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Pudsey Pedaller

3 years

The Department for Transport has just introduced some new road signs for use on the UK's roads. First up, there's this helpful reminder that if your journey is taking longer than it used to, it's because there are too many cars.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

3 years

I'm not militant about cycling, I'm militant about not wanting to die on my way to work just so someone in a car can save 5 seconds off their journey. I'm not fanatic about cycling, I'm fanatic about being able to get about safely without owning a car.

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Pudsey Pedaller

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4 years

I've not heard any complaints recently from drivers about being delayed by cyclists. I find this strange, considering the apparent increase in the number of people cycling. It's almost as if it was something else delaying drivers, something that there are fewer of on the roads.

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A worrying number of people replying to this seem to have missed the car towing a boat that the camera driver was overtaking.

Avon and Somerset Police

@ASPolice

2 months

This driver received 7 points and a £1079 fine for tailgating and undertaking on the M5 near Bridgwater. This is just one of thousands of video submissions we receive each year as part of #OpSnap . To submit footage of a suspected motoring offence visit

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Pudsey Pedaller

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3 years

‘When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression’

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@PudseyPedaller

3 years

@Michael1979 When horses press the h button on their keyboard, they get a lower-case h. But if they want an upper-case h, they just go to the wikipedia page on humans, copy the upper-case h and paste it into their document.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

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I keep seeing comments saying a 5yo is too young to be cycling on the road because they're incapable of assessing risk and acting accordingly. These are, of course, in response to *that video* of a driver who was seemingly incapable of assessing risk and acting accordingly.

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Pudsey Pedaller

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4 years

@marthie @FlorenceHRS It's also the case that one of the responsibilities of the state is to ensure that parents have the means and opportunity to feed their children, something they're failing more than ever to do.

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@PudseyPedaller

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When a cyclist is in a collision with a pedestrian, we're told the solution is training for cyclists so they learn not to endanger pedestrians. When a cyclist is hit by a driver, the same people tell us the solution is training for cyclists so they learn not to be hit by drivers.

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@PudseyPedaller

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The officers will almost certainly have witnessed numerous driving offences whilst parked in the cycling lane (including, potentially, their own). However, the non-offence they deemed worthy of using their blues for was being criticised. This is bad policing.

Bea Gator

@BeebsG

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Tell me you’re aNt1-cYCL1St without telling me you’re aNt1-cYCL1St @theJeremyVine @JoRigby_Balham @carlafrancome @London_Cycling @MikeyCycling @SafeCycleLDN @wandscycling @HF_Cycling @crisortunity

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@PudseyPedaller

3 years

This messaging is backed up by 2 other signs.

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@PudseyPedaller

8 months

A driver nearly reverses over a cyclist. The driver: - made a mistake A cyclist is nearly reversed over by a driver. The cyclist - put themselves in danger - is just trying to get views/likes - should've known better - should've got off his bike and helped the driver reverse

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

2 years

This isn't a parody. He's actually using these arguments to excuse speeding.

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@PudseyPedaller

3 years

Useful warnings for when the school run returns.

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@PudseyPedaller

3 years

parkrun have introduced a new logo to coincide with their announced partnership with Mini.

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@PudseyPedaller

3 years

Ooh, missed these ones.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

3 years

Encountered a few really shitty cyclists on my commute home tonight. I mean, they were driving cars, but given they were running red lights, weaving in and out of traffic, taking up the whole lane or weren't using lights, they must have been cyclists, right?

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

3 years

Though at least they've brought out a sign to put alongside the ‘Cyclist Dismount‘ ones.

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@PudseyPedaller

1 year

If cycling camera footage shouldn't be shared on social media in case it jeopardises a prosecution, why are national newspapers putting footage of a driver hitting Dan Walker on their websites?

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

3 years

When an LTN uses physical barriers, people are up on arms about emergency service access. When they instead use ANPR, those same people throw around accusations about the objective being to generate revenue. I'm starting to think these people aren't arguing in good faith.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

3 years

Can't argue with this one.

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@PudseyPedaller

3 years

Finally a bit of honesty about the state of cycle infrastructure in much of the country.

