker (@peterwalker99) September 11, 2022
As we also noted in our news story after the death of Elizabeth II last week, a number of road closures and diversions will be in force during preparations for the funeral in London. We predicted some of the roads in the map above could be closed for several weeks, including Cycleway 3, which passes both Buckingham Palace and Parliament Square, plus Wellington Barracks where many of the troops who provide ceremonial duties in London are based.
We’re still waiting for all the exact details from TfL, and will update when we know more. At the moment, TfL’s page on travel advice for the mourning period regarding cycling says: “Avoid the roads that are closed to motor traffic and use alternatives if possible. Central London will be very busy. It may be too crowded to cycle in some areas.
“Follow the instructions of stewards and police – you may need to dismount and walk at times.”
Bike rackgate: some further analysis
As mentioned in our post further down the page, numerous people have defended Norwich City Council for the closing of the bike rack outside City Hall due to the events taking place in the area. As you can see above, the proclamation for King Charles III took place yesterday afternoon, and it’s expected that high volumes of people will visit to leave flowers during the national period of mourning.
We’re quite certain this is the cycle rack in question, which is indeed right outside City Hall, and could in theory become tricky to access if large crowds formed around it.
So, is it possible that long queues to pay respects will last for 12 days, thus rendering the rack unusable? This is almost too much for a Monday morning…
CyclingMikey's latest video sees cab driver in "meltdown" over being caught phone driving
This one might take up most of your lunch break to watch in its entirely, and I’m not sure you’ll learn much from doing so… essentially the driver is really, really not happy that he has ben caught using a phone at the wheel, and repeatedly says the person who caught him doing so is “disgusting”, as well as calling his bike “cheap” (for the record, it’s most likely not a cheap bike at all).
After a lot of shouting and the de-escalation of what nearly turned into a physical altercation, the offender himself called the police, the officers appear puzzled and CyclingMikey, real name Mike Van Erp, left the scene after chatting to one of the attending officers.
Van Erp said in the video description: “I was too late to report this driver as I was busy at work at the time, so he got off completely scott-free. Interestingly, TfL have recently changed their policies on what offences will result in a green badge being revoked. It takes at least 12 points, or two mobile phone convictions, to be considered for driver licence disqualification. TfL will, however, revoke a green badge or PHV licence for a single mobile phone conviction.
“I hope this taxi driver doesn’t use his phone any more. I also hope that this incident gave him a big shock.”
Norwich bike rackgate: a passer-by comes forth with more information
While we still await further comment from Norwich City Council (though as EnjoyTheRide points out in the comments, it’s probably not its top priority right now) we’ve heard from an intrepid reader who happens to be in Norwich today for some eyewitness reporting.
Terry Gilbert tells road.cc that four cycle racks around City Hall have the notices on:
“The excuse seems to be to allow people to leave flowers, but I took a photo showing that currently the flowers are not at the point where they encroach near the bike racks,” said Terry.
“If it’s for presentation reasons, I for one think the notices are rather more distracting from the aesthetic of the City Hall frontage than a bike!”
He added: “On the other side of the main steps to the building, the racks have been closed to enable them to rope off the footway for the vast queues waiting to sign the condolence book.”
“Here’s the floral tribute notice, close up”
Do we still think this heavy-handed approach is appropriate? According to our live analytics a lot of people are pondering this very question right now…
Thanks to Terry for supplying the photos and info
More peculiar marks of respect for Her Majesty
Surely the cars could stay at home as a show of respect to the death of the Queen?
— patrickwillcocks (@patrickwillcock) September 11, 2022
The right call. I shall join this touching tribute and needlessly rev a gas guzzler in her honour.
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) September 11, 2022
A beautiful tribute. I’m watching the traffic jam between TK Maxx and the William Morris with a patriotic tear running down my cheek.
— Kyrill Potapov (@KyrillPotapov) September 11, 2022
As we’ve already mentioned, a number of events have been simmered down or cancelled altogether following the death of Queen Elizabeth last Thursday, and some of the decisions have left people scratching their heads… with the one to cancel Car Free Day in Hammersmith yesterday standing out as one of the most puzzling.
