“Some TLC for the pavé”: Students start repair work on Paris-Roubaix cobbles; Conservatives claim “Labour and their lycra clad lobbyists are slowing Wales” with 20mph speed limits; Penny farthing hill climb world championship + more on the live blog
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Won the lottery recently? Found €30,000 down the back of the sofa? Looking for a new bike to take you into summer? Well, Pope Francis might just be the man to call…
A 10-year contract for Mark Cavendish coming too?
After reigning world champion Mathieu van der Poel bowled one over your live blog host’s head by sharing a video of himself at the Canyon headquarters in Koblenz, Germany, and raising my hopes for a new bike drop but instead announcing a mammoth 10-year deal with his bike brand of choice, it’s Mark Cavendish’s turn to appear at Wilier’s HQ in Rossano Veneto, Italy.
So it can naturally mean one thing only right? A 10-year deal for Cav? Bring it on, he’s just getting started!
Fancy a hill climb time trial world championship... on a penny farthing?
Just a moment, dropping a DM in Jeremy Vine’s inbox…
Making its way to our list of wonderfully peculiar but lovely cycling competitions is the latest entrant: Beachy Head World Championship Penny Farthing Hill Climb TT.
Don’t let the elaborate name get to you, it’s as simple as it sounds. You climb a hill as fast as you can on a penny farthing with a wheel diameter in excess of 46 inches — come on, this is not the UCI, we take our rules and regulations seriously here.
Back for a seventh year, this is the only cycling event of it’s kind in the world specifically for penny farthings, taking place in Eastbourne, East Sussex on 11th August. The course if 4.69km with an elevation gain of 150m, with riders setting off at an interval of one minute to tackle the climb to Beachy Head.
“The quickest riders take just over 13 minutes to reach the finish line”, says Visit Eastbourne. “We expect around 25 to 30 riders this year, with the final rider arriving at the top at around 11am. A prize giving ceremony will then take place where the winner will receive the ‘Block of Wood’ trophy containing the names of past winners.”
“Five days of cycling for just five seconds of airtime”: Viewers complain Mollie King’s 500km Comic Relief ride not given enough coverage on BBC
If you missed last week’s big news story, former Saturdays star and BBC Radio 1 DJ Mollie King gave us all a reason and inspiration to get on our bikes and attempt something outside our comfort zones.
In memory of her father Stephen, who died of a brain tumour in 2022, she took on the challenge of riding her bike from London to Hull — that’s 500 kilometres — without having ever cycled on the road before, and ended up raising £1.1 million for charity Comic Relief in the process.
However, viewers have complained that she wasn’t given enough airtime. One BBC viewer fumed: “Five days of cycling for just five seconds of airtime for Mollie King. Poor form.” And a second raged: “Mollie cycles five days straight for Comic Relief, but more airtime is given to British Airways.” A third added: “I thought the same! @MollieKing did an amazing job!”
On crossing the finish after five days of suffering on the saddle, King said: “This week has been time for me to think about what’s happened, to think about my dad and to process the fact that everyone’s donated so much. I wish I could thank everybody individually. It has been such a team effort. I cannot thank everybody enough.”
“Matt, these past few days have been so tough,” she told her radio co-host. “And I would not have got there today if you had not been there by my side. You talked me back onto that bike when I couldn’t do it anymore. If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t be here.”
Have you checked out this latest pop group? They're called "Middle of the Bike Lane"
Of all the places you could have put this @SheffCouncil you put it slap bang in the middle of a #cycle lane! pic.twitter.com/GZUSEmgiye
— CyclingInASkirt (@CyclingInASkirt) March 18, 2024
We know one person who's ready for the stage 2 summit finish at Volta a Catalunya
Actually, make that two. (I’m only excited because I’m not climbing, but instead going to be watching from my couch)
We know one rider who’s probably excited about the stage two finish!#VoltaCatalunya103 📺: Peacock pic.twitter.com/fZkdeBgRMd
— NBC Sports Cycling (@NBCSCycling) March 19, 2024
Cyclists shame Conservatives for claiming “Labour and their lycra clad lobbyists are slowing Wales” with 20mph speed limits
The Welsh Conservative party seems to have performed a miracle: They have posted something so absurd and asinine that Twitter, the graveyard of coalition and reason, has united in shaming and lampooning their remark that “Labour and their lycra clad lobbyists are slowing Wales down with their blanket 20mph speed limit”.
