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  • in reply to: The Reform Party and the UK’s lurch towards fascism #1154143
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    Do us a favour and read the

    Do us a favour and read the forum descriptions before mouthing off. This is posted in the Tea Stop, which is described thus: 

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    in reply to: Drivers and their problems #1154047
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    David9694 wrote:
    “Now why would you spend another pound on parking if you are only buying a pound worth of porridge. You wouldn’t, would you? It would double the value of what you’re buying.”

    There’s a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. 

    in reply to: Met Police – learning results of submissions #1153693
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    Not on precisely the thread

    Not on precisely the thread topic, but close enough. I have just learned that due to overwhelming demand, Operation Snap (Wales) is currently taking no further action in any cases that would only warrant a warning letter – it’s saving itself for serious cases.   

    in reply to: Public order offence for swearing during close pass #1153691
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    HoarseMann wrote:
    …we will take no further action. The driver will be spoken to and he will be given a warning with words of advice and guidance.

    Err, isn’t that further action (albeit of the lowest order)?

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    Love that people think

    Love that people think reversing through a no entry is somehow better.

    in reply to: Product review – Decathlon backpack pannier #1153487
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    I’m enjoying this one which

    I’m enjoying this one which appears to be literally just an IKEA bag with a Klick n Fix pannier attachment!

    in reply to: Public order offence for swearing during close pass #1153471
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    True – same as a close pass

    True – same as a close pass (I’ve put the wig back on!) 

    in reply to: Public order offence for swearing during close pass #1153467
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    I tend to agree. But, to play

    I tend to agree. But, to play devil’s advocate a second…

    If I submitted a close pass video, like TLO’s – would I want the police to trawl back and see if they have any previous evidence on file of similar incidents which might demonstrate a pattern of behaviour and support a prosecution? Yes. Whether what they have found in TLO’s case is any good to support a prosecution is another matter – but there is an argument that, once a decision has been made to charge, they are just doing thorough policing. 

    Clearly I and others here think that swearing in public is degrees of magnitude less serious than the close pass which prompted it, and query if it’s in the public interest to prosecute it – but they’re both on the statute book to be charged.

    All of that said, removing the devil’s advocate’s robe and wig, I sincerely hope the CPS choose not to pursue this or it gets thrown out.      

    in reply to: Public order offence for swearing during close pass #1153439
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    So depressing.

    So depressing.

    Separate, I know, but is the close pass at least being prosecuted?

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    Blue in Cardiff

    Blue in Cardiff

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    “If only there was someone

    “If only there was someone they could have asked who could have let them know (hint: any cyclist in the world).”

    They probably misinterpreted all of our comments lamenting that painted cycle lanes are more dangerous than nothing at all.

    in reply to: Drivers and their problems #1152763
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    hawkinspeter wrote:
    Rendel Harris wrote:
    Well they, Jackie and John Cooke, were offered by the DVLA for no extra charge the numberplate JJ64GAS which seems a better and more personalised plate than the one they had originally to me.

    I don’t know – that seems a bit lame. What’s the “6” doing there?

    “John and Jackie are giddy for the gas”?! I suspect N14GAS was already a post hoc rationalisation based on what ‘GAS’ suffix plates were actually available to buy.  

    I also love the unsupported claim in the article that “many people are now worried that postcodes could also be considered offensive”. 

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    Paris, yesterday

    Paris, yesterday

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    in reply to: Repaint bike #1152607
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    Have a look here – https:/

    Have a look here – https://road.cc/content/forum/bike-respray-312357

    in reply to: Anyone here from the old cycling weekly forum? #1152461
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    The war years would work –

    The war years would work – 1917 (39 mill) or 1942 if you’re rounding up (44 mill). Buy yes, it’s been an upward trajectory since then.

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