Is it more respectful to drive round Hammersmith than to walk, cycle or catch the bus? With what we suspect is a hint of sarcasm, Sue and John added: “She would really really have appreciated this gesture – stopping local people celebrating a lovely and community-focused idea was the reason she got up in the morning.”
Remco Evenepoel wins La Vuelta a España: Roundup after final stage in Madrid
As Remco Evenepoel crossed the line yesterday in the Spanish capital of Madrid he became the first Belgian to win a Grand Tour in 44 years. He also took the first Grand Tour win for his team, Quick-Step AlphaVinyl, and boy did we know about it!
Along with multiple posts to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram they also posted 79 Instagram stories throughout the day, granted one of two were from the GP Montreal, but mostly it was Remco in Red. Here are a few social media posts after the final stage…
Our first Grand Tour 🤩#LaVuelta22 pic.twitter.com/uK3xpOnhkZ
— Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team (@qst_alphavinyl) September 11, 2022
All hail the first Belgian Grand Tour Champion in 44 years!#LaVuelta22
Photo: @GettySport pic.twitter.com/dikaM9DucJ
— Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team (@qst_alphavinyl) September 11, 2022
Red suits you, Remco! 🔴 pic.twitter.com/12s39qgstH
— Royal Belgian FA (@RoyalBelgianFA) September 10, 2022
Cyclist "fighting for his life" after being hit by lorry driver in Southwark
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Police rushed to Great Dover Street outside Borough Underground Station in London at 7.35am this morning following the collision between a cyclist and a flat-bed lorry driver. The Evening Standard reports that the male cyclist was taken to hospital for treatment, and he is in a critical condition.
The driver of the flat-bed lorry stopped at the scene, and there have been no arrests made at the time of writing.
Always remember to make eye contact with drivers
Remember, as a cyclist it’s important to make eye-contact with drivers. pic.twitter.com/86LsVeCR4l
— Entitled Cyclist🚲 (@EntitledCycling) September 11, 2022
Unless you’re Shaquille O’Neal, that might be difficult in some parts of the USA where these very, very large pickup trucks appear to be gaining popularity amongst sections of the population that, we suspect, are not using them for logging….
Bike rack(s)gate Norwich: a closing round-up of reactions
I mean, at least we haven’t completely lost our minds. That’s the main thing. https://t.co/5rqLids1TD
— Gareth Icke 🚜🇳🇱 (@garethicke) September 12, 2022
@NorwichCC @MarinaPurkiss @robbiewest
Discovered reason for closing the bike racks outside city hall is to make space for the queues to sign book of condolence.
BORINGLY SENSIBLE.
but that shouldn’t limit possibility of a story next door. Can you @BBCLookEast send Robbie West— John Esling (@JohnEsling) September 11, 2022
It’s a chain reaction.
— Seán Ó Domhnaill (@SeanMODomhnaill) September 12, 2022
Well since this morning we’ve found out from our spotter Terry that it’s actually multiple bike racks with signs on around Norwich City Hall, and interestingly the wording appears to be slightly different on each one.
Even though, as some have pointed out, there is something of a reasonable explanation for the closure of the racks, in the court of public opinion the council are still taking a fair bit of flak for closing them for such a lengthy period of time.
I was there, saw it and parked my bike regardless… #NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonachy pic.twitter.com/bxiZgb51NM
— Andrew (@Andrew719236601) September 11, 2022
Someone proudly proclaiming to be an anti-monarchist has now even parked their bike in front of the sign in protest.
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Same here. I have a helmet with built in front and rear lights and have a red light clipped onto my bag plus lights attached to my bike front and rear but still have drivers putting me in danger. My commute is about two miles and I normally have around four incidents a week where I have to brake hard or take other evasive action to avoid being hit by distracted drivers. A big percentage of these are drivers coming on to roundabouts when I am already on them.