The Welsh Government, which is in the process of electing Vaughan Gething as its new First Minister after the surprise resignation of Mark Drakeford, introduced a 20mph speed limit not to a rapture of applause, but raised eyebrows, controversies and conspiracy theories (the last one seems the natural public reaction to most things now) last year.
Despite the directive just calling for roads and streets with a 30mph speed limit to be reduced to 20mph, with local councils still ultimately holding the power to have the final say on it, Conservatives have taken up the issue as if people are being forced to drive down the M4 or the A470 at 20mph speeds.
And while the Westminster Tory Government continues to pledge its allegiance to drivers to halt the so-called ongoing “war on motorists” and continue its “angry rhetoric” on traffic calming measures like low traffic neighbourhoods, 20mph speed limits, and even public transport schemes, the Welsh wing of the party has taken it upon themselves to mount an assault on the 20mph warriors — you know, road safety campaigners, transport experts, and mums and dads who want safety for their children.
And the next step in its assault has come in the form of a Twitter post yesterday, with the most shoddy use of Photoshop I’ve seen in a while, and that’s bearing in mind the Princess of Wales’ latest endeavours with it.
🥀 Labour and their Lycra clad lobbyists are slowing Wales down with their blanket 20mph speed limit.
💪 We will SCRAP Labour and Plaid’s blanket 20mph speed limit and get Wales moving.
🚨 Enforcement begins today. 🚨 pic.twitter.com/htzXERsm73
— Welsh Conservatives 🏴 (@WelshConserv) March 18, 2024
The Welsh Conservatives wrote: “We will SCRAP Labour and Plaid’s blanket 20mph speed limit and get Wales moving,” with a cyclist wearing a jersey and a helmet, made to seem as if they’re holding a speed gun pointing at a car.
And cyclists, not just the lycra clad ones, mind you, have blasted the post.
I’m not Lycra clad at all but walk/cycle/usePT and applaud the 20mph rules. Have you seen how much carnage is caused by speeding? Lots #cycle, not your lazy clickbait types. pic.twitter.com/ecv26CcBQx
— Ruth Mayorcas (@RuthMayorcas) March 18, 2024
“Ahhh, so basically, you don’t care about children being able to walk around their neighbourhoods or to school safely,” wrote James Stafford, while Nick Hawksworth wrote: “This is why nobody likes Tories anymore; Name calling nasty party.”
One person replied saying: “Playground comments about clothes are disgusting and fuel road crime. Shame on you,” while another commented: “Way to alienate people and the proof that you are finished as a government nationally, certainly becoming more and more irrelevant in Wales.”
Folks, do you think they may have read too much into its one-off win in the Uxbridge by-elections, opposing London’s ultra-low emission zones?
> Whose ULEZ is it anyway? Political chicanery as clean air zone set to expand to outer London
Here are some more replies on the tweet…
Seems you misunderstood what a 20mph speed limit on urban roads are about, I’ve put it in picture terms for you. pic.twitter.com/zs9YlzZgQo
— James Stafford (@Jamesdestafford) March 18, 2024
Are these Lycra clad lobbyists? pic.twitter.com/Krhj3JLKvz
— Ian Barnes (@Ianbarnes2001) March 18, 2024
This is what you’re doing here, not just supporting the abuse but using it in your campaigning, you are encouraging and enabling people to take out their anger and frustrations on people cyclinghttps://t.co/4ZVD3Bqqyk
— ReCyclingDave (@cycling_dave) March 18, 2024
Despite me cynically looking for them, not a single anti-cycling or pro-Tory comment in the replies! Have the Tories managed to unite Twitter?
