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Opinion piece on Bristol247
Opinion piece on Bristol247.com: https://www.bristol247.com/opinion/your-say/i-wondered-how-many-parents-actually-need-to-drive-to-pick-up-their-children-from-a-school/
It’s nice to see that other people hold similar opinions to ourselves about LTNs, though I’m not sure about this line which seems to encourage dangerous cycling and walking:
I often bump into people when I am walking or cycling which usually adds some joy to my day
Wrong thread – this is the car crashes into building thread, not the car crashes into tree one.It’s confusing when your house is a tree though
This is disgusting behaviour:
This is disgusting behaviour: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2egj8ezm0no
The route through Avon View Cemetery in east Bristol is only supposed to be used by hearses, maintenance vehicles or visitors with limited mobility.But drivers have been using the route regularly to avoid heavy traffic and bypass roadblocks within the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood scheme.
The cemetery installed bollards to block the road, but people have since driven directly over graves to evade the closure.
Three in hospital after car
Three in hospital after car crashes into tree:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yvdn63r76o
Presumably the three people were in the tree as there’s no mention of them being in the car
Well, it’s a victory for people power… unfortunately I think a mistaken one *. The problem (as Chris Boardman has noted) is that such failures tend to cause the council to retreat **. And “plucky locals defeat bureaucracy” is a story which may well inspire others (think about the vandalism of LTN / ULEZ signs and cameras, or the burning of planters…)* As slc has noted – it will be a burden to residents – if only slight, and if only temporary. That’s because all the other motorists, of course… and without making a start that will never change. Although as Dnnnnnn notes some of these stories stretch the boundaries of “inconvenience” or in the case specified “is that actually a real thing”?
** Oddly I’m not sure councils cave in so often when it’s driving infra, and getting blocked doing that in one place doesn’t seem to cause them to stop building driving infra in others. Apparently this only applies to “untested – well, untested here” active travel measures…
This does show the effectiveness of peaceful protest (unless you’re protesting against environment destruction in which case the UK will imprison you), but I don’t agree with their aims.
Ultimately, any change is going to bring advantages and disadvantages and unusually, this time the losers are drivers. I wonder what the percentage of supporters is for residents around Avonvale Rd?
I do wish the reporters would challenge some of the claims made, e.g.
“”If I need to get to [my friend] in an emergency, I’ve got to go the long way round and it could cost his life”.
From where to where is this journey? What emergency, life-critical care relies on one nearby friend – and why? What happens when the carer-friend isn’t nearby? And – if I was this friend – I’d want to know why the person I rely on to save my life isn’t prepared to risk a fine for driving through a bus gate*!
*which might also make the emergency response journey quicker by removing most traffic currently using that route.I’m sure she is genuinely concerned – like the disabled woman who claims she can’t get her regular-sized van down a street the bin lorries manage OK – but it does sound like she might just be – y’know – wrong.
I think that’s a problem in general with journalists – most of the time they’re just copying press releases or simply repeating quotes without doing anything deeper such as getting to the truth of the matter.
Where’s Hunter S Thompson when you need him? (Or even Spider Jerusalem)
Oldfatgit wrote:
Sooner someone invents cheap, personal teleportation, the better.That’d be all well and good until people realise that it’s not teleportation, but cloning to a remote location and destroying the original person.
I used an iPump Twist a
I used an iPump Twist a couple of times and it’s not exactly designed for pushing a lot of air but didn’t give me any issue apart from taking a while: https://www.ipump.jp/product/ipump-twist/
I’ve also used a Co2 inflator a couple of times without any problem either.
I hadn’t encountered that
I hadn’t encountered that issue, but I’ve given up using the Milkit valves as I kept getting issues on deep rims with the little plastic valve extender thing inside the valve getting stuck in the rubber flaps and/or falling off the valve inner.
However, the rubber flaps should open up easily enough when the external pressure exceeds the pressure inside the tyre, so maybe your flaps(!) have got covered in sealant. Probably worth popping the tyre off and cleaning any gunk from the valve.
There’s video of this floating around on X – the driver reverses into the shop for his three-point turn, then goes forward, hits the parked Mini and then into the back of the bus.Thanks, but I’ll give Xitter a miss. I never used Twitter back in the day (well apart from an account for automated alerts on servers), but I ensured that I block all Xitter links when it got taken over by Musk. Similarly, I block all FaceBook content too – I deleted my account there years ago.
Stoataly different…That kind of mistake is weasely made
I’ll see your Forbidden Planet and raise it to the Victoria Rooms. Everything from the Park Street – Queens Rd – Park Row junction to there needs reshaping.See my earlier comment that includes a pic of the changed road in front of the Victoria Rooms.
That bit at the top is horrible (from the traffic lights at the top of Park Street all along to the bend by Forbidden Planet).As far as I have been able to tell, motorists are allowed to get in the correct lane (eg. right hand lane for going right and off toward Whiteladies Road, left hand lane for Jacobs Wells Road) ahead of time and to freely move between lanes if they make a mistake, but cyclists are expected to stay far left no matter what
Yeah, I’m usually fairly bold with lane positioning, but I’d often stay to the left at those traffic lights as it’s slower to set off due to the uphill bit. I find it easier to move out after most of the cars have gone past, but you do need to keep a look out for drivers changing lane or overtaking and then trying to turn left.
I think changes there will be genuinely beneficial. I’m not so sure changes on Park St will benefit cycling – though they should reinvigorate the street as a destination.I agree.
I’ve not found Park St to be that bad for cycling (apart from the uphill bit) – I think where it goes into the Triangle is worse as that has the different lanes that require bold positioning to not get pushed in to the pavement and drivers often don’t know what lane they should use.
