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Further to this week’s
Further to this week’s ‘Motorist urges “anti-car people” to “have a bit of consideration for drivers”’feature, I give you (paywalled, but I think they comp you a few stories if you’re not too frequent a flyer)
Motoring campaigner (Association of Bad Drivers) criticises plans for 20mph limits on all new residential roads in Canterbury district
But Mr Hudson – who relies on his car to get around and has never been involved in an accident – believes the slower limits can often be more dangerous. “You need a bit of speed just to keep your concentration up. 20mph is just too slow – the mind starts to wander at that kind of speed,” said the 78-year-old.
https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-30-july-2025-315197
Of course, it’s still too
Of course, it’s still too early to state the blindingly obvious that 20 mph limits save lives. I guess drivers are trying to keep the denial going until the May ’26 elections. Whatever else happens with Labour, whatever you may think of them, remember the Wales 20 mph.
Journey times in Wales are getting longer because of 20mph speed limit
But overall speeds are down, according to the latest data from GoSafe
Although it is considered too early to meaningfully assess trends in pedestrian and cyclist casualties, there has been a decrease in overall road casualties, which fell by 11.8% in the four quarters since the law came in
Drivers Do it in the school
Drivers: Do it in the school holidays
Also drivers: don’t do it in the summer
Chaos as six-week closure of A258 London Road in Deal sparks gridlock
“I understand the works need to be done, and I’m glad they’re doing them outside of term time because it would be even worse otherwise.”
Amityville mayor Cllr Mike Eddy said there was “frustration” over the timing of the works, and feared a massive impact on visitor numbers to events like carnival week, which is currently underway.
Clare Carpenter “It’s been an absolute nightmare. I work in Sandwich and have to plan when I leave because our road is just being used as a rat run and is gridlocked from 6am. It’s been taking more than double the time to get to work.”
Interestingly, Clare hasn’t currently got the road works between her and her work, her issue is indeed about the rat running.
Fears for safety due to dangerous parking in The Street, Hamstreet
I was drawn in by the dramatic headline, but this seems mainly to be about Morrisons deliveries. By-pass, free car park but still problems.
And here it is. Fit this
And here it is. Fit this through the two vertical holes and you can mount a Cat Eye light.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/365611093917
Here’s the issue – how to
Here’s the issue – how to make use of this rack fixing?
And a product link to the Avenir on Amazon. I like that you can hook a shock cord on the legs, and that the legs match the shape of a pannier bag.
That’s meant to be GI Joe (
That’s meant to be GI Joe (“knowing is half the battle”) – another Copilot effort.
bensynnock wrote:
The article goes into some detail about the delays to drivers, but fails to mention that it’s blocking the shared pedestrian and cycle path.your point? 😬
(driverless) Car crashes into
(driverless) Car crashes into home forcing family to evacuate
The family from Chipping Sodbury are having to find a new home
” I assumed”, is the key
” I assumed”, is the key phrase, especially when pepped-up with a “reasonably”.
3,000 CCIB posts. Keep
3,000 CCIB posts. Keep clamping down on those illegal e scooters and bikes, local police nothing at all to see here.
A Jaguar F-Pace was driven into this shop and £6,000 of goods were stolen
The family-run business said the incident is ‘distressing and upsetting but we’re not going to let it beat us’
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/jaguar-f-pace-driven-shop-32129866
PS Was it wearing hi viz? why
PS Was it wearing hi viz? why yes, yes it was – maybe this pubbie has the right idea?
Villagers react as Half Moon and Seven Stars pub in Preston painted bright yellow
Purists may doubt this one as
Purists may doubt this one as it’s not 100% clear the truck has made actual contact with a building, but the residents’ wish for a lower speed limit is a bit of a test case for Reform controlled KCC who are at least saying the right things here. I guess speed limits would otherwise go in the “ideological” bucket, at least until there’s an incident like this.
Hawkenbury Road residents call for a lower speed limit between Headcorn and Staplehurst after crash outside The Hawkenbury pub
Sounds like Geoff (80) has
Sounds like Geoff (80) has been parking in residents only parking for years; gets a ticket, gets it cancelled, but it’s still not enough for him.
Man warns motorists over Westgate parking after being ‘caught out’ by permit line
The County Council will be installing new signage at the site
Geoff felt the line and the signage were not clear. Just a few yards away from his vehicle, there was a sign stating free parking for one hour. He said, “I assumed quite reasonably that it applied to that whole row as the nearest houses were 30 yards away.”
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln-news/man-warns-motorists-over-westgate-10372484
Streetview is12 years old, but the street signs look pretty clear to me, even if the surface line has faded now. Shame there wasn’t room to print the pictures he took.
So if we don’t like /
So if we don’t like / understand it, it’s branded “ideological” and scrapped – got it.
Reform continue to run scared from a training course.
Very nice, guys, but you
Very nice, guys, but you should have a browse through this thread – cars destroy everything.
Farmland should be last resort for solar farms in Wychavon
“There has to be an alternative and that alternative is we would only ever use fields and our best and most versatile land when, and only when, we’ve used every car park, every bus shelter, every piece of brownfield and built structure we can use.”
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/25339461.farmland-last-resort-solar-farms-wychavon/
bus shelter my left foot
