Caravan-towing motorist knocks cyclist off after close pass dispute; “It’s incredible to see”: Wiggo hails Pidcock’s brilliance (+ “return of Froome”); Tour leaves the Alps; Alpe d’Huez reaction; Fancy dress bike bus + more on the live blog
SUMMARY
Packed hairpins, beer, songs (+ a couple idiots with flares) — madness of Alpe d'Huez stage
[ASO / Pauline Ballet]
We’re still not over yesterday. WHAT. A. STAGE…
Tom Pidcock is the king of Alpe d’Huez, writing himself into cycling folklore with that perfection of a debut Tour de France stage win. All the way up Pidcock, and the rest of the peloton — from the Yorkshire sensation back to Victor Lafay 40 minutes later — were cheered on by monster crowds packed onto each of the famous climb’s 21 bends.
Here are some of the best scenes from Bastille Day on the mountain…
Yorkshire and proud. Soon we will be overtaking the Welsh on the flag count 😉 right @GeraintThomas86 @LukeRowe1990 ?? pic.twitter.com/d4F7I7t85Q
— Tom Pidcock (@tompidcock) July 15, 2022
Admin’s first experience of Alpe d’Huez 😬😬😬 #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/nP0KBpGHZJ
— Trek-Segafredo (@TrekSegafredo) July 14, 2022
The good people at Velon captured the action, while a rejuvenated Tadej Pogačar called it “a day he’ll never forget” and an atmosphere that is “really something different”…
The most incredible crowds in all of cycling 🙌
Ride your way through a tunnel of fans and experience the thrill of racing up Alpe d’Huez in the Tour de France!
🎥 Hit the link to watch the full Stage 12 on-bike highlights – https://t.co/TXIvRIgZof
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🇫🇷 #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/j2h43BPJfn— Velon CC (@VelonCC) July 14, 2022
Welcome to Alpe d’Huez, Tom Pidcock!#TDF2022 #ITVCycling pic.twitter.com/czBcPttRQy
— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) July 14, 2022
Of course it’s time for the obligatory post-Alpe d’Huez stage moan about ‘fans’ setting off flares/smokebombs (whatever you want to call them) as the riders pass. No climate protest yesterday, just a few too many beverages…nothing like the taste of pyrotechnic in the lungs at 400w…
Face full of flare. It’s okay to Kuss at that. #CouchPeloton #tdf2022 pic.twitter.com/vDdyxuMJ7U
— Jamie Naragon (@TdF4077) July 14, 2022
We’ll leave the final word to the man of the moment…
A stage of the Tour. On Alpe D’Huez. On Bastille day 🤯 @INEOSGrenadiers @LeTour pic.twitter.com/PlCUkqlhLc
— Tom Pidcock (@tompidcock) July 15, 2022
Incroyable.
Fancy dress bike bus
#bikebus was absolutely amazing this morning! Grown ups and little ones dressed up brilliantly and it was so much fun! I discovered the Trolls soundtrack too 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/SBYZNynxen
— Rob C (@robjc) July 15, 2022
Tour de France leaves the Alps — stage 13 from Bourg d'Oisans to Saint Etienne
One for the sprinters? A breakaway day?
As Simon wrote in his pre-race preview: It’s the 27th time that Saint-Etienne, the city that was once the centre of France’s bicycle industry, will have hosted a stage of the race. Last time it hosted a finish three years ago Thomas De Gendt won the stage, but organisers have opted for a less taxing profile today with the last of three categorised climbs crested with 44km still to ride.
On the prediction front: Simon – Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious)
Suvi – Fabio Jakobsen (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl)
Ryan – Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma)
Those were made pre-race, so with the benefit of two weeks of eagle-eyed viewing, I’m on Jasper Philipsen for today…
Drum & Bass On The Bike from the sky
"It's incredible to see": Wiggo hails Tom Pidcock's brilliance (+ "return of Chris Froome")
Happiness is… #TDF2022 #alpedhuez pic.twitter.com/rG2lDD5zGY
— Chris Froome (@chrisfroome) July 14, 2022
Former teammate and fellow member of the exclusive ‘British Tour de France winners’ club Sir Bradley Wiggins was pleased to see Chris Froome back at the front of the race in the high mountains.
