Live blog: Study says 20 mph limits work, W Mids Police say golden age of the motor vehicle is coming to an end, pancakes and more
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mdavidford 20 minutes ago
It does say that it's fully removable for washing, so depending on how quick and easy that process is it may just be a case of whipping out the discharged one and inserting a spare into the pouch, without needing to remove the jersey.
Rendel Harris 54 minutes ago
@Sredlums But presumably you're going to be left with a big flap of deflated airbag trailing behind you, so your jersey will need replacing at some point (and if the UCI makes them mandatory, you'll need a fresh air bag as well). Given that it's not permitted to remove one's helmet whilst in motion, this is going to involve a pretty substantial stop.
Terry Hutt 3 hours ago
@kingleo So by that logic, if they're forced to carry bottles of fulminated mercury in their pockets they will never crash? I think you just solved the problem!
Aluminium can 4 hours ago
@mdavidford No, you're confusing it with liquified steam.
Sredlums 4 hours ago
@Zebra It's in the article. The airbag can be quickly deflated again.
kingleo 6 hours ago
The more safety gear the riders wear, the safer they feel, the more risks they will take, the more often they will crash.
mattw 8 hours ago
I thought Laura did well, and capped the bullshit firehose effectively - especially as she had never had an attempted mugging from a far-right shock-jock before. Her "the Netherlands was not the Netherlands in the 1970s" is a genius point, which I will remember. She could have added "Why do you want to live in a Carry On film" if she wanted to put JHB back in her hot air balloon.. But nonetheless - enjoyable, even though personally I probably preferred Laura's debagging of Richard Madeley on Jeremy Vine iirc with sheer logic.
Zebra 8 hours ago
If a pro hits the deck wearing one of these and is uninjured apart from some road rash, will he or she be able to jump back on and keep riding? Or will it be necessary to wait and change into a new jersey / skinsuit? That could be a deciding factor for their use in elite races.
Terry Hutt 9 hours ago
My greatest fear is being struck from behind while cycling. If this demonstrably reduces injuries from such an attack, I want one. Anything that improves safety gets my support.
quiff 10 hours ago
As I think that poster liked to remind us, explosion in the hi-viz aisle of Decathlon is also a big risk for cyclists.
4 thoughts on “Live blog: Study says 20 mph limits work, W Mids Police say golden age of the motor vehicle is coming to an end, pancakes and more”
Wow! That blog by the West
Wow! That blog by the West Midlands Police is the best thing that I’ve read about traffic for ages.
Great WMP blog “only poor
Great WMP blog “only poor incompetent drivers complain about enforcement campaigns” Nice!
They also said it a year ago,
They also said it a year ago, when it was published.
Yeah the WMP blog post really
Yeah the WMP blog post really is great, if more police forces took this attitude then I think there’d be a lot nicer places to ride and drive. Not sure who the team are behind it but they seem to really have some common sense to them, I hope more forces read this and change the way they think.
Good work WMP, as usual.