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the gold standard would have
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
The Vietnam War was on over the holiday- it’s possible to greatly admire the Huey crews while weeping at the history of the region and understanding the desire of the NVA and VC to kill those engaged on CasEvac. My generation largely avoided such horrors
just dry it with an old towel
just dry it with an old towel or some kitchen roll
I too have been glancing at this topic with amazement. The technology ‘solutions’ to a problem which hardly exists. Shake off the water and it dries, you apply the wax or whatever and anyway it’s going to be soaked again soon.
how does a learner driver end
how does a learner driver end up with 6points on their license, for speeding no less, and is still driving around without proper insurance or L plates on the car
For the same reason that people can go over 5 years without VED and still get yearly MOTs without automatic prosecution by DVLA if they don’t declare SORN or get VED within a couple of days from MOT- it’s all on the same DVLA/ DVSA database. The reason is that the authorities can’t be bothered, and would rather rely on all the other mugs to go on paying
There was traffic everywhere,
There was traffic everywhere, people were shouting and honking their horns. It was horrendous
Appalling – b*****d cyclists!#!I feel much safer at 20mph on
I feel much safer at 20mph on the road bike than I do at 15mph on the cargo bike
Maybe you do, but it’s not going to matter. E-bikes will be power-assisted up to the present legal speed- if you want higher speeds, go illegal or get a motorcycleAnd yet our laws allow only
And yet our laws allow only minimal sanctions for the same action
In fact our laws encourage leaving the scene, and getting a few drinks down as soon as you get home
Worth noting for cyclists in
Worth noting for cyclists in Gloucs that the police will now take note of camera footage….
Seems highly unlikely, given the force’s dismal record over your cases to say the least. Lancashire started OpSnapLancs November 21. In 6 months they had given up responding to, or doing anything about, anything. It’s still going- A Big Con to rival the one dreamed about in ‘The Sting’, but this one isn’t fictional and is run by Lancashire Constabulary, and probably Gloucestershire and numerous other forces. This is WT16 ATX- first detected by me as a VED evader on 7th June and therefore not reported. I detected the MOT+VED evasion on 4th October and reported, knowing that it would be ignored by LC. This could go on for years.
the main difference I can see
the main difference I can see is that with the new system they usually won’t give feedback
Specifically designed to deceive the gullible. This means they will either do nothing at all or will send the entirely worthless warning letter.
one which may be getting a warning letter which I will send in when it’s all sorted
It’s difficult to imagine how any case can become ‘all sorted’ when the police won’t tell you what ‘punishment’ was inflicted
This morning a fuckwit
This morning a fuckwit crashed into the back of a parked van and the car flipped onto its roof
Fortunately, the police will have rapidly concluded that this was an accident, so no driver was to blameIt seems so bizarre that the
It seems so bizarre that the police / media still do this even when a driver is clearly in the wrong
Fear not! wtjs will not be silenced even by Lancashire Constabulary’s de facto policy that MOT, insurance, VED (and probably driving licence as well, but I can’t check that) etc. are now purely optional for hard-working, hard-pressed, law-abiding, salt-of-the-earth, staunch Defenders of the Right motorists like this one of three this morning, MA14 TKC
So the time it takes me on
So the time it takes me on the bike is already close enough that it’s not a significant factor in deciding whether to ride or drive
And it’s not going to happen anyway. The top speeds will be limited to illegal bikes.
it’s not like there’s much
it’s not like there’s much enforcement … of anything at all reallyThere was an illegal e-scooter in Garstang yesterday, about 100 yards from the police station
the time it takes me on the
the time it takes me on the bike is already close enough that it’s not a significant factor in deciding whether to ride or drive
E-bikes are, of course, the Work of the Devil, but if we set that prejudice aside this statement supporting the present e-bike assistance speed limit is welcome. Legal high powered e-bikes that don’t burn your house down and which are entitled to use cycle infra are unwelcome to at least some of us
Fortunately, the increase in
Fortunately, the increase in the assistance speed is not going to happen. Those who are desperate to go faster can just illegally modify the e-bike- they’ll never be apprehended, just as the police ignore those illegal e-scootersThe legal limit is not going
The legal limit is not going to be increased- one of the very good reasons is that the legislation fixes the limit about right. Reasonably fit cyclists on reasonable bikes not overburdened with luggage will overtake most e-bikes on the flat (maybe that doesn’t apply to stealth e-bikes) and will lose out to ultra-unfit e-bikers using maximum assistance (which they all are) on hills. My experience is that you catch them on the downhills, but if it’s hill after hill they’ll get away