Speaking to Eurosport about yesterday’s stage, Wiggo said it was the “return of Chris Froome”.
“That’s testament to all the hard work and sacrifice him and his family have gone through these last few years since that big crash, great ride.”
Wiggins also quite rightly had plenty of positives to mention about the stage winner, and man of the moment, Tom Pidcock: “I think we all are a bit [lost for words]. I still think of him as a young kid racing in the UK and he’s won on Alpe d’Huez at his first Tour de France. The extent of his talent, I don’t know where he goes from here. We say that every time he does something, but it’s amazing. It truly is amazing.
“To go on the descent of the Galibier, to bridge across to the group and then be one of the instigators driving it forward all day. His descending today was off the scale. He’s got such a mature head on him. It’s incredible to see.”
Today's questionable road safety advice...comes from Down Under
Safe Roads Australia…”Our aim is to promote and advocate for Road Safety for all road-users. Through education, advancing a safe mindset on the road, improved road infrastructure.”
Roads are a shared space. Consequently, everyone is responsible for road safety.
Pedestrians and motorists have a duty of care for each other. Even though the onus isn’t solely on pedestrians, they should always take the necessary precautions to avoid conflict with vehicles.
— Safe Roads Australia (@australia_roads) July 15, 2022
Right…
Pro rider's team bike lost at Dublin Airport
Air travel has seen better days: staff shortages, cancelled flights, delays etc. etc. but we’ve also reported a spike in riders losing their bikes, or should I say airlines losing riders’ kit…
> EasyJet sends cyclist’s £14,000 bike and luggage to Naples… instead of London
Novo Nordisk rider Stephen Clancy was on his way to Copenhagen after the Irish National Championships on June 29 and last saw his €12,000 Argon team bike at the oversized baggage drop-off.
The rider on the team raising awareness for diabetes, and consisting entirely of diabetic riders, also lost medication he needs in the misplaced luggage. Clancy told the Irish Daily Mail he’d been on hold for three hours with Scandinavian Airlines on Tuesday.
“Usually you get your bags back in three or four days. That timeframe has gone out of the window. The most stressful thing is the lack of information. I know it is not the baggage handlers’ fault but it has been three weeks with no progress.
“One thing that is giving me hope is hearing about other people in similar situations. It makes me feel less alone and I’ve heard of some good outcomes.”
I want to break free
Look who we met today on the Tour de France parcours 😁
Speaking of this, what’s your first memory of Didi at the #TDF2022?
Photo: @woutbeel pic.twitter.com/5TlFouJ00W
— Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team (@qst_alphavinyl) July 15, 2022
Your stage 13 breakaway: Filippo Ganna, Stefan Küng, Mads Pedersen, Fred Wright, Quinn Simmons, Hugo Houle, Matteo Jorgenson…
There are some proper engines in there. Good luck Quick Step, Lotto and Alpecin…you’ll have to work hard for your sprint.
What happens when a rider punctures in the Tour de France?
Fair point
Get Wout to ride it? Good tip! https://t.co/P1jpRMa62i
— Katy Moon (@Oog) July 15, 2022
😬
😱 What a save!
😱 De justesse !#TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/Mo5Ok1PQWj
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 15, 2022
The break has 2:16 with 18km left. Normally that would be touch and go but the peloton don’t seem to be making much headway. We’ll see in about half an hour’s time, but this looks like one for the break. Top Ganna? Fred Wright? King Mads?
Denmark's dream Tour de France continues — Mads Pedersen wins stage 13
Mads Pedersen wins stage 13! Fred Wright with an excellent rides comes 2nd 🇬🇧💪#TDF2022 #ITVCycling pic.twitter.com/TxmqFaqY1h
— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) July 15, 2022
All we want is for poor Fred Wright to get his stage victory… second today after another breakaway effort, his third break of the race. Mads Pedersen always looked likeliest from the trio at the head of proceedings, and so it proved, the Dane comfortably beating south London’s Wright and Hugo Houle.
