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Steve K wrote:
Coincidentally, I saw this map on twitter today.
A shocking change but ‘twitter’ is no data provenance so please advise the source?Free speech cuts both ways; has no limit and has no weight.
I work in Zurich Airport
I work in Zurich Airport where there is constant surveillance on the Air side. Since we must provide Passport and DBS check evidence to get our identity pass that is constantly on display there is no expectation for privacy.Since bike cameras only record what is in plain public sight any GDPR relevance is bogus. Vehicle registration plates are not PII since no person is identified by it. Only the competent authority that is provided with the evidence of a vehicle registration can get the details of the registered keeper (PII) so become a Data Controller. Since they already are, your evidence changes nothing about the data protection. Police access to vehicle registration data is business as usual..
The country that devised the Geneva Convention and the Red Cross does not expect or accept that vehicle users would not respect the safety of other people so that probably affects the use of cameras to hold people to account for their actions. Un-Swiss behaviour…dave atkinson wrote:
I’ve taken bikes on ryanair, never had an issue. all the baggage handling is centralised at airports anyway, so the people throwing your bike off the ryanair planes will be the same ones throwing it off any other plane
Fair point. Use of FRAGILE label or tape may help. I had no issues taking an ally frame bike to Denmark with SAS using the oversize baggage route. That ensures that your box is not sent on the conveyor system rather on an individual trolley since oversize is designed for over weight as well. Use of an OEM cardboard box and the FRAGILE tape roll made it possible to remove all OEM tape and roll the resulting cardboard panel into a single roll that was transported and later stored with no loss of subsequent ability to reassemble using the tape…
Assumes that your LBS is happy to recycle the OEM boxe to you. Saves them the effort of disposal.wtjs wrote:
The important point is whether this exemplar for cycling infrastructure has supported Trump since then and is likely to support him in the near future. That would tell us all we need to know.
No, completely irrelevant to the point that infrastructure has to be relevant i.e. connect people to where they need to go rather than an Active Travel box ticking exercise.That there is a strong economic benefit for connected infrastructure as well as the sustainability benefits is an insight that could increase support to the advantage of people everywhere.
I respect your freedom of expression but this is a cycling forum not a political one so I suggest that is the primary lens through which to view…
Secret_squirrel wrote:
That reply is utter bullshit. There is no exemption under the FOIA for confirming or denying something exists coz it might breach PII comms. The mere fact that confirming something happened does not breach any GDPR legislation anywhere in the world that I am aware of – and I do GDPR as my day job.
A complete an utter dodge.
An utterly stupid dodge since vehicle registration is not PII. Only the police themselves will have PII of the Registered Keeper once DVLA provide it in response to their enquiry.
The witness never has PII as a result of recording a video.hirsute wrote:
I think there needs to be some legislation on lights as it’s beginning to be an escalation war to be the brightest, then we get things that in the past would have stuck out no being lost in the general lighting haze.
There was a time when motor vehicle drivers were expected to decide what lighting was appropriate to the conditions; none, side-lights, dipped headlights, full headlights. Countries in the north were able to decide what was appropriate in the winter months i.e. dipped headlights. Automotive manufacturers were able to support that at no significant cost (a switch). Bicycles were able to stand out with daytime lights because most drivers didn’t think it necessary to switch on their lights and found bicycle lights tolerable or useful.A well meaning fool decided that we needed a law to make dipped headlights mandatory even though the current situation was working well. So we got a loss of conspicuity because vulnerable road users don’t matter whereas a one size fits all law is efficient…
My Great Grandfather and
My Great Grandfather and Grandmother were long term tandems though she was famous for resting her feet on the top tube (not easy) and letting him do the work. To be fair he was a competitor and free-wheel cranks hadn’t been invented.
Different crank lengths seem like a good idea..I’m delighted to live in
I’m delighted to live in Horse country and observe the BHS/BC best practice. The presence of horses gives even the dimest drivers a significant hazard to pay attention to as they are large, unpredictable and capable of doing damage to the vehicle and driver. I’d say that the majority of horse riders are female so yet another reason to pay due care and attention.As pointed out here we have a lot in common though both bicycles and horses have a human rider so should be the concern of any competent road user.