The irony deepens when you consider that just three years ago, senior members of the Welsh Tories were calling on the Welsh Government to bring in a 20mph limit calling it a “common sense” plan.
And funnily, some of the lycra clad cyclists they accuse of lobbying the government into making the nationwide changes are the same ones who are going to be somewhat negatively affected by the blanket speed limit, in losing many routes previously used for time trials.
In November last year, Cycling Time Trials (CTT) introduced a ban on events taking place on roads with 20mph speed limits, with existing courses in such areas going to have to be scrapped or modified to avoid the zones. Many cyclists feared that this would spell the end of safe time trial courses and could be the tip of the iceberg for British racing.
I think they’re giving us too much credit. If the lycra lobby were indeed so powerful, maybe they’d fix up all the potholes first…
Ferrari driver destroys bike rack after losing control of sports car on 20mph street, police confirm no further action for collision
Ross Mendham, a former Dragons’ Den contestant who earned £60,000 of investment on the show, appeared in court yesterday having been arrested for breach of bail conditions, although Norfolk Police have said he will not face action for the crash…
What can stop Tadej Pogačar? Not the rain certainly, as the Slovenian dominates at Volta a Catalunya with an emphatic solo attack
I wondered on the live blog yesterday, if the Volta was also going to be an “easy spin with some friends” after the Slovenian called the fastest ever Milan-San Remo as such.
And by the looks of it, it seems that’s the case partially once again — stage two, with a treacherous summit finish atop the frigid, wet, and snowy mountains, at the Vallter 2000, the highest road climb in Catalonia, looked to be an “easy spin”, although he was missing a few friends. In fact, all of them.
Because at ten kilometres to go, Pogačar who was pacing the peloton by leading in the front, blew the rest of the field to bits with another of his smooth, effortless attacks, leaving the rest of the riders staring in awe.
🏆 @TamauPogi, imperial a @Vallter2000!
🏔️Tadej Pogačar @TeamEmiratesUAE, el rey de Vallter!
💥No rival for Pogačar at Vallter!#VoltaCatalunya103 pic.twitter.com/x0NVi0wWSd
— Volta a Catalunya (@VoltaCatalunya) March 19, 2024
Soudal Quick-Step’s Mikel Landa and Bora-Hansgrohe’s Aleksandr Vlasov were the only two who could follow although the young and ebullient Frenchman Lenny Martinez did make a few valiant attempts to keep up.
Pogačar conceded that the climb wasn’t too easy though. “It was tough, you could feel the altitude and the weather made it more difficult,” he said after finishing the race. “I was just riding at my own pace. Nothing special.”
I would like to disagree. I think we are witnessing something quite special, in fact.
“Some TLC for the pavé”: Students start repair work on Paris-Roubaix cobbles
If you hadn’t been keeping count, the “Hell of the North”, Paris-Roubaix is less than three week away. And the feared, mythical pavé sections of the race, built in the 19th century tend to come loose every so often due to bad weather, wear and tear, and large vehicles going over them.
As one would expect, it’s not just going to make the race more challenging, but also a lot more riskier and unsafe as the potholes left by the loose cobbles get filled up with water, making it dangerous for the riders.
So each year before the race, the forçats du pavé from Les Amis de Paris–Roubaix, a group of fans of the race formed in 1983, look after the route, seeking to keep the course safe for riders while maintaining its difficulty. But this year, they have been aided in their noble pursuit by some students.
Paris-Roubaix: des étudiants restaurent un chemin pavé avant le début de la course pic.twitter.com/KHRBBvfh8Q
— BFMTV (@BFMTV) March 19, 2024
BFMTV reports that this year, students from the Lomme horticultural high school have also volunteered to refurbish a section of the course in Mons-en-Pévèle, one of the most gruelling and bone-breaking parts of the track 60 kilometres from the finish and classified five stars, implying the most difficult level.
