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BBC reporting again- self driving car nearly kills mum and child
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-birmingham-67762440
Wow, that was really, really close!
This is a year old, but here
This is a year old, but here’s a Texas driver having some real problems transporting a bit of lumber. And understanding geometry.
Somehow these people manage to tie their own shoes and use credit cards.
Obviously Paris is the City of Lights and all that but it might be taking it a bit far to expect pedestrians to be festooned with them. Is there anywhere in the world where pedestrians do habitually wear lights at night?I won’t walk on the rural roads here without lights at night. Many running clubs require them for night runs, and I even see dog walkers with lights on them and their dogs. But not in cities.
£1billion for ten miles of new roadNo mention of any active travel. Plenty of Save the Driver nonsense though.
Based on the numbers in the article, that’s at least £20 for every time a driver saves ten minutes of the next couple of decades. And I’m being very generous (lowballing the estimate.) It’s probably more like £100, so £600/hr.
Or, it costs close to £40,000 per road user. Would any of them pay that to save ten minutes off their work commute for the next 20 years?
neilmck wrote:
Here in France, pedestrians only bother to look half the time before they cross the road. On top of that, they never wear lights at night. As a cyclist in the Parisian region I would say that pedestrians are more dangerous than SUVs.
So pedestrians kill more cyclists in Paris than SUVs do? That’s… unbelievable!I have more squirrels nearly crash into me every day than pedestrians or SUVs, but I know which is more likely to kill me.
Steve K wrote:
You could fit a cheap bike computer to the back where she can see it, and maybe even add a bell she can ring.I get my children (who are a bit older – 12 and 10) to signal for me.
Have you taught them the two most important signals for expressing your dissatisfaction with someone’s driving?
You could fit a cheap bike
You could fit a cheap bike computer to the back where she can see it, and maybe even add a bell she can ring.
Hey David, do you have a link
Hey David, do you have a link for that amazing shirt?
I had a full screen ad on my
I had a full screen ad on my phone today right after logging back in.
jaysa wrote:
… no way to show I’m stopping…For use when direction indicator signals are not used, or when necessary to reinforce direction indicator signals and stop lights. Also for use by pedal cyclists and those in charge of horses.
That’s what I recall. It
That’s what I recall. It comes with instructions which are pretty good. You need to get it stuck on all around (adhesive is only around the perimeter) or some of the liquid might drip out. I think I managed to keep them on for about five days.
They don’t recommend putting antibiotic cream under, as any grease that gets to where the sticky will be will stop it from adhering properly.
I don’t know if you can get
I don’t know if you can get them in the UK, but 3M Tegaderm come in very large sizes and work great. You just clean the wound well, carefully apply one, and leave it on for a week or so. Much less pain and scarring.
Trapped at home by an
Trapped at home by an elephant seal!
What should the UK do?
What should the UK do? Hopefully better than Australia.
My wife’s electric car, a
My wife’s electric car, a first generation Leaf, would qualify. And of course my MINI easily would.
Even my previous car, a 2006 Forester, would be okay.