Matteo Jorgenson, Filippo Ganna and Stefan Küng (as well as safely back in the peloton Quinn Simmons) were part of the effort to keep the break ahead of the peloton but couldn’t follow when Pedersen jumped on the final climb. They finished fourth to sixth respectively.
A brave ride from Pedersen who was one of the favourites for the sprint, let alone attacking a rolling 193km stage head-on from the break…
No change on GC as we head into the second weekend.
Hereford food waste could soon be collected by bike
The BBC reports Hereford’s food waste could soon be collected by bike. A similar scheme is underway in Paris, but the local authority believes it would be the first English city to do so.
The move would see weekly collections from houses done by bike within the central Hereford area, with kitchen scraps then transported away to be turned into compost.
Importantly for the local paper outrage…residents will keep their bins and the council will be paying for additional bins to further seperate food waste from general waste and recycling.
There’s a positive story for your Friday…
Caravan-towing motorist knocks cyclist off after close pass dispute
This video was doing the rounds on, of all places, LinkedIn yesterday…but has since been deleted and resurfaced on Facebook via Car Anything (and its delightful comments section)…
In it, a cyclist’s rear-facing camera at the back of a group ride captures the moment a driver towing a caravan races past at an alarmingly close distance while the group is travelling at close to 40km/h (as per the Garmin data at the bottom, which also suggests this incident happened last Saturday) near Bournemouth airport.
The driver stops at the traffic lights shortly after prompting the group to filter past, one rider is heard saying “I got him on video”, while another says something slightly less suitable for publication.
As the lights turn green and the group rolls away the driver continues forward, closely behind the penultimate rider, hitting their back wheel and causing them to fall. The motorist continues, driving over the rider’s bike in the process…
Unbelievably, or perhaps not considering this is Facebook we’re talking about, the most popular comment on the post accused the group, not the driver, of failing to obey the Highway Code, while another accused them of “really antagonising the motorist” and were “completely asking for it”. Perhaps we should take our own advice for a certain news national news outlet (you’ll know the one)…NEVER read the comments.
How to make your bike faster
Superb advice from Steve K here, never fails. For other (probably less useful) tips, check out this article.
"You would hope this results in a driving ban. That could have been so much worse": Reaction to our main live blog story of the day
Here are some of your comments to end the week…
You would hope this results in a driving ban. That could have been so much worse.
Goes to show how utterly pointless it is to squeeze past on a road with multiple traffic lights along it. Gained nothing but many points or a ban and increased insurance premium for years.— James Sansome (@_James_Sansome_) July 15, 2022
Pretty uncontroversial this one…
OldRidgeback reckons the driver “needs to attract a serious fine for that. I hope the footage has been sent to the cops and that they take it seriously”.
AlsoSomniloquism added: “Points and ban.
1: Close pass whilst blowing horn for no reason = Careless Driving.
2: Running into cyclist and then continuing driving forward. Dangerous Driving. Especially as they didn’t know if they were actually running over the bike or the cyclist.
3: Leaving the scene of an accident.
All should be totted up and added to the sentence, and I expect as a merc driver they probably already have points anyway.”
eburtthebike was left wondering where “cycle like you drive” fits into all of this…
Throw the book at them. https://t.co/cjuY7H65OP
— Older than Ernie (@NickForster4) July 15, 2022
Sailing into the weekend like...
The Pidcock pucker pic.twitter.com/2W4LrTOHI5
— Race Radio (@TheRaceRadio) July 15, 2022
Have a good one…
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@perce I'm not sure I agree with that. I think thats just confirming that he is take fully responsibility and recognises that the cyclist could have done nothing to mitigate it.
If we don't fight it now, we'll all end up forced to wear baggy shorts!
@Rendel Harris Agree, I am baffled that the 84 year old who is now banned from driving for year can then start driving again without a retest. We should be re-tested regularly.
