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Well, it depends. If the road
Well, it depends. If the road is wide enough so that a safe pass can be made within the lane (like here), then that’s no problem at all.
If you would need to occupy the oncoming lane to make a safe pass, then they should ideally be two abreast to reduce the overtaking distance. Sticking as one group is better on roads with long straight sections, splitting into two groups might be better on roads with shorter straight sections.
If the road is busy, then sometimes two groups might be better, but if they’re only on that road for a short while, then it might be better to stay as one group to dissuade pointless overtaking.
There are no hard and fast rules about this. As a driver, you just have to deal with what you have in front of you. Sometimes that’s a long line of 15 cyclists (pretty rare I would think, I don’t recall ever encountering such a situation in over 30 years of driving), sometimes it’s a slow lorry or a tractor, or just simply a traffic jam.
I have a small phone screen,
I have a small phone screen, but I don’t ever really use my phone for browsing the web, so it doesn’t bother me that much.
But out of curiosity, I tried loading the live blog page as if I were new to the site and browsing on 4G. It took a good 3 minutes to finish loading, by the end of the process my phone was really hot and I was presented with this screen, requiring three ‘X’ close buttons to be pressed to close the floating video, ad at the bottom of the screen and the email sign up dialogue, before any content was browseable.
Another positive cycling
Another positive cycling article in the DM…
Carlton Reid has been doing
Carlton Reid has been doing some great subversive work recently and has managed to slip 29 positive cycling articles into the DM so far…
As for the Wirral, doesn’t Sir Chris Boardman live there? You’d think the local rag would be better informed!
I’d be careful with HR. It’s
I’d be careful with HR. It’s unlikely they’ll see a driver using his car as a weapon for what it really is. Had they brandished a knife at you or even said something naughty on social media, I’m sure HR would be all over it. But when cars are involved, there’s not the same level of enthusiasm to discipline the employee. In fact, you might end up being labelled a trouble maker and unfairly targeted yourself, just for wanting a safe environment to cycle to work.
You could try your luck obtaining CCTV, but for allegations of careless/dangerous driving, there is a 14-day time limit. Generally, the police need your statement and the evidence within 10 days of the incident.
I suggest you arm yourself with a bike camera, so should this happen again, you can go straight to the police and not involve the employer. In my experience, most employers are primarily concerned about the business, the safety and wellbeing of staff plays second fiddle.
I think you’ll find someone
I think you’ll find someone in security or HR either knows this driver, or is particularly hateful towards cyclists.
Trouble is, that would need
Trouble is, that would need proving in court. That same law would also apply to using a mobile phone, but clearly it wasn’t enough as we’ve got the additional laws about using mobile phones.
Common sense says it’s not appropriate, but if these AR goggles are really good, then it might be perfectly possible to be in proper control with a full view of the road ahead. In fact, it might be possible that AR goggles give you a better view, maybe overlaying night vision or infrared etc. But they could also obscure your view and as it stands, it would be difficult to prove as it wouldn’t be obvious to a bystander that you had a whatsapp conversation app window covering half the windscreen!
I hope Apple have baked in a safety feature that detects if you are driving and disables them (well, apart from passing-thru the visuals!).
ooh, let’s try uploading a
ooh, let’s try uploading a gif…
(ah, doesn’t work – maybe it works for gifs hosted off the site)
Magnets used to be a problem
Magnets used to be a problem when laptops had hard drives, but these days all storage on phones and laptops is solid state, which is unlikely to be affected.
In fact, phones and laptops often have strong magnets in them – newer iphones have magnets for the magsafe wireless charger and attaching accessories.
Even then, if you did have a hard drive in your laptop, I’d be more worried about vibration damaging it.
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My guess is that the Commissioner will argue that police forces can hand out information if they choose to, but can equally claim exemption from disclosure if they don’t choose to.This is probably the state of things. However, if the close pass has caused you harm, then according to the victims code, you are a victim and have a right to be informed of the outcome:
“for the purpose of this Code, the definition of a ‘victim’ is: a person who has suffered harm, including physical, mental or emotional harm or economic loss which was directly caused by a criminal offence”
If you want some evidence of a police force that is willing to share submission outcomes, have a look at Northamptonshire. I can confirm that the reference number I received for a close pass submission in April, is listed in the published spreadsheet and I can see they are recommending the driver receives points.
https://www.northantspas.com/PAWeb/Public/Content/23
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Dorothy Denny, 65, drank vodka for six hours on 4 October last year before deciding to drive to the garage to get more alcohol at about midnight.When they say ‘the garage’, do they mean Strensham motorway services? Bizarrely, that is probably the only place in the area you can buy alcohol at that time of night.
Be careful there – you’ll get
Be careful there – you’ll get a driver saying they assumed you were indicating to join the cycle path!
There will be exceptions, but I find myself being very careful of indicating on the bike these days. Generally, getting my road position sorted early and occasionally deploying ‘wobbly cyclist mode’ seems to serve me better than prescribed signals.
If you indicated right here,
If you indicated right here, it’s possible the driver got confused by it and pulled out.
I don’t indicate when moving between secondary and primary, it’s not necessary – that movement is within the envelope of road space a cyclist should be given anyway.
Can’t find the same kid seat
Can’t find the same kid seat on the internet, but this one is similar and looks to be well engineered and safe…
https://www.urbaniki.com/en-gb/child-bike-seats/folding-bike-child-seat/
The ‘honk’ was the only
The ‘honk’ was the only reference that you might have to share the road with drivers. Not a single moving vehicle visible in the entire video – very reminiscent of a car advert, carefree empty roads etc…
They had the helmet angle covered, but no high vis and riding at dusk without lights!
Also – why such a ropey looking old bike and a lethal looking kiddie seat that you could quite easily slip off the back of! Not even anything solid for the kid to hold on to! Scream if you want to go faster?!
