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@Blackthorne83 What do you mean by employing the term woke here? Are you using the original version and you consider the "snitcher" 'awake' and not asleep? Are you using the version historians use to highlight the deletion of African American history? Or are you using the term in the same way my racist reformer neighbour mantras it this past decade? For context - I have asked my neighbour what he means when he employs the term publicly. His response was as melancholy as it was revealing.

@belugabob best idea yet. thanks.

My guess is that they *believe* they 'have to drive' an extra 500m because they can't compute any form of travel that doesn't involve a car.

@belugabob I think anyone who's thinking about traffic jams and getting hard of thing has bigger problems.

@jackcycles if what the Times has reported on is true, then there is certainly a legal aspect that needs to be investigated

No idea if they still do it (the writing on my helmet is too small to read). There was a label inside stating, "Don't expect too much from this helmet".They were never designed to be used for racing; at the speeds that modern professionals go, they need to wear motorcycle helmets. I always wear mine when I go shopping in case I trip over and hit my head on the ground.

@qwerty360 "Oh; Huge reduction in all injuries;....." Which reminds me of the original Thompson, Rivara and Thompson study about cycle helmets, which found that helmets prevented 85% of deaths, but when peer reviewed, it was shown that helmets prevented injuries to all other parts of the body. That study was absolutely the most awful piece of original research about cycle helmets, completely invalid, but it's still the most quoted. You don't say where the figures you quote come from, but I'm sceptical of their validity.

@Nigel Garage Guess he's finding out that real life doesn't have an edit button, eh?

“The consultation showed a strong preference for Dryden Road to return to two-way traffic,........" But doesn't the council have policies which dictate that Active Travel routes should be adopted, preserved and promoted? From Devon CC's Roads and Traffic webpage: "Following a 2021 public consultation which showed almost 75% of respondents in favour of permanent changes to reduce traffic,........" So 75% of people are in favour of permanent changes to reduce traffic, but another consultation says take it out. Why aren't they going with the result of the 2021 consultation? "It followed concerns about the impact of displaced traffic on surrounding roads......" This is always exaggerated, and usually much smaller than the reduction in traffic on the blocked road, and of course, this is no exception: 'Devon County Council reported that closing Dryden Road to motor vehicles reduced traffic by 574 vehicles in the AM peak on Dryden Road itself, while increasing traffic on Bovemoors Lane by 180 vehicles in the AM peak. 'Impact on Surrounding Roads • Bovemoors Lane: Saw an increase of 180 vehicles during the morning peak hours following the modal filter/closure. (Devon CC) • Parallel Corridors (Heavitree Road and Topsham Road): Experienced no significant change in traffic volumes, with vehicle numbers remaining largely the same before and after the closure. (Devon CC) • Air Quality & Congestion: Critics and local campaign groups argued that the closure pushed congestion and fumes onto nearby residential streets, though official council data indicated minimal impact on major parallel routes.' (BBC) My guess is that some councillor has to drive an extra 500m because of the closure.

@Blackthorne83 Please can you let us know what was said, as you apparently know that it was just "exercising his speech" [sic] and didn't deserve any sanction?