Live blog: Video of little girl giving safe overtake lorry driver thumbs-up goes viral, London Quietways under fire after latest death + more
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Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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mdavidford 16 minutes ago
Wait, what? Cyclists have absolute priority? So if you're emerging from a junction or turning right into one, other vehicle drivers just have to stop and wait? I like this radical approach.
Born_peddling 11 hours ago
@Born_peddling Going back to the infrastructure issue.....does a cyclist have priority sign count..... because there's not the space for a cycle path?? (Hill in the background is deceptively steep)
Born_peddling 11 hours ago
On the subject of female riders though there's plenty round here (with practically zero cycle infrastructure), ok a few of them have been lifelong riders. I'm used to seeing other female riders when I'm out for my carer duties and do they wish the roads were at least maintained, of course they do I've enjoyed a few hilarious passive aggressive comments on the average state of the roads ultimately they take the same chances being on the road but they are more careful in there actions unlike some male riders are which is a cause of concern. As far as straight up encouragement goes there's a few supportive families and schools but very locally to me it's boys as there's an old quarry and they go on it to practice downhill typically.
Global Nomad 11 hours ago
@Gm_Crop 🤪
belugabob 12 hours ago
@Smoggysteve we will never achieve things as long as people keep saying we will never achieve things. It's bad enough that the Netherlands has a 50 year head start on us, without us spending more time navel gazing. In short, the Netherlands weren't like that until somebody decided that they were going to do it.
Gm_Crop 12 hours ago
@Global Nomad Evil Eye make exactly this, and they quote 0.6 seconds to change. Bargain at £620.
belugabob 12 hours ago
@andystow I'm just hoping that Canada and Mexico hurry and finish that wall..
andystow 12 hours ago
@Mr Blackbird I find out about that guy, and now I'm imagining how I could "get away with it."
Mr Blackbird 13 hours ago
@the little onion My wife is a keen recreational cyclist. Generally more segregated cycle lanes would encourage her to make more solo journeys. However, she tends to avoid isolated cycle paths for obvious reasons - especially after dark. Cycling on quiet roads is less of a problem for her because there are always other cars / cyclists about.
Mr Blackbird 14 hours ago
Yee Ha! Pow! Pow! Pow! Herrera sure gets ma vote! Them pesky pinky Democrats think he's mean, but he mows them lycra pussy cyclists down in the name of Jesus our Lord. I just killed me a cyclist. Squashed some li'l kid on tricycle wi' ma truck. He held me up while I was going to Walmart to get me a fresh supply of Trump sympathy diapers.
7 thoughts on “Live blog: Video of little girl giving safe overtake lorry driver thumbs-up goes viral, London Quietways under fire after latest death + more”
What it seems like the
What it seems like the Canucks have come up with some really stupid legisaltion in Montreal.
As for World Bicycle Day, I celebrated it by marshalling at a BMX event.
It’s about time someone found
It’s about time someone found the balls to stand up to the brutal cyclists going around with 5 or less reflectors. The sheer number of lives lost to the reckless abandon shown by these cyclists is just astounding.
Yesterday was designated the
Yesterday was designated the first ever World Bicycle Day by the United Nations – sorry, but that one passed me right by. I didn’t know that there was a World Bicycle Day.
On the Montreal thing:
On the Montreal thing:
So a bit more to it than just the reflectors…
Some Canadian Provinces have
Some Canadian Provinces have some strange bike laws. I lived in Halifax, Nova Scotia on the Canadian east coast and when I bought a bike I asked for a set of lights and the bike shop guy said why ? “To ride at night” I replied – ” Not a legal requirement ” he answered -“but you are required to have a helmet – night or day”
And with helmet and reflector
And with helmet and reflector laws cycling has not got safer in Canada, it’s got worse with more deaths and more injuries since they started forcing helmet wearing/increases in helmet wearing across the country.
Yet another backward society that focuses on the vulnerable to protect themselves instead of changing the behaviour of those doing the harm. What utter bullshit.
Lovely video of the fab overtake by the transporter, I had a brilliant overtake on a country road a couple of years ago, after a fair few of the usual crud it was a nice relief so I contacted the firm ( not local but family run business) to give praise and they responded back that they got their drivers out on bikes and made particular training sessions for their drivers when in various scenarios where they might come across people on bikes.
We all have to get some place and that means when you’re in the bigger/biggest thing out there you need to take more time and care with how you do things to minimise the risk for all concerned including yourself.
“twat” can be found on
“twat” can be found on Wikipedia, “supercilious” sadly not.