"We're going to block a cycle lane!": Anti-vax mayoral candidate Piers Corbyn parks in bike lane after nearly left hooking cyclist; Ganna's TT machine; Busy bike lanes; Jakobsen surprised by Groenewegen claim; Seven Everestings + more on the live blog

Although the name Top Gear can be confusing.  Once Jeremy Clarkson bumped into Kate Moss at a do. Expecting her to recognise him he introduced himself as Jeremy Clarkson and she looked blank. So to explain he added 'Top Gear' to which led her to ask 'Are you trying to sell me drugs?"

Assuming he is retired at that age, lives on his own and as they fear, have someone who literally relies on him at home who is fragile, or lives on his own, then who is going to mentioned someone is missing. Especially with social distancing etc meaning less chance of Pub meetings etc. 

Hopefully he is identified soon.

True it very common.

brooksby wrote:

How does someone have 'a medical episode' on a Wednesday morning and by Friday nobody still knows who they are? Has nobody said, "You know, I haven't seen Bob for a couple of days"

Society is more fractured and people dispersed and isolated from each other, than ever before. Perfectly possible that no-one sees him on a daily basis, especially if retired or unemployed.

Well,  pubs sell non -alcohol drinks.

Anyway it's really about meeting up with your mates and pubs tend to have outside room unlike many cafes.

Holidays - the attraction of warmth, sunshine and a more predictable climate is quite a plus for many people. Then there are countless programmes and ads than persuade people that they would like to visit a place. Also the price of a holiday here is quite expensive compared with abroad - flights are cheaper than a lot of railfares. I remember a colleague turning down a week in the isle of wight as it was cheaper to go to center parcs in holland !

hirsute wrote:

Anyway it's really about meeting up with your mates and pubs tend to have outside room unlike many cafes.

In the interests of full disclosure, I have no mates, either 

You would be missed on here by a few if you stopped posting !

(Where's HP - perhaps he has jetted off for a holiday !!)

I got on a train from Bristol with my bike to go on a cycling trip around Scotland.  My friend left Bristol at the same time and texted me from Rio's Copacabana beach whilst I was on a train approaching Thurso.  It probably cost him less as well.

brooksby wrote:

I think it would be nice if not quite so much pavement space had been land-grabbed for this purpose and if there was a bit more space left over for actually - you know - walking around...

https://twitter.com/KatiePennick/status/1389207175415967746

And if it isn't pubs and cafes invading public spaces it's f**king parked cars, which are everywhere.

brooksby wrote:

I find the current obsession with (1) where can I get a drink? and (2) OMG can I get on a plane yet? quite incomprehensible...

You and me both (and a load more too).

Anybody would think that not being able to be fleeced just so you can get pissed out of your head and abuse strangers on the street or go on a holiday in another country (Brexiteers escaping abroad for a break, eh?!?) is somehow making people's lives an absolute misery. Send them down the mines.

It's a shame someone didn't kick a big dent in Piers Corbyn's car while it was blocking the highway.

This article is probably worth reading, even if you don't agree with its perspective: https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/coronavirus/2021/04/why-do-pic...

Just checking, but you know he's Jeremy's brother, right? 

Bloody hell, this is one of those Tim Vine/Jeremy Vine things.

Did it turn out like this one ?

https://road.cc/content/news/near-miss-day-554-police-officer-lectures-c...

Haha, fortunately for the driver, no. I shouted appropriate criticism as I passed after having to slam on the brakes. I genuinely thought I was about to see the scooter rider go under the wheels right in front of me, felt sick and angry, hence the loud shout.

ChrisB200SX wrote:

We should expect far better from professional drivers, especially law enforcement.

With the disposal of the Traffic Division by most Chief Constables, the Police Service has almost no Class 1 professional drivers, just employees with a standard DVLA license going about their multi purpose business. Clearly cost and efficiency more important than road safety.

lonpfrb wrote:

ChrisB200SX wrote:

We should expect far better from professional drivers, especially law enforcement.

With the disposal of the Traffic Division by most Chief Constables, the Police Service has almost no Class 1 professional drivers, just employees with a standard DVLA license going about their multi purpose business. Clearly cost and efficiency more important than road safety.

The police may not have as many advanced drivers as in previous years but there are still lots of them out there and plenty of volunteers for the courses.  Any officer without such a qualification is strictly limited in the tasks she can undertake; no pursuit chases or containment manoeuvres for them!

He says, "I am a decent driver, although I have been apprehended for speeding on a number of occasions" (around 4:46:50).

At 4:49:26 he says, "I don't think we can jump that light".

At 2:02:40 his way is blocked by an LTN, which his lackeys rail against. One says they are "driving for freedom, for the roads to be clear"

Well that's 5 hours of your life you won't get back !

I'm surprised no one in the comments OR in the articles have stated about him blocking all the rear windows with his posters. Surely that is also illegal on a vehicle not designed for that. Explains another reason why he never saw the cyclist with no rear view or over the shoulder checks AND his cameraman in the way of his (get ready swixy) wing mirror.

Steve K wrote:

The driving is bad enough, but what annoys me even more is that he clearly doesn't think he has done anything wrong if he is happy enough for the video to have made it into the public domain.

He's quite familiar with the police, so probably not bothered. He's been fined for breaking Covid gathering rules about 5 times at this point...

Having skipped through a few sections. I rapidly came to the conclusion that Piers Corbyn is a spoof personality in the style of Sacha Baron Cohen and that the filming is a somewhat thin pastiche of the original and best Spinal Tap mockumentary.