@mitsky Just checking the figures and apparently the 2026 average cost is £58,000 per year per prisoner; worth noting that is only the direct cost, you then have to factor in ten years of lost tax income from the prisoner, ten years that the prisoner is making no contribution to society as a worker or as a consumer, plus the fact that if they were the primary breadwinner very likely the costs will include benefits for their family as well. None of which should be a reason for keeping violent recidivists out of prison of course, nor drug/drink drivers who kill, but it is a factor worth considering for lower-level offences.
@Surreyrider I ride in Surrey a fair bit and absolutely many do look like that but the point is they all *think* they're driving perfectly reasonably (as one discovers when remonstrating with someone who's skimmed one by 30cm, "I gave you masses of room") so deterrent penalties have little effect. That's why we need to strike at the root cause and actually train drivers properly and test them stringently (and more than once over the course of a potential 70+ years of driving, it's absolutely absurd that competence and knowledge in what for most people is the activity in their life that will run the biggest risk of killing people you never have to have your qualifications renewed).
@mitsky Imprisonment currently costs over £50k p.a. per prisoner and obviously that will rise over the course of a ten-year stretch with inflation. Regarding culpability and mitigating sentences etc, of course I'm not against condign punishment for drivers who kill (and cyclists on the tiny, tiny handful of occasions when this happens), including prison as appropriate; I was objecting to the ridiculous and oft-repeated demand of MM that drivers who kill cyclists must get ten years, "no excuses, no exceptions".
Hey, but their wool blend cycling adjacent t-shirts are/were fantastic.
@Surreyrider Still the boss. Ride one, you'll see why
@Smoggysteve "Most would happily ride on the roads and be treated with respect by drivers". But people aren't - and as far as I can see they won't be. Not until there is a lot less driving and it's slower around cyclists, and far more people driving have "skin in the game" eg. they sometimes cycle and their friends and family do also. That's what leads to the model - which is perhaps most advanced in NL - where cycling, walking and driving are all seen as separate normal transport modes. Their needs, vulnerabilities and any dangers to others are considered. And *that* leads to "mix / share when possible, separate when necessary". But "possible" is "where your 10-year old would be safe to cycle unsupervised" - so very few motor vehicles, going slow! And AFAICS everybody - even "existing cyclists" - is happy with the result. (I dunno about a few pro cyclists - but don't they tend to have training camps in different counties anyway?)
@quiff as an Edinburgh resident I can confidently say he's speaking without moving his lips in one sense: - while as I noted in a separate comment there *is* now some real separated cycle infra, all the examples i can think of have *at least as much space* for pedestrians. The rest of the "cycle infra" is essentially similar to the situation in the rest of the UK: eg. bus lanes*, cycle lanes and shared use paths (eg. "build" infra by sticking up a sign). Edinburgh is one of the places with a moderately extensive network of former railways which have been converted to "shared use" paths (completely motor traffic few). However though shared they are not narrow by UK standards. And this is all effectively a "free extra" for all non- motorised users, not like the "sign a cycle path" where pedestrians do lose space. I think this all comes from the "popular understanding" of cycling in which ultimately cyclists are the "other". They don't fit "motor vehicle" or "pedestrian" (including wheelchairs on the very rare occasions people think about that). Thus "cyclists are cheating" in multiple ways! They shouldn't get their own space as "there aren't enough" of them. And "they can just use the road / path". But being able to *choose* "on the road" or "on the footway" (shared use path) is clearly unfair - nobody else gets to do that! BUT of course even if they did pick just one of road OR pedestrian space it's still not fair anyway because they're "too slow" for the road (don't pay "road tax" etc...) and "far too fast" for pedestrians... * Though some existing cyclists may appreciate them when there are few buses, buses and bikes are a very poor mix for several reasons.
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Seeing as we’re heading to St
Seeing as we’re heading to St Etienne today, here’s a nice spot of lunchtime reading on the Hirondelle Superbe model built there. Trek could learn a few things from the seatpost design. Also note the fork foot rests for the descent from L’ Alpe. They even had hardtail-style kinked seatposts on other models, and sold custom frame bags for their conventional frame cycles.
