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Sriracha wrote:
So, are there any examples from countries where escootering works well, and what can we learn from those?
I was impressed with the amount of traffic flowing around Copenhagen which has lots of infrastructure to separate motor vehicles from bikes and scooters. I was only there on holiday, so it’d be interesting to see how the residents view them, but I thought that e-scooters and cycles were able to safely share the same space.However, when I went to Paris (again, just a holiday) there were a lot of e-scooters ridden on the roads as well as pavements which seemed to cause more of an issue. I was surprised that I didn’t see any aggression from the motorists when sharing the road with the e-scooters but it looked a bit precarious from an onlooker. They do seem to have a big problem with the scooters littering the pavements but I don’t know if that’s more of a cultural difference between France and Denmark. There were a lot more cycle lanes than I expected for a major big city.
I think the lesson is that if there’s decent infrastructure then people are actually quite flexible in changing how they travel around the place. The other aspect is having good public transport that provides space for bikes and e-scooters. (I have never seen a train carriage so crowded as one in Copenhagen that must have had about thirty bikes crammed in so tight that people could hardly move).
brooksby wrote:
Sorry to hijack.
But – those bl00dy escooterists!
They are illegal to ride on the road. Or the footpath. Or the shared-use area.
Can someone please do something about it???
I am so sick of meeting salmoning escooters in a cycle lane, or some buffed-up bloke (seriously, why are so many of their riders so buffed?) speeding through the shared-use area with way less concern for pedestrians than I ever show as a cyclist…?
Someone on a scooter is potentially one less car on the road, and they can do a lot less damage to others by not being encased in metal, never-mind the reduction in congestion and pollution. As they’re getting more common, I think we should just legalise them and deal with the problems that could create and get people out of cars. Personal transport via cars doesn’t scale well in cities, so we should adopt what works well in other countries.
Thankfully, out of all the rides I’ve taken over the years, none have been disrupted by nuclear bombs. I haven’t noticed any thermonuclear warfare at all. (Maybe these Oakleys are helping).On the other hand, my last ride was disrupted twice by the chain getting trapped between the spokes and the big sprocket. Serves me right for trying to tweak my own limit screws. It cost me several minutes and quite a bit of swearing.
Conclusion: Limit screws pose a much greater threat to cyclists than nuclear weapons do.
…and why are they JIS?
What’s even worse is that
What’s even worse is that there’s a completely uncontrolled runaway nuclear reaction happening up in the sky. Luckily, it’s a long way away, but even at a distance, the radiation is dangerous and can easily cause skin burns.
Just seen this: https://www
Just seen this: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/crash-near-clevedon-pier-cyclist-4519163
A cyclist has been rushed to hospital with ‘serious’ injures after he collided with a vehicle.Wishing him a speedy recovery
It’s the rider.
It’s the rider.
Un point, seulment.Who’s winning so far?
Bristol again, although this
Bristol again, although this isn’t a building: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/driver-two-times-drink-drive-4511481
Personally, I don’t use many
Personally, I don’t use many cycle lanes as I find the roads to be faster and more convenient. If I see a new bit of cycle infrastructure, I’d probably go past it a couple of times eyeing it up before making a deliberate effort to try it out and then subsequent use would depend on speed and convenience.
There’s usually a reason.
There’s usually a reason. Does the path go where the cyclists want to go or does it end in an awkward place?
Maybe we’ve got confused
Maybe we’ve got confused terms here. I consider “inside” to be between the ped and the edge of the road and outside/offside would be between the ped and the middle of the road.
That sucks about your job,
That sucks about your job, but I’m glad you’re keeping healthy.
Bib tights for me as they’re
Bib tights for me as they’re more comfortable. I’ve got some leg warmers but have never bothered using them. I tend to regulate my temperature by adding/reducing what I’m wearing on my top rather than my legs and switch from bib-shorts to bib-tights when the temp is consistently lower than 10 degrees.
I know school bus drivers have only just got off furlough but…That’s horrific
Bristol again, a bus and a
Bristol again, a bus and a bridge (possibly trying to be a James Bond film)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-54109763?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral
