Forum Replies Created
-
Replies
-
Fumin I am this morning. But
Fumin I am this morning. But no crashes. As well as another driver bailout in prospect (5p off fuel tax – Howard will be delighted I’m sure, but like Putin, whatever you give won’t be enough) it’s e-scooters – step forward the Kent Police & Crime Commissioner. I assume he has similar views on the private car experiment
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/its-time-to-end-the-e-scooter-experiment-264262/
I suggest you get the Dogma,
I suggest you get the Dogma, even if you have to sell one of the boats, or let some staff go.
Reliable, cheap and frequent
Reliable, cheap and frequent (I.e. planned) public transport and infra; consistently safe cycle infra. Attitudes to unecessary car use changing. Rolling back 50-60 years of hopeless car facilitation and prioritisation in favour of public transportansport and cycling. Road pricing or similar to really bring home (i.e. up-front) the cost of driving. Cars with the same tech as the e-scooters to limit their “performance”, i.e. impossible to speed and very difficult to get away with all the other forms of bad driving.
Yes, I’m the surly,
Yes, I’m the surly, unfriendly local, I guess. I also permit myself the occasional “buy that bike from a shop, did you?” under my breath.
One also has to be especially wary of drivers who are going the same way as the sportive riders.
I enjoyed the couple of local sportives I’ve done, but not enough to become a regular.
The relative rarity of
The relative rarity of meeting fellow cyclists powers the friendly greeting – if I find myself meeting a sportive it does wear a bit thin, I have to admit. .
Are you bikes identifiable
Are you bikes identifiable models? Mainstream Insurance companies seem to prefer that.
None of mine are, all are self-builds except my Raleigh Record Act but what am I going to get for a bike that hasn’t been made for 35 years?
Some 2021 stories
Some 2021 stories
‘My dog flew across the room’ – Bristol woman taken to hospital after car smashes through wall
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/my-dog-flew-across-room-6282310
Car smashes into house as others roll over in series of Christmas crashes
Car removed a week after Peterborough house crash
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-58401594‘Insufficient evidence’ for road safety measures, says council after car crashes into house
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/insufficient-evidence-road-safety-measures-22482689Latest update after woman crashes Kia Sportage into Lower Wick bungalow
Drink driver, 19, smashes into home on Christmas Day just weeks after passing test
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/teen-drink-drive-christmas-crash-23028184
Family forced to move out after car ploughs into their Cardiff home (picture)
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cardiff-grangetown-car-crashed-house-21680607
nope, still not expensive
nope, still not expensive enough
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/second-clampdown-on-boy-racers-263849/
But drivers moan endlessly
But drivers moan endlessly when something IS done to stop car dependency setting in from the start with new developments – the area east of Wimborne between the A31 bypass and the B3078 is all subject to development at the moment and this is the site of the major new cyclepath from a few months back – Daily Mail and all that. Drivers suddenly gain an appreciation of what these things cost.
New estates like since the 1970s tend to have a limited number of connections to existing roads – which may be a cost thing, but is also designed to limit through traffic. They seemed better at connecting things up in the olden days, even if now these need to be retrofitted with planters.
Car crashed into The Robin
Car crashed into The Robin Hood in Sholing, Southampton
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19989124.car-crashed-robin-hood-sholing-southampton/
I’m sorry, Cllr England, tell
I’m sorry, Cllr England, tell me again about this hideous blight of yours?
The scene of the crime – does
The scene of the crime – does the car park next to the pub (l) have anything to do with it? Otherwise, seems to be a bit precision reversing through the gap in the railing.
Almost – no sale
Almost – no sale
how the heck?? RECAP: Car
how the heck?? RECAP: Car hits house after crashing through wall in Pensarn + video
The reporter on this story must have been having a really slow news day – scroll down to see updates every 5 minutes for 2 hours.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/live-car-hits-house-after-23328069
Diesel at over £2/ litre in
Diesel at over £2/ litre in Kent.