French TV coverage was very
French TV coverage was very complimentary about Pidcock and Froome (which made a change from past veiled criticism of him)
https://www.southwalesargus
https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/20279455.killer-cyclist-jailed-mowing-monmouth-widow/
A cyclist who killed a widow after crashing his bike into her as she walking home following a visit to the cinema has been jailed.
McGinn was jailed for 12 months and banned from driving for two years and six months.
And unfortunately social
And unfortunately social media is awash with all of the anti-cycling mob out for blood in the same way that they were for Charlie Alliston & Emir Loka. Surprisingly the Daily Heil has the news in their papers too.
I doubt anyone will argue that the sentence was unjustified based on the facts that were reported. But I feel no amount of cyclists saying the sentence was correct in the circumstances will change the minds of those in the anti-cycling mob.
Trying to add balance by highlighting the fact that motorists who kill pedestrians on pavements in similar circumstances frequently avoid jail, and the fact that motorists kill pedestrians on pavements so often that it in most cases doesn’t make the national news and in some cases doesn’t even make the local news won’t do any good.
And, that’s another incident
And, that’s another incident where a pedestrian helmet would have had a decent chance of saving her life.
Good opportunity – how about
Good opportunity – how about we pool our talents and set up a kickstarter. Needs a name – “bike blocker”? “T.d.F.Off”?
(With apologies to the LA Rams)
BTW yes – we should take all
BTW yes – we should take all road deaths seriously. These ones happen to be very rare (which is why newsworthy).
The news article appears to be signing “wrong-un” here – which may be true. I’m a little unclear on the exact circumstances but that may reflect the state of the evidence. Without further detail I guess it’s tempting to do what sometimes happens in motor crashes – chalk it up to “bad individual doing something they’re not supposed to”.
It’s not clear if segregated spaces for cyclists and pedestrians would have prevented this case. However the standard UK practice of either cycles + cars or cycles + pedestrians isn’t good for safety. There is usually no alternative to cycling on roads which are sometimes very unpleasant. This pushes people to keep near the speed of the motor traffic. The other UK situation is to deliberately mix cyclists and pedestrians e.g. by blue-signing a footway. It’s sometimes unclear where these start and stop. In general we do not mark separate pedestrian and cyclist space even where room is sufficient for both modes.
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If only there had been some separation.
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Then he wouldn’t have needed to ride so fast, nor to ride off without stopping.
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Oh, hang on …
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Back under your bridge troll.
Back under your bridge troll.
Nothing chris has said is in any way defending the cyclist. Asking why an accident happened is something that should be done to figure out how to prevent them in the future.
You are just proving that you are incapable of reading what is actually being discussed.
Not surprising it made the
Not surprising it made the news.
It’s like the old, dog bites man isn’t a story, but man bites dog certainly is newsworthy.
One of the first comments BTL
One of the first comments BTL on there was
Wait until they find out how much harsher motorists are treated when they hit-and-run. Oh, waitaminute…
brooksby wrote:
To be fair, I think that cowardly leaving the scene should garner a longer sentence. Alliston got 18 months and IIRC didn’t leave the scene, so a 12 month sentence seems light in comparison.
I’d prefer both of them to have gotten lifetime driving bans and maybe shorter prison sentences as I don’t think it’s likely for a cyclist to cause a death and not change the way they cycle i.e. they’re less likely to be a danger to the public.
hawkinspeter wrote:
Possibly… but first it would actually have to be an offence. I’m not sure what the point of even mentioning it is in these case – they don’t list all the other perfectly legal things that the accused is ‘guilty’ of.
jh2727 wrote:
Yes, I’d welcome a change in the law so that there is a legal requirement for people to attempt to render assistance (e.g. phone for an ambulance) after a collision. Although leaving the scene is a crime for motorists, there’s no obligation for bikes/scooters/joggers etc. which I think is a mistake.
hawkinspeter wrote:
No legal obligation. But I’d say there’s a human decency obligation. (Just an observation, I’m not disagreeing with you.)
Steve K wrote:
Exactly. When there’s no legal obligation to render assistance, there’s virtually an incentive to get away and hope to not get caught.