We certainly have roads that seem to have been designed by sheep, full of blind corners and crests. So it’s disappointing how many are going to fast to stop safely in the distance they can see to be clear on their side of the carriageway. Familiarity breeds contempt for the hazards. Oversize vehicles do not help, and all wheel drive is no answer for being too wide since the hedges can not be traversed into a field (2m tall).Taxing single occupancy of oversized vehicles and more Active Travel are clearly required and beneficial to horse riders too.
Not a transport choice so
Not a transport choice so much as to support the Chinese Communist Party’s economic agenda to dominate global trade, manufacturing, whilst not respecting human rights, democracy, climate change, intellectual property, or other countries.So not really a choice at all…
Thanks for your patience with
Thanks for your patience with that, and for your support too. I hope it wasn’t too much pollution, no smell of Napalm in the morning, as JP1 that turbines run on is carefully controlled. As a qualified Pilot, I share your admiration for the skills and experience they show. However the gold standard would have to be the RAF and AAC flight crews on Op Telic etc. who fly the aircraft into contested areas so that injured people can be cared for by the medical & surgical teams before they even take off. There’s another connection in that many of the medical teams are not Regular, rather Reserve who have their day job in the NHS. So an awesome public service on several fronts.There’s still a lot of respect for military training in the Aviation industry and recycling into a variety of flight uses. I wouldn’t be surprised if AA was one of those where tax pounds invested were providing valuable returns.
I hope that you never need the Air Ambulance, and thanks for contributing.
Eight years ago, waking up in
Eight years ago, waking up in Kings College Hospital, Stoke ward, with no recollection of how I got there (Air Ambulance) or why (Cycle ride, RTC). Owing to the brain injury I have no recollection to this day, just cycle computer data that shows 30mph, followed by 0mph a second later. So clear evidence of a hard stop, yet not a mark on the bike. Spesh helmet, Snell Foundation, fully destroyed.No motorist involved, other than the lady who saw a body in a ditch and kindly called 999. Fortunately the Ambulance service call quickly established the need for both ground and air ambulance. Even luckier, the one helicopter that serves Kent and Sussex (bigger than most people think) wasn’t busy attending a motorway crash.
The four London Trauma specialist centres include Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill which didn’t have a H pad on site, so used to land in the nearest park and transfer by ground ambulance. So time lost getting to the Operating Theatre, during the first ‘golden hour’ after a major trauma. Happily KCH does now have a rooftop H pad for straight to Theatre travel, thanks to the kind donations of many wonderful people. Bizarrely the Air Ambulance, needed by the most urgent cases, remains a Charity, not public funded like ground ambulance, less urgent.
Many months later, once I was able, I worked with the Police, Scene of Crime Officer, to investigate the cause (Continuous Improvement) however we could not determine one based on evidence or even the balance of probability.
Ride safe, and far..
I reported a dangerous close
I reported a dangerous close pass with video evidence to Kent Police. Result was 3 Points, Fine, Costs, Victim Surcharge.However the tragedy is that despite National Statue and Guidance the Police Service is accountable to local electors via Police and Crime Commissioner so their response will vary accordingly. Local priorities should not allow for failing to uphold Statute or National Guidance.
Write to your MP if you want change..
Cycling U.K. membership funds relevant advocacy.
Awavey wrote:
it seems a perfectly reasonable thing to say that was not the right way to run government in any crisis.
It seems entirely appropriate for the elected representatives to delegate responsibility to the experts chosen for their life long dedication to science and public health. Thus the politicians can make the correct decisions understandable to the electorate and continue to be accountable as expected.chrisonatrike wrote:
Scotland also had higher mortality at points despite less relaxed rules. And apparently more compliance. However I believe Scotland has had worse underlying health (much worse in some parts) for a long time. Likely connected to socioeconomic issues. Apparently the UK figures overall look pretty similar once compared to the global variation.
https://www.ft.com/content/0eccfeef-2913-43a7-9518-6728f15e556e
I agree that the other health impacts – not forgetting mental health / impact on children – may be felt for a much longer time.
As a politician with a Finance association, I’d much rather that he didn’t make Public Health decisions. Science and Engineering before English, History, Philosophy and Economics, which are the staples of the political ‘elite’, because we must deal with uncertainty correctly not emotionally or with an eye on popularity..Epidemiology is not a ‘Market’
TheBillder wrote:
WD-40 plus its propellant isn’t nice stuff, despite what Taboola and Outbrain may suggest. Leave it in the can.
It is not a lubricant so almost useless on a bicycle where there are few places for water displacement given the use of alloy, carbon and sealed bearings…
