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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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I hear Windy Miller's windmill went out of business & was converted into a Wetherspoons for a couple of years before closing down due to lack of business (Trumpton being a famous Remain voting parish unlike those Reform voting types in Chigley,) and has subsequently become a vape shop. I'm also looking forward to hearing the jingle for the Trumpton Deliveroo brigade (you know: Chew, Spew, Bhaji McChew, Burger, Nugget & Sub).
@mitsky In this case the cyclist didn't want the footage, although on this topic, Ryan will have an update on the West Yorkshire 'dangerous cycling' case later this afternoon... :)
I suspect if Trumpton were remade, the modern version would include characters like : Ms Sellers the Influencer, Mr Platt-Ichewed the PR Spokesman, The Donut Brothers in their Subaru (with fuel injection and aerofoil), Mrs N Titled in her giant SUV, travelling between school, Waitrose and lunch appointments, but never more than 1km from her mock Tudor 7 bedroomed mansion (catchphrase "Get out of my fucking face!") Mr Darius Titled the League div 2 Footballer, (catchphrases "Sick as a parrot", "Over the Moon.").
I think it's up there with some of the best examples that brexiteers can think of.
@jackcycles yes yes, but what was the picture on the ground re established reds?
I hate the term road rage, as if it is an excuse for violent hate filled thuggery. Cycle hate should be a defined hate crime with enhanced penalties and....Rod Liddle should be In chains somewhere dark and damp picking apart old tarred ropes!
@jackcycles London is indeed a bubble but I can assure you those exact same people live everywhere. Unless by "revert to normal" you mean just the average level of twattery from drivers in this country.
"We need to take the “them and us” mentality out of society" ...unless the 'them' is Londoners and the 'us' is the rest of the country? There will be more aggressive motorists per square mile in London because there are more people per square mile in London, so the same proportion gives you a higher total incidence, not because they're "more aggressive as a group".
Can confirm that wounded pride at "lack of respect from the 'other' " (cyclists here) exists on the roads of Edinburgh, albeit it's mostly good. I reckon it's just the greater density / numbers of population. The more people trying to get somewhere, the more stress and acting out. Sometimes one might think something similar applies on the internet.
My perfectly legal 200W motored 15mph restricted 2011 ebike has a throttle and does not require peddling. What hope of pc not the nicest listening to me in similar circumstances?
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.