The Recorder of Cardiff,
The Recorder of Cardiff, Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke, told McGinn:
“You bear the responsibility of having ended someone’s life”
He does and I’m happy to see he has been punished, especially as it seems he has a drivers licence. It’s just a real shame that if he’d been in a car we all know things would have been very different.
NOtotheEU wrote:
I’m not sure if it said anywhere that he has a
killingdriving licence. It isn’t a requirement to receive a driving ban.No, one of the strange things
No, one of the strange things you get when watching channel 5’s cop car shows is the number of bans given to people without licences, even to those under the age of seventeen.
He should of been driving a
He should of been driving a van then he would have been acquited as happened in this case where a 4 year old child was run over on the pavement.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-39356514
“McGinn, a father, was jailed
“McGinn, a father, was jailed for 12 months and banned from driving for two years and six months”
A driving ban for an offence committed on a bike. I didn’t think it was possible to get points on your licence or a drving ban for an activity which doesn’t require a licence?
EDIT: apparently it’s possible to get your licence suspended for ANY offence if convicted in court.
https://ukcyclerules.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/can-you-lose-your-driving-licence-for-a-cycling-offence/
Yep, I recall a case a few
Yep, I recall a case a few years back where a motorist who was flashing his lights at oncoming drivers to warn them of a mobile speed camera got points on his license for it, even though the charge (perverting the course of justice) wasn’t/isn’t a driving offence.
IanGlasgow wrote:
I believe (IANAL but was told this by a cycling one) that you can be banned from driving for offences such as being drunk when riding a bike, including being banned from applying for a licence if you don’t have one, but you can’t be given points.
As the TDF peloton rides
As the TDF peloton rides through extreme heat brought on by global heating, should riders be asked if they are comfortable promoting oil and SUVs?
Any thoughtful replies appreciated, others not so much.
How come promoting it is
How come promoting it is worse than actually consuming it in vast quantities as all the Teams are doing? Promotion is the lesser of two evils to me. Both of course dwafted by the consumption of even a minor town at rush hour.
On balance I can live with it, if a little uncomfortably.
I disagree. I don’t believe
I disagree. I don’t believe Tom Pidcock, Geraint Thomas and the others are bad people, but they are in effect paid to promote climate breakdown.
I would like journalists to ask them to justify it.
Hoping that consumers will change their habits is what you seem to be relying on, and it’s almost certainly not going to work. We need governments and big fossil fuel businesses to change the structures in which the rest of us live our lives.
All unnecessary consumption
All unnecessary consumption is damaging to the climate.
Therefore 90%+ of advertising and sponsorship is climate damaging.
I doubt anyone will consume more of Ineos’ chemicals or UAE’s gas or Kazakhstan’s oil because of the TdF.
You could ban those sponsors if you wanted but it would have no effect on the climate whatsoever.
Jesus Christ – That Australia
Jesus Christ – That Australia ‘Safety’ message is bad enough, but has anyone seen their replies? Batshit. Utterly Batshit.
I couldn’t bring myself to
I couldn’t bring myself to read them. I do note that they “forgot” to say that motorists also ought to be trying to avoid conflict with pedestrians…
Cyclelikeyoudrive
Cyclelikeyoudrive
https://twitter.com/TOOLS_4YOU/status/1547646193546641409
“The illustrations in this video should not be construed as an endorsement of driving like this on the public highway” *
* probably stored in a single pixel in the video
Don’t know where they’re
Don’t know where they’re based, and not clicking on the link, but the steering wheel is on the left and in the USA it’s perfectly legal to eat and drink while driving. I’ve seen far worse.
Not sure how this makes driving any more “fun” though.
The nutter towing the caravan
The nutter towing the caravan needs to attract a serious fine for that. I hope the footage has been sent to the cops and that they take it seriously.
Points and ban.
Points and ban.
1: Close pass whilst blowing horn for no reason = Careless Driving.
2: Running into cyclist and then continuing driving forward. Dangerous Driving. Especially as they didn’t know if they were actually running over the bike or the cyclist.