A student explained: “We will first remove all the stones. We will then remove the earth, the sand, everything that was in there and we will be able to bring everything back to level.”
“Then, we fill the wheelbarrows to put them in the trench that we created yesterday so that it is flat and prevents water from seeping in,” added another. The cobbles are then placed again in a staggered pattern.
Frédéric Vergelle, trainer in landscaping at the Lomme horticultural high school said: “Large ruts are caused by the passage of heavy vehicles which will cause the loosening of paving stones and the formation of large puddles.”
Meanwhile, Les Amis de Paris-Roubaix has also started their repair works.
New work zone : Haveluy 🙈😁 pic.twitter.com/2PIKKEJEq2
— Les Amis de Paris-Roubaix (@A_ParisRoubaix) March 18, 2024
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Only an idiot would've assumed continued growth after a boom as large as the one during the pandemic. But we seem to have Bianchis and Accells galore.
Still no vertical cutoff for safe use on public roads? Thanks, I'll just laugh once, then one more time when I see the price, and pass.
@mdavidford Didn't want to break the flow, boy.
This is a shocking case and should raise the question could this driver have been stopped earlier? So many convictions, why was he still behind the wheel? The sentence does fit the crime in this case, but had the driver stopped after the initial collision, would they have even been jailed? I can't help thinking about the BBC program "The Crash Detectives", where about 14 mins into "Season 5 Episode 3: Fair to all parties" the police embark on what seems an exercise to exonerate the driver, with some ridiculous reasoning such as "the victim's reflective jacket is so bright it makes their front light difficult to see", conflicted by "ah, but the victim's reflective jacket might not have been as bright, so probably harder to see for the driver". In that case the driver faced "no further action". The gulf in outcomes is extreme where deaths on our roads are concerned.
@yodhrin A brilliant story told by one Ed Solomon: he was sitting in a café in LA and he heard two young ladies arguing over a point in the original Men in Black movie. "I can help clear that up for you," he said to them. "Thanks," came the reply, "we don't actually need an explanation from a middle-aged white guy to tell us what to think." "Okay, no problem," said Solomon and went back to his coffee. Ed Solomon wrote the screenplay for the original Men in Black movie.
Yes all the post war clearances & developments with the car centre stage is / was pretty universal. I think it helps that the NL is pretty flat & easy going so historically has very many cyclists from all ages & walks (or should it be rides) of life, who wanted to keep pedalling & presumably built up a lobbying force to save what they still had & build it back up. I notice the flatter UK towns have far more cyclists than much of West Yorkshire, although York's not too bad. If I lived in a flatter place I would cycle more; I dont mind hill climbs but you always arrive at your destination with a sweat on! The hilly nature is probably still a physical barrier for many resulting in fewer cyclists & lower use of cycle lanes - to be fair most of the lanes are on easier gradient routes, more likely to be used. There's none on the steep climb to our area which as its a dual carriageway is not much fun & feels a lot safer on the footpath. Overall it seems to be more of a sport activity here, rather than mum or dad or gran popping out for a quick shop or kids cycling to school. There are some pretty fierce climbs in most directions. Also the "broken" routes where C lanes stop & start awkwardly, usually at junctions, means you cannot just flow along, you have negotiate some tricky bit of kerbed channel with tight bends or something. All there with safety in mind I'm sure but not good cycling. Its easy to see why some cyclists who just want to crack on with their ride, don't use them. (Not just the freestyle lads who cycle thru every set of lights or diagonally across busy junctions regardless). The C lanes are always subservient to cars, I think largely for economic reasons; so many have to travel miles to get to work & for all its faults the car does the job but of course there are many counter arguments. I heard the NL have experimented in a few smaller towns with removing all kerbs & signage (?) etc so cars no longer have priority. I dont know how successful it has been. I've been in Indian towns where few rules were followed & seemed like an insane free for all, virtually constant gridlock, which I'm not convinced was an improvement! Even with a million pound cycle lane in the park, with all the best intentions, how much difference will it make, given human propensity to do what suits us best regardless of others. Who is going to police it, presuming that the current / previous free for all presumably was not policed? (This obvs is a wider issue) Have there been a spate of cyclist - pedestrian accidents that raised the notion of formal laning? Was it pedestrians who wanted to reduce cycling risks for themselves or the reverse? Is it a minority pressure group/s getting their way when the general park using public actually have other concerns such as better lighting & personal safety & actually arent bothered about the cycling issue either way? I should read up on it I guess!
