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As a cyclist, this doesn’t seem like much of an attitude or behaviour changer. It does reveal to a wider audience a bit about the weird attachment some people have to their cars; how desperation, violence and abuse lurk just below the surface.My local Facebook and Nextdoor has been full of anxious people apparently unable to get to work or take their kids to school without a car.
I’m not sure if the current fuel supply issues will cause anyone to rethink how utterly dependent they are on a car. I think it would take a prolonged crisis to do that, and this one is likely to be quite short.
I’d much prefer it if the f*cker was named and shamed – if for no other reason than people could shop him if he drives while bannedWhen people can’t be named for legal reasons, usually it means they will be back in court on other charges and naming them might prejudice the trial.
What would you do?This is why the lack of feedback is so frustrating. You have no way of knowing what they will or won’t take action on. I probably wouldn’t bother personally, but I’ve become quite jaded over time.
So with no feedback how do I know at what point I’d be able to submit for something like NMOTD?Proceedings would have to be started within 6 months* of the incident taking place, so if you’ve heard nothing by then you can safely assume it’s not going to court.
* for minor offences
I have my camera set to
I have my camera set to produce 1 minute files, I don’t know if you can change the length on the Chilli. So then I just upload the file with the incident and the minute before and after (or whatever random rules your local police are using).
Red Funnel ferry kiosk in
Red Funnel ferry kiosk in Southampton smashed by lorry – https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19561710.live-red-funnel-ferry-kiosk-southampton-smashed-lorry/
They’re Chilli bullet cameras
They’re Chilli bullet cameras according to this – https://www.portisheadcycling.com/cameras
Can we have a side shot please?Here you go.
I’ve had my eBike for about a
I’ve had my eBike for about a year, recently bought a trailer for it so I can do the weekly shop with it.
Bike is a Raleigh Motus, trailer is a HOMCOM cargo trailer.
How Green Is Cycling? – https
How Green Is Cycling? – https://www.bikeradar.com/features/long-reads/cycling-environmental-impact/
Personally, I wouldn’t worry too much about it. The above article reckons producing a bicycle takes 96 Kg of CO2, that’s the same as driving a few hundred miles.
There’s also this form of
There’s also this form of letter, which is a Section 59 notice. I don’t think these are sent very often for the sort of thing you see on NMOTD, they’re more aimed at anti-social driving – the yoofs in their badly modified cars driving like twats in the Halfords car park.
Google turned up this, I
Google turned up this, I believe that’s the sort of thing they send.
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Many of these incidents are slightly comical in that someone did something stupid but fortunately no-one was seriously hurt. This one is utterly horrific. As a parent to young adults of the same age group it is my worst nightmare. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-57824359 If you think that cyclists lives are of unique low value to some perpetrators of our (in)justice system then think on this. The driver had been drinking and was driving at upwards of 120mph in a 40 zone. The conditions were treacherous following rainfall. The coroner deemed that the case did not justify a record of unlawful killing, and to quote; “But did the driving meet the test of the conduct of the driver being truly exceptionally bad? No.”https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/coroners
“Cases where driving causes death may, therefore, only be regarded as unlawful killing for inquest purposes if they satisfy the ingredients for manslaughter (gross negligence manslaughter) or where a vehicle is used as a weapon of assault and deliberately driven at a person who dies (murder or manslaughter depending on the intent).”
If the driver had survived, I doubt he’d be prosecuted for manslaughter (death by dangerous / drunk driving seems much more likely). So I think the coroner is correct. Although I’m surprised that death by dangerous driving doesn’t count as unlawful killing.
I’m finding some of the
I’m finding some of the adverts to be a real pain in the arse.
There’s an American site that
There’s an American site that sells bikes for heavy riders – https://zizebikes.com/
Shipping and taxes would probably make it quite expensive though. I’m not aware of anything similar based in the UK.