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Good job the telescope was on a massive bollard plinth otherwise a few KSIs.
This kind of instant justice is even better than when a nearby police car turns on its flashing lights right after a driver goes through an [established] red light.
She seemed a bit upset about a minor misjudgement that could have killed someone and is going to cause months of stress and inconvenience.
Usual nonsense in the comments“I understand his frustration but he leaves himself open to litigation. If a motorist, speeding or otherwise, reacts in a way which can be proven to have caused an accident then I’m afraid that this chap may find himself in front of the beak.”
I doubt there’s any rule against a bird nesting box or bat house being yellow. Is there any bird/bat he could attract there that would make disturbing the box illegal?
We’re doomed.
We’re doomed.
Silicon Valley roundabout has drivers in a spin.
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) said the intention was to reduce the severity of collisions and fatalities at the intersection.
However, the first official report on its performance has recorded a crash at the roundabout every two and a half days on average, compared with every eight days before.
Footage from the roundabout shows people driving round the British way – clockwise – and running into oncoming traffic, and others riding roughshod over the three-inch-high lane dividers to get where they think they need to be.
Court case thrown out after
Court case thrown out after attorney can’t find parking near courthouse.https://abovethelaw.com/2024/04/case-tossed-when-lawyer-cant-find-any-parking-near-the-courthouse/
I couldn’t get that to work.
I couldn’t get that to work.
Rendel Harris wrote:
I wrote back to the council asking if I would face no sanction if I knocked somebody down when riding with malfunctioning brakes provided I could prove that I knew they were malfunctioning and intended to get them fixed, for some reason they never replied.78yr old hit and seriously injured by driver travelling at almost 60mph in a 40mph zone, with known faulty brakes (ABS light on), driver denies offence but found guilty. Jailed for only 2yrs 4mths, needs tougher sentences
@markandcharlie@MikeyCyclinghttps://t.co/Xt4FtFFiKL— Big Dave Cyclist™ 🚴♂️🇺🇦 (@bigdavecyclist) April 9, 2024
It doesnt really matter what your house is worth unless you are planning on selling it or getting some sort of secured loan, IMO. YMMV.I am planning on selling it within the next few years. I’m fortunate/unfortunate to live in a city with relatively low housing prices and have paid off my house. Mine has appreciated some in the ~20 years I’ve owned it, but if I move to nearly any other city it would buy maybe half of a smaller house.
…and causing a SLUMP IN HOUSE PRICES!Any time I read “slump in house prices” I try to mentally replace it with “improved housing affordability.”
Unless it’s my house, of course.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/driver-ignores-bridge-closure-signs-9196105A car crashed on the M48 Severn Bridge this afternoon after a driver foolishly ignored signs indicating that the bridge was closed. High wind speeds forced officials to close the bridge between Bristol and Wales this afternoon, Thursday, March 28, but that one driver decided that the closure did not apply to them and attempted to make the crossing anyway.
Meanwhile, in Baltimore…
Baltimore officials are in a frenzy as the Francis Scott Key Bridge has collapsed after being hit by a cargo ship. Search and rescue efforts are underway to locate people who might have fallen into the water during the collapse, and a key thoroughfare to the second busiest port on the eastern seaboard has been severed. But none of this has stopped people in cars who just need to get where they’re trying to go, no matter what.
“‘It’s lucky no one was killed’ says Malvern home owner after car ploughs into house” . Did the car plough into the house on its own?Yes, right after “it lost control.”
The DUK-W – Historic vehicle – no road tax, no MoT.What about a Waterways licence?
What is this slowing down of which you speak?Maidstone driver ‘frustrated’ after A249 pothole near Stockbury Roundabout causes £700 damage to her Nissan Qashqai
We were only travelling 50mph, as that was the speed limit through the roadworks
Looks like that car can be had with 16″, 17″, or 18″ wheels. Any bets on what she has? If she’d chosen the 215/65R16 size, she’d have spent less money, got a smoother ride, better fuel economy, and probably wouldn’t have a damaged wheel. But then it wouldn’t look as silly.
Apparently, a book recently
Apparently, a book recently came out on this topic: Breath, by James Nestor.
Grant Petersen, of Rivendell Bikes, mentions it in a few of his Blaughs from last year.
I’ve been experimenting, and yes–it’s only one person, it’s not a rigorous study, but guess what?—I don’t have a lab and this is just a blahg.. Aside from what ever longterm health advantages there are, I wonder and am still wondering about riding whilst sucking in and blowing out air thru the nostrils.
And, one of the fun deals about not racing or caring about that stuff, is that I can experiment without risking not getting my contract renewed next racing season.
I may not “care” about speed, but I ride the same rides all the time, and based on my effort level, I can tell how long it a variety of one-to-five minute climbs is going to take. On a one-minute climb, I can tell within 2 seconds. On a five-minute climb, within ten seconds, usually six. Nose breathing is new to my internal Olympic games, so after 20 years of mouth-breathing these same climbs, I started nose-breathing them just for fun.
Today, Groundhog Day, a sprint up a gradual hill that usually takes me 37 seconds, and my fastest is 35, took only 34, nose-breathing on my Atlantis with wing-widened pedals, and fully racked and bagged. I’m nose-breathing all the time now, except when I lapse. Try that book.