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April 8, 2022 at 7:58 pm in reply to: Ban cyclists and e-scooter riders using phones, Tory peer urges (BBC) #990865
Hirsute
Google says lighter by 240 lb
Google says lighter by 240 lb.
( Not that I use imperial or us nonsense).April 8, 2022 at 1:46 pm in reply to: Ban cyclists and e-scooter riders using phones, Tory peer urges (BBC) #990849Hirsute
Totally justified – so you
Totally justified – so you believe 100 kg at 10 kph is the same as 2500 kg at 60 kph and that existing cycle laws are insufficient.
Why do you think that they are insufficient ?
April 7, 2022 at 4:15 pm in reply to: Car crashes into building – please post your Local news stories #965299Hirsute
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/20053118.van-stuck-manningtree-railway-bridge/

mumble, mumble hi viz, mumble, mumble
March 28, 2022 at 6:07 pm in reply to: Car crashes into building – please post your Local news stories #965257Hirsute
Who syas the US don’t do
Who says the US don’t do irony ?
A Tesla crashed into the balloon shoppe in Uptown
byu/Too_Hood_95 inMinneapolis
Hirsute
Missed this, and posted the
Missed this, and posted the same in the live blog
He was crippledbiker on here
https://road.cc/content/news/longleat-security-tell-cyclist-no-bikes-allowed-291091
March 25, 2022 at 11:54 am in reply to: Bike Mirror (drop handlebars) Recommendations, Please. #990543Hirsute
I think the cateye is ok. HP
I think the cateye is ok. HP and Sriracha were using it which lead me to try it.
You do have to set it up carefully and if on the tops I find I have to raise my elbow to see, but fine otherwise.
Hirsute
Some discussion on this from
Some discussion on this from earlier in the year. https://road.cc/content/news/driver-blasts-huge-plume-exhaust-smoke-cyclists-289921
(also includes moronic comments).
Hirsute
“A picture containing person,
“A picture containing person, indoor, marketplace, clothes”
What more do you want !
March 19, 2022 at 9:23 pm in reply to: Car crashes into building – please post your Local news stories #965227Hirsute
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-60806993Two teenage girls aged 15 and 16 are being held in custody after a car reversed into a shop front.
Why are they being held responsible for the software of the autonomous vehicle?
March 18, 2022 at 6:46 pm in reply to: What does it take to get people to leave their car at home? #990207Hirsute
I used rent to cover various
I used rent to cover various options of paying for use of a car. But as JH2727 says, mileage is taken into account and a clear cost of going over your miles is given. And there is no discount for lower mileageMarch 18, 2022 at 3:07 pm in reply to: What does it take to get people to leave their car at home? #990199Hirsute
Most people rent their car
Most people rent their car these days, so they pay for it whether they use it or not.
If you own the car but don’t use it, then it should retain a slightly more value than using it so less incentive to make that journey by car. Those paying 350 a month or so for the car aren’t going to spend rich’s £8 on the bus
March 17, 2022 at 7:11 pm in reply to: Car crashes into building – please post your Local news stories #965219Hirsute
Twitter thread has someone arguing that the lorry was 4.1m high but the ground was uneven so that’s why it hit a 4.2m bridge.

Note the sign just above the rear of the lorry !
Hirsute
Peds have priority on a
Peds have priority on a shared path and they can use any part of it whereas bikes have to stick to their bit and give way to peds when on it.
Cars and bikes use the same bit of road with about equal priority (slightly more to the cyclist) and (relatively speaking) users follow the rules and know what to do.
Shared paths are more of a free for all with very unequal priority. And there’re dogs…
Also all the inherent issues of driveways where might is right.
March 15, 2022 at 10:54 am in reply to: Child Hit on Cycle Crossing 40MPH- Red Light Runner Gets Driver Improvement Course #989947Hirsute
In addition, an interim target of reducing deaths and serious injuries by 50% has also been adopted by 2030.
March 15, 2022 at 10:43 am in reply to: Child Hit on Cycle Crossing 40MPH- Red Light Runner Gets Driver Improvement Course #989937Hirsute
The sort of standard I am
The sort of standard I am beginning to expect from essex police.
Glad the lad is fairly ok though.
As Rendel says I don’t see any way to appeal this so it’s now down to your appetite for attritional work (maybe wtjs can help out !!)
Essex are supposed to have vision zero but this is another example of where they are not backing up their vision with action. Seems to me with an 11 year old and the crass comments from the traffic collision investigator you have all the ingredients to shame them and maybe get them to take more action. All depends how much time and emotional energy you feel you can put into raising complaints and getting media interest.
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