Glasgow's South City Way sounds great, does it not? As a user from before and after I wholeheartedly welcome the construction of the segregated route, but so much of the detailed construction is poor, if not unsafe. I provide a link to a presentation I made when construction was half complete (a personal view) and the construction errors remain outstanding to this day: crossed by high speed flared road junctions, poor colour differentiation, car door zone risks and so on. And yet cyclists come because they feel safe. It's a complex subject but IMHO the feeling of safety (or lack of) is a critical component. https://drive.proton.me/urls/B67AK44G90#CFueBGjscoWr
I can only conclude that you haven't been into a city in the last few years. Food delivery riders in particular are riding overpowered "eBikes" that are basically mopeds ... powered only via the throttle without pedalling at significantly more than 15mph. Problem is they look like normal bikes/ebikes and not like mopeds so that is what people describe them as. My reading of the article is that it is those vehicles that are being talked about here.
I have the Trace and Tracer, which have essentially the same design, albeit smaller and less powerful. The controls are a little complicated but only because there are loads of options. In reality, once you've chosen your level of brightness, you'll only cycle through 1 or 2 options and it's dead simple. The lights are rock solid, bright, with good runtimes. The only thing I find annoying is charging them - if your fingers are slightly wet or greasy, getting the rubber out of the way of the charging port is a pain in the arse.
Dance and padel is all very well, but when is Strava going to let me record my gardening?
You can use it to check whether it's raining.
If it's dusk, i.e. post-sunset, then the cyclists should have lights on and thus the colour of their top is irrelevant. If you want to complain about cyclists not having lights when it's mandatory then by all means do but their top has nothing to do with it.
All of my Exposure lights with a button allow cycling through the modes with a short press. I have five of those; it would be odd if Exposure didn’t allow this functionality with the Boost 3. I also have two Exposure Burners if I remember correctly: they are rear lights for joysticks that clip on and are powered through the joystick charging port. They don’t have a button. None of my Exposure lights have failed. I looked at the Boost 3 review photos but none showed the button, so far as I could tell. I also have Moon lights. Good experience generally. One did fail, possibly because it was so thin it used to fall through the holes in my helmet onto the ground. Also, the UI and charge indicators vary for my Moon lights. Perhaps the latest ones are more consistent. My worst lights ever were from See.Sense.
Steve really doesnt like exposure products does he? Boost and Strada marked down for being too complicated. While the Zenith and Six Pack reviewed by his colleagues give them rave reviews (as most exposure products have on road.cc), the Zenith even touted as 'even more intuitive to use' with the same controls.
They are more interested in dog shit. https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/people/lancaster-police-launch-search-for-person-who-sprayed-dog-faeces-with-pink-paint-5605519
39 thoughts on ““What possible justification is there for this?” Bike racks in Norwich closed for “Royal Period of Mourning” goes viral; Remco wins the Vuelta; Reaction to Hammersmith cancelling Car Free Day; Cabbie “meltdown” in CyclingMikey vid + more on the live blog”
I’m sure drivers will
I’m sure drivers will understand when all the car parks in Norwich are closed for the twelve days of mourning.
Has the council been approached for comment? I can’t wait to hear the justification.
https://twitter.com/LBHF
https://twitter.com/LBHF/status/1568887068024918016?s=20&t=N2IlhZoxEh7FaDDGCU3Piw
Another crazy response. Sit revving your Range Rovers. It’s what the queen would have wanted.
Presumably they will be
Presumably they will be closing the road where these people will be queuing as the danger from motor vehicles is far higher than a cycle.
What legal process did they follow to come up with a ban?
When we had the story of the cargo bike on the pavement, it had a 7 day notice which then had to be signed off by a magistrate to remove it. Will this process be followed?
A simple removal of the bike would be criminal damage.
But as per the twitter thread “It’s what she would have wanted”
A bit humbug possibly but I
A bit humbug possibly but I find this whole leaving of flowers thing for people you’ve never met rather strange. Its expensive and a waste, not to mention someone has to clear it all up, along with lots of single-use plastic wrapping.
I wonder if the Royal family should recommend charities to donate to, if people wish.
Not humbug at all, flowers
Not humbug at all, flowers make sense when they are going to the family of somone you love to show you care at a difficult time. A huge pile of rotting flowers and single use plastic isn’t quite the same thing. The queen was well known to support a number of charities. Surely a much more fitting tribute would be that £5/10/20 on flowers going to one of those charities instead?
