Manic golf buggy driver chases cyclist and tries to ram him off trail while shouting “we’re going to go for a ride” in bizarre video + more on the live blog

South America (South Park) put out an episode on eBikes overnight. Who's watched it? Cartman wants an eBike, you know, one of the ugly fast ones, then every other kid gets one. Turns out Randy is in a cycling club. Somehow they're all riding retro frames with downtube shifters yet they're wearing modern SPD-SL pedals. I'm not sure what to make of it, it certainly made me laugh. I think the drivers getting angry at Randy and co while riding was pretty funny and reasonable (They *were* in the middle of the *road*, not the lane!). I also appreciated Stan and Kyle pointed out they were more autonomous with their bikes. Maybe doesn't usually apply specifically to eBikes.

@jackcycles Thats complete bollocks and you know it. Cyclists have been subjected to hatred for decades. Nothing to do with 15 minute cities or state control. You are right, cycling is used in culture wars but you have it completely backwards. Its the right wing that are obsessed with it. As to freedom, come on, you've been drinking the cool-aid. The American version of freedom which is freedom to be an inconsiderate asshole. Freedom would be being able to safely cycle and walk to most of the things you want to in your life without being put in danger by assholes in cars who could, very easily go about their business whilst keeping you safe. Cycling doesn't take away from driving. Thats such an asinine way of thinking about it. Cyclists take up a tiny amount of space vs cars. They don't pollute. The don't litter pavements. They aren't noisy and smelly. The unbelievably larger portion of travel spending is still related to cars. Active travel is a rounding error. Explain to me how cyclists are getting preferential treatment again vs drivers? The only way you can remotely spin that is that instead of 99.99% of funding and thought going towards drivers its only 99%. Perhaps, just perhaps the idea of 15 minute cities is to make places that are good to live in for families and communities. Perhaps, just perhaps, the best places to live are those that have all the amenities you need within easy reach without having to drive. Perhaps, just perhaps, we have an obesity and health crisis and getting people out of their cars and moving under their own power is a good thing. Perhaps, just perhaps, freedom is being able to choose how you want to get about rather than being forced to use a car if you want to get there safely. My partner would love to cycle more but shes petrified of cycling on our roads because of the cunts behind the wheel who will happily put your life at risk to save literally no time at all. I ride with my two kids on the back of a cargo bike and even that doesn't stop plenty of people from doing stupid things around me. Some people are just scum.

Another new system to unite them all.

@jackcycles TL;DR I'm not defending this tw*t for driving like an entitled tw*t. He's clearly a tw*t. I'm just defending tw*ts driving like entitled tw*ts in general. It's society's fault, but you're not allowed to fix it.

@mdavidford Nah, I want to raze it to the ground. I never said I'd empty the staff from the building first.

Article on BBC News today (well apparently published yesterday, but I saw it today): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmdx0jzzpd89o Pretty good for the BBC, if a little insipid. Only comment that I had an issue with was David Kennedy of the Scottish Police Federation saying "If you are on an e-bike and you are wearing a face covering, the concern I have got is you are not wearing a helmet". Yeah, that's definitely the main concern...

Wouldn't it be better to take the Onion / Infowars (proposed) approach and keep it going to satirise the kind of crap it currently pumps out?

@Samtheeagle If I may refine this slightly... Urban footpath is a descriptive term rather than a legal category. In housing estates or similar, such a path may be a public footpath and recorded on the definitive map, a highway (adopted, or unadopted), or even just a permissive path - a lot depends on the planning decision, the decision by the LHA to adopt, or whatever. Urban footpath describes the path without getting into the weeds (sometimes literally) of its legal status. Public footpath - in practice, the definitive map is both prescriptive and descriptive. If it defines a path, then a right of way exists over it (except as follows). However, the definitive map requires maintenance and updates, and a right of way may exist which has not yet been recorded in it, or may have been extinguished. The existence of a public right of way (to pass and repass at will along a way) depends on the facts of its existence. A subsequent legal order, act or bylaw may override custom and the definitive map. Tangentially, most LHAs now provide an online digital copy of the definitive map; OS maps differentiate between a series of public rights of way (e.g. public footpath, bridleway, BOATs/byways) and permissive paths. Neither is 'definitive'. The online version of the definitive map is a copy, but cannot be relied on as evidence. In practice, both are suitable for navigation and route planning purposes. Pushing a bike on a public footpath is less grey than some would imagine. It has long been accepted that a cycle is a reasonable accompaniment, in the same way that a pushchair, handcart or wheelchair might be - and was stated to be the case in the discussion of the Countryside Bill in 1968 (HC Deb 24 June 1968 vol 767 cc183-4). The greyness comes over the riding of the cycle on a public footpath. It is largely a civil matter (and of negligible significance, in most cases), although aggravating factors can escalate the matter faster than some might imagine. - England and Wales. N Ireland is more restrictive and Scotland far more enlightened.

"Daily Mail readers rush to defend unrepentant driving instructor" If you want the opinion from a bunch of entitled, self serving scumbags, there is where you will find them. The type of prick who buys into that shameless rag are the type who's opinions will never change because its always got to be about them. If its gets in their way they despise it, cyclists, foreigners, anyone with an ounce of compassion for other people. If I ever became a billionaire the first thing I'd do is buy the Daily Mail and raze is to the ground

What do you wear when you're cycling to Pizza Express though?