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@PudseyPedaller

1 year

Popular opinion. Block this account:

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@PudseyPedaller

3 years

This sign is nearly as wide as the 10-abreast cyclists often claimed to be seen at weekends.

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@PudseyPedaller

1 year

The Dan Walker incident demonstrates how the obsession with helmets is harmful in the way that it diverts attention away from interventions that would prevent drivers hitting cyclists in the first place, based on nothing more than anecdotes, appeals to fear, and hyperbole.

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@PudseyPedaller

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Even in the highly unlikely event this is the reason behind a dangerous overtake, it in no way a justifies doing something that could leave me with life-changing injuries or worse.

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@PudseyPedaller

3 years

Let's be honest, if you don't have one of these outside your house, whose fault is it when you end up with a car hanging out of your bedroom?

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

2 years

For anyone still confused about the changes to the Highway Code, here's a couple of pieces of advice. Read the Highway Code. Don't Read the Daily Mail*. *or any other ‘news’ outlets that are funded primarily by your outrage

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@PudseyPedaller

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Ashley has covered the incident in which a driver was jailed following a collision in which they caused serious injuries to a 71-year-old cyclist. Of course, there's the usual shifting of responsibility onto the cyclist for the incident, but it gets worse. /1

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

3 years

A helpful reminder that speed limits only apply if you're not running late.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

2 years

@ScouseTd @JonathanPieNews He was reflecting on every positive contribution he's made to society and to other people's lives. I'm not sure what he did with the other 13 and a half seconds though.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

3 years

...another year, another freeze.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

3 years

Your parking is no longer a hazard or inconvenience if you use your hazard lights.

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@PudseyPedaller

3 years

For argument's sake, let's assume we could eliminate all cyclist deaths if they wore helmets and hi-vis, always used lights, and never ran red lights. In 2019, that would mean 100 fewer road deaths. Now, let's look at factors that contributed to more than 100 road deaths: [1/4]

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

2 years

From Panorama. There are 4 buses in the bus lane (3 visible here and another one behind the box van ahead). The van driver being interviewed said the following: ‘the cyclist should be in the bus lane, just to be out of the way’

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

9 months

When driving, do you ever position yourself further right in your lane to discourage an unsafe pass of an oncoming cyclist by the drivers behind them?

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

6 months

I very rarely see a cyclist using their phone, and never in a manner that's likely to endanger anyone. They're also not responsible for over 250 deaths and 1600 serious injuries in the last 10 years. But sure, let's engage in whataboutery and false equivalences.

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@PudseyPedaller

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It's called confirmation bias. Killed (wearing a helmet) = avoidable, killed because not wearing a helmet Killed (wearing a helmet) = tragic and unavoidable Survived (not wearing a helmet) = forgotten immediately Survived (wearing a helmet) = helmet saved my life

Dan Walker

@mrdanwalker

1 year

It’s odd to get lectured by people telling me that bike helmets aren’t important when the emergency services at the scene yesterday told me I probably wouldn’t be here if I wasn’t wearing one. Funny old world! I hope you’re having a good Tuesday. Soup through a straw for lunch⛑️

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@PudseyPedaller

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In order to keep their licences, drivers should be made to take a test every year. It would involve watching a random @CyclingInASkirt video and being able to correctly identify what the driver did wrong without making up several things she did wrong.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

3 years

‘Cyclist’ is not a qualification. Such appeals to authority might convince people ignorant on the subject, but anyone who has done even a small amount of research could come up with pages of why everything you've just listed is ill-thought-out and counter productive.

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@PudseyPedaller

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@gmpolice There's nothing a pedestrian, or anyone for that matter, can do to make sure they can be seen by other road users. There is an effective way for drivers to see others and that's to drive at a speed that allows them to stop safely withing the distance they can see to be clear.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

3 years

I'm sure ‘might is right’ is in the Highway Code somewhere.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

1 year

A driving instructor once told me that cyclists should slow on the approach to side junctions for their own safety.

Merseyside Have Your Say

@MerseyRoads

1 year

This demonstrates perfectly the standard of driving in the UK

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

3 years

Also, remember that it's ok for drivers to go through just after the lights turn red but not for cyclists to go through several seconds later.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

3 years

Alternatively, you could just get in your car to avoid the hassle.