@eburtthebike The normalisation of lifetime bans would be a good start to changing perception back to the pre-war understanding that driving is a privilege, not a right. And then a reinforcement of Sentencing guidelines can get underway, with a focus on "does the offender pose a continued risk to society?" In the case of the 15y/o's, their parents may not be culpable for the life changing injuries, but they are responsible for neglecting their kids to give them access to such egregious weapons on two wheels. CPS just needs to look further than ends of their noses and i doubt they'll fail to find substantive evidence of negligence.
@lesterama Thats even better.
@qwerty360 Thanks for this info. I've had two failure to identify in my reporting "career". One got away with it completely as it was a hire car through two different companies and they ran out of time to prosecute and one got points and a fine. The latter was NMOTD 946. I won't put a link in or you may never see this comment. If I've had two it must be quite common occurrence. Yet another loophole condoned by the legal system for the well off and unscrupulous.
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€30,000 for a bike with RIM
€30,000 for a bike with RIM BRAKES!!!???
(slowly retreats into bunker…)
Kendalred wrote:
But it’s been blessed and sprinkled with holy water or something, probably. You can’t lose if god’s on your side.
You could describe the Pope’s
You could describe the Pope’s personal guard as Swiss Stop, and very effective.
I have genuinely never seen a
I have genuinely never seen a twitter comments section so aligned. Its actually impressive how consistently hated and disrespected the tories have become across all demographics.
The next GE is going to be labour vs reform. The tories aren’t mask off enough to satisfy the right and are too awful to appeal to anyone else.
Savile Row clad fraudsters
Savile Row clad
fraudstersembezzelersliarslobbyists“Labour and their lycra clad
“Labour and their lycra clad lobbyists are slowing Wales down with their blanket 20mph speed limit”.
The tories are doing what the establishment did to Corbyn: throwing mountains of mud because some of it will stick even if it is patently not true. The evidence supports this approach, and the continued repetition of anti-cycling, anti-Active Travel nonsense will have an effect, as it did with Corbyn.
As either Goebbels or Stalin said “A lie often repeated becomes the truth.”
These lies will be repeated ad infinitum, they will be spread on thousands of social media websites until they are accepted as true, and much of the media will concur. AFAIK, the BBC didn’t report the LTN fiasco, but this morning they did feature a hysterical Telegraph report, saying that millions of motorists were going to be fined. The story was totally absurd, but the BBC repeated it.
We should be worried.
That’s politics though.
That’s politics though. Everybody lies.
Virtually every tweet featured in this article is misrepresenting the Welsh Conservatives’ position on 20 mph.
People on both sides of the argument are trying to deliberately mislead.
‘They’re all as bad as each
‘They’re all as bad as each other’ is a trope used by people who want to defend the indefensible actions of the most cynical and dishonest politicians.
The parties are not all the same.
They really are.
They really are.
Pick any major political party and you’ll find it full of cynical and dishonest people.
Power corrupts and all that.
Welsh Labour, The SNP, The Conservatives.
All in power for a long time and all mired in controversy.
Errr, they really are.
Errr, they really are.
Be careful, you’ll be here
Be careful, you’ll be here for hours, and no argument will make him deviate from his line, he’ll always try and have the last word. Really tedious.
