[NOtotheEU]

The first bicycle video from the driving instructor I really rate but most of you love to hate! He gets left hooked (but not hit) by a German SUV, who’d have guessed?

To be fair I can see why most people on here don’t think much of him as in another recent video video he says

“You have to look after cyclists because they don’t really read the traffic and read the roads as well as they could do” which is an odd take given that 99% of his ‘driving fails’ are drivers.

On the plus side he then goes on a rant about how mobile use while driving is getting to “ridiculous levels” and “I think it’s about time we had some harsher penelties . . . . as 6 points & £200 doesn’t seem to be working” so I’m sure he’s now going to support Cycling Mikey. OK, I won’t hold my breath.

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[NOtotheEU]

chrisonatrike wrote:

hawkinspeter wrote:

…someone used a VPN to connect via a different country and was still able to pay £5 to vote for the new Conservative leader …

See – they’re not just based on some antiquated hereditary system of privelege now!  As many Russians (and other honest business people) know you get the Conservative party* you pay for.

* Other parties are available for hire.

Exactly, and when someone who sticks to their convictions and probably can’t be bought becomes leader of their party due to regular party members supporting them the party finds a way to remove them.

At least it’s not quite as bad as the US where a similar potential leader was sabotaged by his own party in favour of a famous surname bought and paid for by Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Raytheon and Wall Street.

[hawkinspeter]

brooksby wrote:

It’s funny that the party which is so dedicated to retaining first past the post for elections by the public, has such a complicated and multilayered procedure for selecting their own party leader…

I saw some post the other day where someone used a VPN to connect via a different country and was still able to pay £5 to vote for the new Conservative leader. I don’t know how true it was, but some people raised the point that it’s an easy way of funnelling dark money into their coffers which made me think that there could be a reason for the loophole.

Edit: Found it: https://www.reddit.com/r/GreenAndPleasant/comments/w63e0r/aita_for_rigging_the_tory_leadership_election/

(You would have to sign up at least three months ago to be able to vote)

[chrisonabike]

hawkinspeter wrote:

…someone used a VPN to connect via a different country and was still able to pay £5 to vote for the new Conservative leader …

See – they’re not just based on some antiquated hereditary system of privelege now!  As many Russians (and other honest business people) know you get the Conservative party* you pay for.

* Other parties are available for hire.

[HoarseMann]

brooksby wrote:

My god – what do you have to say to get banned from the Daily Heil website? 

You need to talk sense and quote facts. It doesn’t sit well with sensationalism and rumour.

[pockstone]

Be reasonable?

Be reasonable?

[brooksby]

quiff wrote:

I know who we’re talking about, but what is PBU? Previously Banned User?

That’s right.

[brooksby]

It’s funny that the party

It’s funny that the party which is so dedicated to retaining first past the post for elections by the public, has such a complicated and multilayered procedure for selecting their own party leader…

[Simon E]

OldRidgeback wrote:

OldRidgeback wrote:

Curiously enough, taking my motorcycle test taught me a lot about driving a car more safely as well. I already had a car licence but the motorcycle training was just so much better for hazard awareness.

This was the case for me too. Although I had been driving for several years, I realised that I needed to be even more vigilant all of the time. I also had to take more notice of static hazards like grip (more specifically a sudden reduction of it), camber, white lines etc.

My kids have been taught not to trust drivers or assume they will do what is correct but to assume that they are all idiots because it only takes one idiot to kill you. Despite us not travelling in the car a great deal, they have witnessed plenty of stupid, unnecessary and even dangerous driving; on the upside, this does at least reinforce my point.

I really hope that Mr Neal (and other drivers & instructors) take on board some of the many constructive comments in this discussion.

[brooksby]

My god – what do you have to

My god – what do you have to say to get banned from the Daily Heil website? 

[quiff]

I know who we’re talking

I know who we’re talking about, but what is PBU? Previously Banned User?

[Hirsute]

Most places don’t allow wum –
Most places don’t allow wum – you can flag a post as baiting.
Then if there are too many complaints, then they get a perma.
Not much different from a pub landlord banning someone for continual poor behaviour to other customers.

[AlsoSomniloquism]

You have explained in the

You have explained in the past and I do accept it. More using your username as a point that alot thought you were the return of PBU then.So stating that we shouldn’t engage and just report returning PBU to the mods is not easily done.

[HoarseMann]

Ah yes, the replies have gone

Ah yes, the replies have gone too. I don’t mind controversial, but when it over steps the mark, then it needs to be dealt with. Which the road.cc team have done.

I have been known to be controversial myself sometimes, which has seen me receive a blow from the ban hammer (not this site though). Still not sure why to be honest; I really thought my insightful opinions on cycling infrastructure, driver behaviour and Brexit were a positive contribution…

Hello,

Your account has been permanently de- activated for going against the Community Guidelines.

You are no longer allowed to post on MailOnline the Daily Mail or other Associated Newspapers Ltd sites using this or any other user profile.

Regards,
Communities Editor
MailOnline

[hawkinspeter]

NOtotheEU wrote:

It’s not so much staying out of politics as believing most politicians are liars who all have the same agenda. They put on a show of disagreeing with each other to get our votes but basically they are all part of the same system which does little to improve the lives of regular people.

As for Brexit I was encouraged that most people seem to have voted on their beliefs rather than along party lines whether they were for or against, showing how pointless political parties really are. I certainly have no malice towards Remainers so I try to avoid slanging matches and hope most of my comments are constructive, or occasionally funny.

I hadn’t considered Brexit in that light – that’s a good way of looking at it.

Totally agree about political parties and I think we should bin them and the first-past-the-post system. It’s a a conundrum, though, on how we can push through political changes without somehow getting politicians to work together, so maybe political parties is the least worst option although I’d much prefer to see data-driven policies rather than populist fakery.

[NOtotheEU]

AlsoSomniloquism wrote:

NotoEU for example, (who strangely likes to stay out of politics apart from having the most politically dividing username on here), got tarred as being him.

It’s not so much staying out of politics as believing most politicians are liars who all have the same agenda. They put on a show of disagreeing with each other to get our votes but basically they are all part of the same system which does little to improve the lives of regular people.

As for Brexit I was encouraged that most people seem to have voted on their beliefs rather than along party lines whether they were for or against, showing how pointless political parties really are. I certainly have no malice towards Remainers so I try to avoid slanging matches and hope most of my comments are constructive, or occasionally funny.

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