3: Leaving the scene of an accident.
All should be totted up and added to the sentence, and I expect as a merc driver they probably already have points anyway.
OldRidgeback wrote:
The nutter towing the caravan needs an immediate ban and possibly jail sentence
OldRidgeback wrote:
As long as it wasn’t Merseyside Police with their “cycle like you drive” idiocy.
I’d say the nutter towing the
I’d say the nutter towing the caravan needs to be jailed for eveyone’s safety. The abusive use of the horn during the punishment pass shows intent. The continuing after potentially running over a person shows no care for their life after deliberately ramming them.
I hope so, this is at the
I hope so, this is at the lights to the airport. The pavement next to them is a shared use path. I experience a lot of hassle for not using it, but it’s always covered in glass, and occasionally fly tipped detritus. 40 limit at this point, but has been 60 until a few hundred meters from the lights, but most drivers seem to think it’s 40 all the way round. I ride or drive it every day as I work very close to this location. It’s not the worst road I rider on, but always the occasional numpty, don’t ride it in the dark though, it’s scary
I’ve had grief on Parley Lane
I’ve had grief on Parley Lane before, for not using the inadequate shared path, although thankfully just verbal, nothing like this.
It’s a popular road with road cyclists of course because over the next roundabout is the edge of the New Forest.
Someone in the comments
Someone in the comments decided to mention that the cyclists should have been on the path. But of course most of them cheered this as it was the cyclist fault for “turning into the car”.
Of course, as before, this
Of course, as before, this happening to a Police Officer doesn’t mean that is the reason a driving course, then court case found in favour of the cyclists. Maybe Inspector Kev can grace us with the experience used to get these covered with other forces (Obvs, not talking about the their neighbours in Lancaster as nothing short of a massive clearout seems to be needed there).
Obvs, not talking about the
Obvs, not talking about the their neighbours in Lancaster as nothing short of a massive clearout seems to be needed there
True, but Lancashire Constabulary HQ is at Hutton in Preston
Mistakenly put the Town
Mistakenly put the Town instead of the county Police but you know what i meant.
That road was too narrow and
That road was too narrow and too busy for bikes trying to ride on the far-left side of the lane. I’m not sure what the speed limit was there, but if the speed limit was on the lower side then cyclists should just take the lane, if the speed is high then cyclists should consider a different route.
Having said that I am not on the motorist’s side, the motorist should not have tried to pass the cyclists with cars that close to his right side forcing him to move more to the left, which put him in conflict with the cyclists; he should have waited to pass the cyclists for traffic to clear on his right then moved over into part of the right lane till he cleared the cyclists. Since the driver left the scene then he needs to be arrested and put in jail for fleeing the scene of an accident; not to mention pay for any damage done to the bike and injuries to the rider.
Doesn’t matter what the speed
Doesn’t matter what the speed limit is, sometimes you have to make allowances for slower road users. Beeping your horn, close intimidatory pass and then deliberately driving into someone before driving off is not the correct response.
It’s not as if someone towing a caravan has ever held up other traffic.?
What The Actual
What The Actual
https://mobile.twitter.com/MissFiMac/status/1547928641727709186
Queuing up on a shared pathway to drive into a school.
What the hell is wrong with these people?
What are the chances that the
What are the chances that the justification for the lane is the school they are queuing for?
That’s a lot of driving on pavement – a good few points and money for plod to collect – monthly stats met in one tweet.
Right at the end are 2
Right at the end are 2 cyclists heading towards the carnage.
What happened next ?
Nah, the cycle lane pre-empt
Nah, the cycle lane pre-empt the school and has featured many a time on here as it is a main route down to Richmond Park. Multiple near misses even though it is a 20 zone, and I think one time when a van driver had pulled into a road and was dragging cyclists onto the bike lane which is not fit for it. And definitely not now all the drivers need to approach the school.
It is a special education school so I expect people could be going there from quite a distance and alot look like Taxis.
The video of motorists
The video of motorists driving on that cycle lane needs sending to the police. It’s an offence, and it’s on video.