Maybe with some graphs.
Maybe with some graphs.
Of dubious origin.
Of dubious origin.
Looks like Welsh
Looks like Welsh Conservatives / the Conservative and Unionist Party in Wales will needs to get back under the duvet – or blanket. I don’t think they’re feeling well at the moment! They may be feeling worse a bit later in the year.
The view they’re playing to transcends political divisions of course. Perhaps even held by more people that there are “cyclists”? Wonder if they’re starting to prepare for being out of office (or even less popular in Wales)? Lost the majority, might as well play to the loyalists?
chrisonabike wrote:
Everyone knows that if the Conservatives lose in the GE (and that’s by no means a certainty, given Labour’s skill at foot-shooting) then how many minutes will pass before they are all “OMG have you seen the state of the country? It’s disgusting! You should have voted for us”.
brooksby wrote:
Says every politician, every time! Same ol’ shit, different colour.
Why do you think that Sunak
Why do you think that Sunak ruled out a May election? He is holding out for as long as legally possible before declaring because he knows they are sunk. Labour know that all they have to do is stick a name on the ballot and they’re in. Not even a major scandal would stop it, the people en masse want them out.
They’re not really in office
They’re not really in office at the moment.
Labour are in power in Wales, have been since 1997.
I fully expect The Conservatives to lose the next UK GE but I think the Welsh election after that may throw up some surprises.
Rich_cb wrote:
Indeed hence my qualification as I realised I was using pars pro toto (but was too lazy to be more explicit / fix the sentence). I would suspect the Welsh Conservatives at the very least listen to the tunes at the national level if not taking explicit directions (I don’t know the politics well)?
Surprises? Always possible, particularly if Labour in Wales can’t get a bit more attention (money) from a Labour government in Westminster.
I think that will actually be
I think that will actually be Welsh Labour’s Achilles heel.
Blaming Westminster has been the standard response to most of the public sector failures in Wales. That’s going to be a lot harder to do when it’s Labour in Westminster too.
Labour looked virtually untouchable in Scotland until the SNP came along and they were almost wiped out.
The consevative and unionist
The consevative and unionist branch of the conservative and unionist party don’t have any office, so to speak, in Cymru to be out of.
And they have never had a majority here.
I do like the fact that when
I do like the fact that when the Vatican, possibly the richest institution on the planet, decides to flog off a bike they have to resort to draping an old sheet over some furniture to provide a background, just like the rest of us when we stick one on Gumtree or eBay.
They could’ve at least used
They could’ve at least used the Turin Shroud to class it up a bit. Plus Jesus would definitely have been a rim-brake enthusiast, given that it is the meekest form of braking.
I believe that white garage
I believe that white garage doors are also available.
Plenty of nice smooth marble
Plenty of nice smooth marble in St. Peter…
Rendel Harris wrote:
Behind the sheet is probably a framed Vermeer propped up against a 2000 year old marble statue and a Ming vase.
andystow wrote:
At least – that was on the insurance claim when “a car crashed into a wing of the apostolic palace yesterday…”
Hiding a probable crime scene
Hiding a probable crime scene; after all Priests were probably involved!
I’m surprised it hasn’t
I’m surprised it hasn’t triggered a mitre debate
Nah, just a mass debate.
Nah, just a mass debate.
This is the problem with
This is the problem with those lycra clad lobbyists; they demand cycling infrastructure and then don’t use it. It then just gets in the way of cars
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-norfolk-68598455
I wonder how other ferrari
I wonder how other ferrari owners feel knowing they could lose control to such an extent at only 20mph??
Exactly. No way was that
Exactly. No way was that being driven at slower than 20mph!
brooksby wrote:
Rot! Everyone knows that a) people who drive “performance” cars (or just expensive ones) are better drivers and b) not even drivers of cheap hatchbacks or utility vehicles complain about the difficulties they have in keeping below 20mph because “have you tried keeping a constant low speed in 3rd / 2nd / 1st?” AKA “the car just wants to go faster”.