Patrick9-32 wrote:
It’s the new conspicuous consumption; conspicuous grief, exactly the same as when Diana died.
https://www.theguardian.com
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/12/people-asked-not-to-use-paddington-toys-or-other-non-floral-tributes-to-queen
https://twitter.com
https://twitter.com/chestercycling/status/1569230550984003585?s=46&t=ZA1GT5dWwX6TwRwk0_v2ZQ
this is a horrific one. Close pass a few centimetres away from child trailer
The only reasonable way to
The only reasonable way to fix this is by implementing significant jail time and permenant driving bans for these infractions. Appealing to driver’s moral compass is clearly never going to work. This person clearly believes their convenience to be more important that a child’s life, you can’t change the mind of someone so fundamentally broken to consider others over themselves but you might be able to make them change their behavior out of self preservation and fear of consequence.
Patrick9-32 wrote:
Unlikely to fix the level of stupidity demonstrated; neutering would at least remove them from the gene pool.
Yeah, it being a child does
Yeah, it being a child does fuck all to make people drive carefully. Had people close pass me on a cargo bike with a baby carrier clearly visible, and had drivers force me and my kids into the gutter by driving straight at us when we have right of way. Some people are just awful humans.
I find that I get far more
I find that I get far more space from drivers when I’m on the cargo bike with the kids. Today, however, I experiened my first bit of abuse while riding it. I overtook stationary traffic that was queueing for a roundabout close to my kids’ school. As I got to the front and pulled into primary, the driver in the lane next to mine said, “you should go and use that bloody cycle lane”.
The cycle lane he was referring to was literally a mile away. There’s nothing that you can do or say to these people. They’re not all there.
I found it was more pointless
I found it was more pointless MGIFing around mini roundabouts. Pointless overtake to sit in front of you, repeat 5 times on the same stretch of road. I have a kiddyback tandem now and just ride very, very defensively. Generally people are better these days, especially if you make it physically impossible for them to overtake. I just don’t even allow close passes to be an option on the school run.
The scariest moments have been when I’ve expected oncoming drivers to adhere to the fact we have right of way (parked cars on their side) and they’ve just driven straight at us with nowhere to go. Luckily there’s only a tiny stretch of road that is necessary on the 15 minute ride to school, the rest of it can be done on segregated infrastructure or wide, quiet pavements.
Last close pass I had the driver leant out the window and shouted ‘helmets!’ at me and the 4 year old on the back of the bike (he’d had a tantrum and refused to put one on), as if that was the biggest risk to us and not his decision to squeeze past on a single lane road.
They probably meant “Take off
They probably meant “Take off your helmets” so that in court you would clearly be wholly responsible for the incident.
Dogless wrote:
Like I said, they’re not all there. The presence of kids doesn’t seem to temper some of them.
Before I had the cargo bike, I used an audax bike with a kid seat attached to the seat post, and a trailer. On one ride, the trailer warning flag fell from the vertical to the horizontal, making my bike much wider (but only about as wide as a car). I noticed because two drivers passed me really wide, while shouting abuse. The first shouted a simple, “fucking wanker”, while the second shouted, “you’re blocking the fucking road you cunt”, completely missing the irony of overtaking someone you claim is blocking the road. This language and aggression while I had an obviously young (4-year old) kid on the back.
srchar wrote:
Same as when a cyclist, or even two cyclists, are accused of ‘taking up all the road’ by a person sitting in an SUV on their own…
I watched bits of that mikey
I watched bits of that mikey video yesterday.
The cabbie starts off with calling him a grass and later calls the police to report mikey…
The police turn up – what a great use of resources.
The interesting bit was where one of the cops recognises Mikey’s accent and they talk about gandalf corner where the cop says that is a dangerous spot.
Let us contemplate the
Let us contemplate the motorist logic of bemoaning being grassed on for breaking the law, and then calling the police to complain about the totally legal action of someone planning to report them to the police.
“Cyclists go through red
“Cyclists go through red lights though” from the fash ?