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@PudseyPedaller

1 year

Any guesses as to what the venn looks like for the people really upset at someone cleaning a stranger's reg plate and the people who think reg plates for cyclists is a high priority for tackling road harm?

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@PudseyPedaller

3 years

Is there anyone else who doesn't want to back the way they came?

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@PudseyPedaller

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Reminder - a cyclist failing to react optimally to the dangerous actions of a driver does not: - diminish the driver's responsibility for their actions - justify the risk to the cyclist - require anyone to draw a false equivalence of risk

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

3 years

Things I don't hate: - drivers Things I do hate: - bad driving - shitty drivers - a society that's so tolerant of bad driving and shitty drivers - the irrationality that leads people to focus on ~2 deaths a year rather than ~5 deaths a day

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

1 year

I am extremely confident that I've never heard a single cyclist claim that cyclists don't jump red lights.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

2 years

If you want an answer to your question, perhaps you should consider not limiting replies.

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@PudseyPedaller

4 months

Should this be filed under ‘Hi-vis doesn't work’ or ‘The criminal justice system doesn't work’?

Delivery driver who hit cyclist and blamed low sun found not guilty of causing death by careless...

In court Christopher Morrison said he had not seen cyclist Robert Cowie — who died after being struck by the driver before falling into the path of another driver's vehicle — due to sun glare and...

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

1 year

It might just be down to my lack of qualifications as a cycling instructor, but I genuinely don't understand the issue with this.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

3 years

If you're determined to reach your destination, best to avoid those distractions.

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@PudseyPedaller

4 years

@Skinny_fatbloke We used to build dens in the fields next to our house. We shat ourselves and ran away when the farmer came along on his tractor. Turns out he was just bringing us more wood to build a bigger and better den.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

8 months

If the police are issuing Notices of Intended Prosecution for ‘everyday events’, that's perhaps a sign that cyclists being put in danger is an everyday event. So let's blame the cyclist instead.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

3 years

As a lawyer who prides himself on finding loopholes, I'm sure he's familiar with small print. As such, I wonder if he read the small print in the car park that said vehicles are left at the owner's risk?

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

3 years

Useful directions for those almost hit and nearly injured by cyclists.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

3 years

So, even if you think cyclists jumping red lights, not wearing a helmet or hi-vis, or not using a light is a problem, these are not the problems you should focus on if preventing KSIs is the objective, they're the things you focus on if preventing cycling is the objective. [4/4]

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Pudsey Pedaller

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2 years

@loxleycountry @SheffNW_NPT If cyclists gave way just in case a driver endangered them by failing to drive in accordance with their license, they'd never get anywhere. It's not unreasonable to expect other people to not endanger you, especially when they're supposed to be trained not to do so.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

4 months

So it turns out we were right about speed limits not applying to cyclists, just not necessarily for the right reasons.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

3 years

Just one more lane...

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@PudseyPedaller

3 years

I can dream.

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@PudseyPedaller

11 months

If it's your position that footage of dangerous driving should be sent to the police rather than posted on SM, it's worth noting that one of the reasons the police started acting on user-submitted footage is because SM showed there was a problem that could no longer be ignored.

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@PudseyPedaller

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A driver does something dangerous. A cyclist reacts to the danger, preventing a collision and turning it into a near-miss instead. The cyclist is criticised for their reaction contributing to the near miss.

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@PudseyPedaller

3 years

Speaking of which.

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@PudseyPedaller

2 years

Dangerous situations won't be caused by changes to the Highway Code, dangerous situations will be caused by there being no realistic expectation for drivers to know the Highway Code beyond what they needed to know in order to pass their test.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

2 years

If I swung a bat mere inches from your head, I'm almost certain you'd have a problem with it. However, if I painted a white line on the ground between us and swung the bat the same mere inches from your head, I'm sure you'd be totally ok with that, right?

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

4 years

The minimum width of cycle lanes should be increased to 2.75m in order to accommodate fire engines. I know emergency service access is the top priority when active travel infrastructure is discussed so this is a solution that works for everyone.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

3 years

Why don't you tell us what you really think.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

3 years

As requested.