I think they were going
I think they were going slightly more than 20mph but all it needs is a wet road and somone who doesn’t know how to drive a high perfomance (i.e. racing) car and they easily make themselve a danger to everyone else and look a tw*t! I once watched an aquaintenance gun his TR5 on a wet road and he fishtailed all over the place at about 15mph, nearly writing off a brick wall.
Apparently not being
Apparently not being prosecuted for any driving offence. Odd that really, especially as Norfolk Op Snap do such a good job with prosecuting close passes. Also, hope the insurance details were passed on so the council can recover the costs of repairs to the bike racks and street furniture.
Opinions vary on how good a
Opinions vary on how good a job N&S Op Snap do.
I reckon the issue here is you can’t prove from the short video clips if the speed is related to the loss of control, or vice versa, and a decent lawyer would wrap them up in knots trying to prove any fault on the driver.
They arrested him for breach of bail conditions later though.
N&S Op Snap – they have been
N&S Op Snap – they have been variable – 2022 the first 6 months everything nfa or warning letter, then from about August on, everything was NIP. 2023 everything also NIP. This year, a little variable, most have been NIP with a few NFA’s
Careless driving – ” driving
Careless driving – ” driving which falls below what would be expected of a competent and careful driver. “
eg “failing to have a proper and safe regard for vulnerable road users such as cyclists, motorcyclists, horse riders, the elderly and pedestrians”
Can’t see how prosecuting is hard here.
you dont think theyd use any
you dont think theyd use any of the hundreds of sob story excuses we read about all the time in cases that do get to court, and then find in the drivers favour ?
Surely the street furniture
Surely the street furniture should have been wearing hi viz!
don simon fbpe wrote:
And a helmet.
Andrew RT Davies is a perfect
Andrew RT Davies is a perfect example of the worst form of populist right wing politicians. He reinvents history virtually every time he tweets and is constantly engaged in culture wars and setting people against each other. If the Tory party was not so root and branch disfunctional, people like him, Truss, Braverman etc would get nowhere near the top jobs.
When Wales has so many far
When Wales has so many far nicer Andrew Davieses to choose from…
marmotte27 wrote:
A Very Peculiar Practice was brilliant.
I’m sure I read somewhere
I’m sure I read somewhere recently, with accurate data and all that, that the new safer limits on selected roads, the ones that weren’t kept at 30mph after the two year consultation period, were a disaster and universally hated. Surely I wasn’t being lied to…
Pure luck the cyclist wasn’t
Pure luck the cyclist wasn’t wiped out
Meanwhile the ES goes with vigilante cycle cammers
https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/jeremy-vine-cycling-mikey-road-safety-cameras-london-cars-drivers-cyclists-b1144841.html
BTL
“The car-dependent, car-brained media is trying to change the meaning of ordinary words to shill for the motoring industry. “
I watched one of those
I watched one of those dashcam compilations for the first time the other day…we’re in a terrible state if the contributors think that they aren’t in any way adding to the risks the way that they themselves drive. Absolutely shocking reactions to things you can see a mile off happening.
Fortunately when you read the
Fortunately when you read the comments, they mostly echo what you put !
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-cambridgeshire-68600639
See if you can spot the problem with the sentencing they handed out for it.
I can only assume prior
I can only assume prior convictions !
stonojnr wrote:
If disqualification didn’t work the first time why do they think it will work this time?
The cover of that copy of the
The cover of that copy of the Standard.
It’s almost as if they don’t understand that one of those things is illegal and dangerous and the other isn’t…
OK, so it’s a cartoon …
OK, so it’s a cartoon …
However – in general you’re worried about cameras now? The UK apparently (2019) had more CCTV cameras per person than anywhere bar China, and London is in the lead in the UK. No idea how exactly how many drivers have dashcams but there are a lot and apparently more than cyclists with cameras. Probably more than cyclists full stop.
