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I have a lot of sympathy with

I have a lot of sympathy with your frustration. My sister was hit by a cyclist while she was using a crossing on a green man. He (the cyclist, not the green man) broke her ankle and collarbone, dusted himself off and left. I sometimes used to regale other cycle commuters with that one, and mostly they had the good grace to then stop bleating about how it was fine because they’d never hit anyone.  

But I’m not convinced about the “it hurts us all” argument. If I run a red light on my bike (which I don’t), that in no way justifies a driver behaving dangerously towards me, and it certainly doesn’t justify them behaving dangerously towards other cyclists. On the occasions when a driver spouts some supposedly self-justifying nonsense at me about all cyclists running red lights (which, ironically, they often seem to do while we are both stopped at a red light) I can confidently say I do stop, and so they’re talking horseshit.       

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Not an offence to cross on a

Not an offence to cross on a red man.

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Thanks. Work PC, so my

Thanks. Work PC, so my options are limited! 

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The worst excesses of the

The worst excesses of the left hand panel are a problem in Chrome, but not Edge for me. The bottom banner covers the content regardless of browser.     

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The worst offender is the one

The worst offender is the one on the left hand side (Miele, in my example). That encroaching into the text is a relatively new development. Second most irritating is the one at bottom centre, which also reduces the amount of text visible. The rest I can easily tune out. But put it all together and there is a tiny scrolling window (no deeper than the author’s by-line in the example above) where I can actually see the full width of the content I come here for. Hoping at least some of this is an error.     

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ktache wrote:

It’s when they try and sell me Bentlys thet you realise that AI isn’t that particularly good.

I find it strangely comforting that ‘targeted’ ads are so wide of the mark. It’s either stuff I don’t want, or stuff I bought last week and won’t be buying again for [x] years (“oh, so you like washing machines? well check out these washing machines”).

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Hi road.cc team. Is the non

Hi road.cc team. Is the non-subscription site meant to look like this? Or is this a way of persuading me to subscribe to get rid of ads? I know it’s how you fund the site, but the amount of space given to your actual content is ridiculous.

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I’ll deal with it, on Quest,

I’ll deal with it, on Quest, for free! Beggars, choosers etc.

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For descaling, I’ve used

For descaling, I’ve used Kilrock Espresso Machine Descaler, which seemed to do the job. Sounds like you might want a degreaser though? No experience there sorry, but will read recommendations with interest as I should really degrease mine.  

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Thanks for the tip re: Quest,

Thanks for the tip re: Quest, that’ll probably suffice for me. Would have been academic before this morning, but by happy coincidence I have just had an aerial installed.     

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Zermattjohn wrote:

Looks like Carlton Kirby/Sean Kelly for a lot of the comms, but there is a mute button.

Ha! Based on my one previous experience of watching the Giro on Eurosport, I really can’t fathom why some people prefer Eurosport commentary to ITV. I’ve watched the last two Giros in Welsh (which I don’t understand) rather than subject myself to that again. Maybe I’ve answered my own question.  

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Allen Key wrote:

Interesting, quiff, that you mention more interest in close passes than collisions – I would not have guessed that.

The issue in my case was that collisions are handled by a different team in the police force, which has different policies and priorities. The team dealing with close passes will take action even if nobody’s hurt. The team responsible for dealing with actual collisions won’t. Ludicrous really, but not sure if that’s the same in other forces. 

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In my experience, the force

In my experience, the force either has an upload facility as part of its submission form, or they ask you to put it on YouTube as an unlisted video as HoarseMann says. They also generally ask you to take it off social media if it’s posted anywhere else in case that prejudices an investigation. Also in my experience, they have been more interested in close passes than actual collisions. I’ve reported 5 or 6 since I got cameras 3 years ago – I only bother with egregious ones. Action was taken in all of them (one went to court) except the one where I was actually knocked off by a left hook. On that one, no further action was taken because there was no injury or property damage.    

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My understanding is that

My understanding is that 20mph limits are not targeted solely at road safety – they also target air quality, increasing active travel and possibly even improving traffic flow. The speed limit is also posted on signs, so there shouldn’t be any ‘unsuspecting motorists’. If the speed limit isn’t posted, then that would be a potential defence to a speeding charge.      

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Of course, you need both a

Of course, you need both a limit and enforcement – which is what I said in the consultation. But I have to say, they have already introduced a lot of 20mph restrictions in Cardiff in recent years, and they are much better observed than I might have expected / than my experience of the same in London.  

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