Meanwhile in Bracknell Forest
Meanwhile in Bracknell Forest
https://twitter.com/badgercyclist/status/1568947736032022528
My old fave, the list of
My old fave, the list of driver excuses not to have to pay for parking.
Seems like Norwich city
Seems like Norwich city council have responded to the Telegraph at least 😉
The signs have been updated.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/09/12/cyclists-bemused-council-closes-bike-rack-royal-period-mourning/
Re: the Queen’s cycling
Re: the Queen’s cycling becoming popular comment.
When she rose to the throne, cycling wasn’t so much popular as necessary – if you didn’t catch a bus or train, you rode a bike (and may well have ridden a bike to catch a train). Car driving was for the minority, and with rationing was hardly encouraged, nor considered a right.
Different times.
The example of the gigantic
The example of the gigantic pick up trucks demonstrates the utter failure of regulations to protect the vulnerable. No vehicle with such poor forward, and presumably rear, visibility should be allowed on the road.
eburtthebike wrote:
I recently noticed that almost all the large pickup trucks in the work parking lot (which is quite a large percent of the vehicles) are parked ready to pull forward out of the spot. I think it’s because the drivers know they have such poor rear visibility that they don’t want to back out of the spot. I should go get a photo.
We recently repaved and restriped the lot, and had to actually expand the land it took up, no because more spots were needed, but because someone in management has something stupid like a Ford F350 and wanted every single spot made larger.
A lot of the (ahem) energy
A lot of the (ahem) energy facilities I’ve been to require that you reverse park into spaces. IIRC, the Institue of Advanced Motorists also used to recommend reverse parking. Basically because you can’t really see much when reversing. Better to accidentally ding someone’s car than flatten a pedestrian…or something.
KDee wrote:
Pet hate of mine is people who don’t reverse in, drive forwards out. Everyone is safer, if you drive out. And a special place in hell for people who don’t reverse in AND ensure that they have fuck all visability with a monstrosity of a hedge… because privacy is more important than anyone else’s safety.
A mad old bint on a local site was going full on karen about children on the pavement outside her house. Apparently if they died because she was reversing blind over a pavement it was entirely their fault. Probably Nigel’s old dear.
More dumb trucks.
More dumb trucks.
Look at all this lovely space
Look at all this lovely space around my MINI!
(I had to drive instead of bike in today as I was running late.)
You could fit at least 3 of
You could fit at least 3 of the original minis in there.
ktache wrote:
I’m fairly certain four would fit. More if you had a friend to help you stack them.
I love the fact one of the
I love the fact one of the twitter replies to the self styled anti-monarchist “act of defiance”, is he locked his bike there, just to take the picture, then unlocked it and rode off again.
hardly Kett’s Rebellion is it ?
Remco wasnt the only rider
Remco wasnt the only rider winning a race in Madrid this weekend, whilst it might have been a touch predictable after stage 2, youd think Annemiek van Vleuten winning the Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta would be worthy of mention, given she’s won the womens equivalent of all 3 of the mens grand tour races this year (Giro, TdF & Vuelta).
You’re absolutely correct,
You’re absolutely correct, personal apologies here because I was heavily involved in running the blog today – as you might have noticed the news cycle (no pun intended) has taken us away from bike racing, coupled with staffing shortages this means our pro cycling coverage has been rather light these last few days. Van Vleuten’s achievement should have been acknowledged and we’ll aim to put this right tomorrow.
No need to apologise
No need to apologise 🙂
I know they cannot be used at
I know they cannot be used at the moment, but those Norwich cycle racks do look very nice.
Not just solid looking, which is always good, but far away from the standard Sheffield stand.
I bet the Norwich City
I bet the Norwich City Council meeting took less than a minute to vote in this ludicrous decision. It was heard said.
“Cyclists. Scum. Sub human scum”
Using your phone never did
Using your phone never did anyone any harm.
Cognitive distraction.
https://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/crime/silan-kaya-guilty-of-death-by-careless-driving-9268514
https://twitter.com
https://twitter.com/buntyhoven/status/1571143342901334017