Anyway – aside from “vigilante” – people out to “nail dangerous drivers”? Where can we get some more (any) of that?
Small mercies, but at least
Small mercies, but at least the sub-heading at the bottom acknowledge the drivers are dangerous.
I want to like your post but
I want to like your post but can’t.
I don’t know about the actual
I don’t know about the actual Comic Relief show, but Mollie King’s ride got plenty of coverage and support during the week. It was constant on Radio 1 and the BBC had a live text with updates on their home page. It was all good.
Nice of them to photoshop a
Nice of them to photoshop a picture of the A12 on to a Paris-Roubaix comment; good quality though, it would get the Royal Seal of approval!
re the Ferrari – no charges
re the Ferrari – no charges but who pays for the damage to the road furniture and cycle racks? I presume insurance will be invalid as he shouldn’t have been out in the car (curfew)
From a legal standpoint it’s
From a legal standpoint it’s going to get ugly. But unless he is forced to pay up by the court, I doubt it will come from anywhere other than the local authority’s purse.
He was out before curfew.
He was out before curfew. The time on the CCTV shows 1600 something.
Property damage by an
Property damage by an uninsured driver should come from the Motor Insurance Bureau industry levy fund.
Huntingdon cyclist killer to
Huntingdon cyclist killer to appeal manslaughter conviction
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-68606255
Last appeal failed https:/
Last appeal failed https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-65645364
Not sure I follow the subteties of this appeal.
Hirsute wrote:
The first appeal was against the sentence only, not the conviction. In the appeal against conviction her lawyers are, it seems, going to argue that Grey had no intention of harming Mrs Ward or causing her to fear harm, presumably leaning heavily on her disabilities to claim a justified act of self protection due to fear of harm to herself defence. Not quite sure how that is going to be tied in with the fact that Grey stood in the middle of the pavement gesticulating and swearing at Mrs Ward whilst she was still a considerable way away, rather than moving out of her way, though.
It looks like a narrow
It looks like a narrow grounds for Appeal – “the jury did not consider an unlawful actl.
It seems clear that pushing a cyclist in front of a moving motor vehicle is an unlawful act.
mattw wrote:
Maybe she’s going to say that the cyclist shouldn’t have been on the footway (unlawful act) and so deserved what she got? Thus setting a precedent to legalise genuine vigilantism…
Christ but I hope not
Re the Ferrari driver crash..
Re the Ferrari driver crash…
Can Norfolk Constabulary now claim to be the MOST “pro-motorist and anti-road safety force” in the country with their “no further action” decision on this incident with such clear CCTV?
Surely a NFA incident would be ok in a driving test…
If you think that’s a bad nfa
If you think that’s a bad nfa https://www.becclesandbungayjournal.co.uk/news/24197925.no-action-a143-fatal-crash-billingford-near-diss/
I have no words.
I have no words.
I wonder if the driver had to
I wonder if the driver had to say anything other than ‘I didn’t see the cyclists’ to persuade the police to rerun the usual ‘NFA’ dodge?
The right handshake?
The right handshake?
If it were one cyclist, it is
If it were one cyclist, it is conceivable that they moved onto the road giving the driver no chance but 2 cyclists seems very unlikely.
Let’s see if the families make a complaint.
Sze-Ming Cheung
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crime/20754151.family-devastated-no-one-brought-justice-death-athlete/
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crime/20647792.family-cyclist-killed-crash-share-pain-no-justice-case-ends/
Collective responsibility.
Collective responsibility.
I’m a cyclist myself.
What other group would be written about in this way ?
https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/cycling-london-cycle-lanes-drivers-b1146222.html
Ped Millichamp sounds like a
Ped Millichamp sounds like a right wanker.
He writes like a tw*t
He writes like a tw*t
“Ped Millichamp is head of
“Ped Millichamp is head of design at the Evening Standard”
Not head of thinking or head of logic or even head of sense. What kind of head could he possibly be?