Liz Meddings

@lzmddngs

3 years

I’m looking forward to seeing these in place soon. Can I request a sign to put under the left turn only sign at the end of my road, next to a school, saying “Except You. You are special and don’t need to stick to the rules” ? There are lots of special people in my neighbourhood.

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Their argument against LTNs is that a journey that takes 10 minutes to walk still takes less time in a car. The fact they don't see it as an argument against driving walkable journeys says all you need to know about the anti-LTNers.

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3 years

If you're terrified, just think how the cyclists you encounter feel knowing they've got to share the road with drivers like you.

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@PudseyPedaller

3 years

Since video has emerged of @JoeBiden cycling, the President-Non-Elect appears to have taken a stance in the active travel debate.

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@PudseyPedaller

4 years

Many of the anti-LTN groups claimed they wanted to see a reduction in car use/ownership and reduced pollution but felt that LTNs made things worse. Now that some LTNs have been removed, will these groups work towards these aims or quietly disappear?

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I could cycle while drunk, on drugs, while tired and on the phone and I'd still be hard-pressed to cause anywhere near the harm that sober, fully awake non-phone using drivers cause everyday.

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Pudsey Pedaller

@PudseyPedaller

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Having read many comments on the changes to the Highway Code, I suspect those complaining the loudest are the least likely to follow/understand the current rules, let alone the new ones.

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@PudseyPedaller

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As a result, his father is now a staunch supporter of LTNs.

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@PudseyPedaller

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However, it does lead to safer streets.

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I stopped believing he was acting in good faith a long time ago. It's all for the attention. Arguing that 20mph limits are ‘utterly stupid’ whilst suggesting that one of the least harmful categories of road users should abide by them, requiring an expensive enforcement system.

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@PaulbernalUK They're due to be charged with murder on the dancefloor.

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@carlafrancome It's worth noting that those barriers aren't designed to protect people from motor vehicles, they're designed to herd pedestrians for the convenience of drivers.

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@BarryESharp So are road deaths, comparatively speaking.

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@brianmoore666 Unfortunately, your average ballpoint pen doesn't hold enough red ink.

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3 years

If you cite older and disabled people's need to drive when objecting to the way road space is reallocated, you're saying older and disabled drivers should be prioritised over older and disabled non-drivers, which means you're saying drivers should be prioritised over non-drivers.

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‘Was I actually doing anything wrong there?’ 1) Moving back into lane 2 with only 15-20m between you and the van whilst travelling at 70mph, especially as they appeared to be gaining on you 2) Given this error, failing to then move quickly into lane 1 to reduce any further risk

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You're arguing that Khan is chasing the votes of cyclists and ignoring those of motorists, whilst also arguing that cyclists are in the vast minority. Could it be that Khan's chasing the votes of people, whether they walk, cycle or drive, who want change?

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@FairFuelUK

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Great article by @HowardCCox (not Fox😥) in @Daily_Express today exposing the divide caused by cyclists towards drivers. Time to stop the vitriol for all road users to benefit @Iromg @TheABD @SadiqKhan @BorisJohnson @grantshapps @RishiSunak @RHANews @newsfromfta @theJeremyVine

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3 years

Hypocristo.

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@bobprice101 £20 you say? Even if it were just £1, I'm not sure most drivers could afford to pay their fair share towards road maintenance.

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@theJeremyVine How long before someone blames him for not wearing his hi vis amazing technicolour dreamcoat.

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This one won't see much use. After all, no-one does their shopping on a cycle.

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As a cyclist myself...

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Top tip. Close your eyes as you go through a give way and you're no longer legally required to give way.

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Drivers/motorcyclists: ‘cyclists should slow on the approach to all side roads for your own safety like we all do’ No you don't, and even on the occasions you do slow down, you'd still be going faster than the cyclist you're criticising for not slowing down.

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1 year

Helmets? Really? Can an on duty police officer be charged with wasting police time?

Police Scotland North East Edinburgh

@PSOSNEEdinburgh

1 year

4 cyclists stopped and spoken in regards to various matters including lack of lights and protective headwear 6 roadside breath tests conducted - all negative result

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3 years

Shame there's no vaccine available.