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It didn’t take long! My second time through and came across a delivery van driver mounting the pavement to get around the modal filter at the bottom of Beaufort Rd. He was quite apologetic but also seemed to think he had no option, even though the delivery address was right next to the filter.Just the other day, Mrs HawkinsPeter remarked that our road seemed a lot quieter without all the rat-running and there’s notably more traffic queues along Blackswarth Road (possibly also Church Road though I think that may already be saturated).
Meanwhile, here’s a positive reaction to the planters that I saw being deployed next to St George’s Park:
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/news-opinion/can-streets-anti-van-dweller-9696482
(I’ve got mixed feelings about moving on van dwellers, but they were taking over that section of the park which isn’t really fair on other residents around there)
Winifred’s Lane bollards
Winifred’s Lane bollards
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/watch-24-hours-chaos-after-9700693
Well, Lee Anderson only has
Well, Lee Anderson only has to apologise, so maybe the police should try a bit of consistency
The MP for Ashfield, who was the deputy chair of the Conservatives at the time, was found to have twice sworn at the security officer and acted in a way that “constituted bullying, and also harassment” in breach of parliament’s behaviour policy.The security officer told an investigation that Anderson had instructed him to open a door. He said when he asked to see the MP’s parliamentary pass, Anderson said: “Fuck off, everyone opens the door to me, you are the only one.”
The officer said he explained he would need to check the MP’s pass, and that Anderson replied: “Fuck you, I have a train to catch,” before walking out of the search post.
I’m now thinking that we
I’m now thinking that we should behave like Ray Shoesmith when dealing with the police:
It would also matter if there were other people within earshot, a third party not involved in the incident, and their perceived fragility to strong language.Interesting case discussed here:
Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986: The Impact of Harvey v DPP
I would argue that it’s not at all likely that anyone in the UK would be offended by the use of the word “fuck”.
This won’t involve a jury, it’ll be heard in front of a magistrate. They will likely be more matter of fact of whether the evidence meets the threshold for the offence. I’d be talking to a solicitor.That could be interesting. The swearing itself would be a matter of fact, but whether or not the driver was “likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress thereby” is more an opinion.
Further update – they have offered me a conditional caution, which I have refused. I await to see if they take this to court.One other thing that really bothered me – as part of their evidence, they cited the fact that in the 50+ submissions that I have uploaded in recent years, four of them had swear words in them, and this was evidence that I’m a frequent offender. I had to point out that this same evidence indicated that in 90% of cases, I didn’t swear. I asked them if they had ever been in a dangerous road incident, and if so, did they swear. They admitted that they had been, and they did swear.
I know they are supposed to have a certain strategy of questioning, but that is ridiculous.
I can’t see it going to court, or if it does, I’m sure it’ll get thrown out as a complete waste of time. I can’t imagine any jury that wouldn’t just laugh at the idea that a driver was caused offense by their victim swearing.
Seems to me like they’re just trying it on to see if you’ll play nice and rollover for them.
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Lord Montagu issues climate change warning at estate dinnerhttps://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24696530.lord-montagu-issues-climate-change-warning-estate-dinner/
Maybe he’s about to dump the 2025 programme of car-fests.
To be fair, if we were to shove all the cars into museums and only drive them on occasional days out, then there’d be a lot less emissions.
That looks like an excellent
That looks like an excellent way to help people’s mobility.
Thanks for sharing
Turn your Java script off.Sorry to be nit-picking, but it’s javascript which has nothing to do with the language Java. The two are commonly confused and it appears that Netscape intended the confusion for marketing purposes when they released javascript.
I notice that they’ve backpedalled (geddit!) a lot on Doing Something about pavement parking in Bristol, though.They’ve got the concept of a plan for it
I cycled past a flipped car
I cycled past a flipped car last night on Cranbrook Rd, Bristol but it doesn’t seem to be reported anywhere. Quite impressive as it was fully on its roof and a whole section of the road was closed.
Meanwhile we have this one on the M32: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/live-m4-traffic-car-overturns-9676596
This is an interesting topic- it’s good to see somewhere making some progress against the Tory/ Torygraph/ hyper-junk Mail-inspired routine Two Minute Hates in various parts of the countryIt’s about time – I created this topic back in 2023 and the scheme was supposed to be implemented towards the end of 2023. Still, better late than never. I wonder how much our Green-led council influenced this.
Just used Beaufort Rd and it
Just used Beaufort Rd and it’s blocked at one end to cars with big planters (way too big to move without machinery). It was a lot more pleasant cycling along there as before there’d be a long queue of traffic to overtake with oncoming vehicles to dodge too.