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CycleGaz™

2 years

🧵 Let's do a thread on action the Met Police have taken on my reports to them of bad driving. My first RTC whilst filming, fined £450 and 6 points for careless driving. Date: 12/2010 No: 1

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

1 month

Spent the last week in Paris, somewhere which has recently taken away road space for general traffic and built dedicated cycle lanes across the city. Cycling has boomed as a result. Let’s have a look at their infrastructure 🧵

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@cyclegaz

1 month

Don’t forget that motorists cause the most havoc on our streets, all the talk about other road users transgressions is a distraction from the real users that cause harm.

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@cyclegaz

1 month

Travelling 12mph over the speed limit and complaining that you won’t reach your destination unless you only go 5 over is peak car brain.

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@KevinMelnuk

1 month

I still stand by this being ridiculous. 140 miles of range isn’t quite enough to get to a destination while doing just 5 over.

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@cyclegaz

1 month

Pushed the wrong pedal, crashed into a wall and destroyed it. Oops. 🙊

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@cyclegaz

2 years

In Nice, France they have these bike locks integrated into @WorldBollard from ShareLock. You can reserve in advanced, get notifications if someone tampers and get insurance if it’s stolen.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

PSA to cyclists. Do not trust drivers, do not trust passengers, do not ride in the door zone!

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

4 years

Will probably still get close passed by motorists.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

1 year

View from the drivers seat.

CyclingInASkirt

@CyclingInASkirt

1 year

So desperate was she to get to that parking spot, I was clearly entirely dispensable. She wouldn’t even give me eye contact. #cycling in #Sheffield

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@cyclegaz

1 year

I'm shocked the Met Police issued an awareness course to this driver. If I was not hyperaware, on a bike with hydraulic disk brakes, and extremely experienced at using said brakes, this would have resulted in a collision that would have left me with serious injuries.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

4 years

Just passed £20k of fines to motorists from my reports to Met Police!!! £20,376 in fines! 253 points on licenses! 35 motorists sent on driving courses! Big shout out to @SuptAndyCox and his team for taking action on these reports.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

Highway Code: "Drive at a speed that will allow you to stop well within the distance you can see to be clear." Motorists in low sun: (wait till the end)

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

3 years

This driver appealed their sentence of 5 years. The appeal was heard and their sentence reduced to 4 years. He is a delivery driver. He did this as revenge for a prior exchange of words. He should never be allowed to drive again.

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@cyclegaz

1 year

An insanely close pass by this van driver. It got issued the largest fine from any of my reports to date. £1,200 fine and £470 court costs. This was due to failing to notify the police who was driving.

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@cyclegaz

2 years

I'm cycling at 20mph in a 20mph zone. I get tailgated and tooted at why? Because a @TfLTPH vehicle wants to speed and overtake me. For some reason, they didn't sound their horn at the bus. LJ14PZZ

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

4 years

Look at this overtake from an @InstalcomLTD driver. PERFECT! 👏👏👏

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@cyclegaz

1 year

Driver close passed me when I was doing more than the 20mph speed limit. When I caught up, they suggested I had to get out of their way. The Met Police sent them on a driving course.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

19 days

Bin day + pavement parking = scratched paintwork 🙈

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@cyclegaz

1 month

@nigel_heron Don’t be so boring, get a sense of humour.

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@cyclegaz

2 years

Wear hi-viz, then motorists will see you and drive safely around you.

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@cyclegaz

1 year

This is how motorists should give way to cyclists in the cycle lane when turning across it.

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@cyclegaz

1 year

Left hook dodge Right hook block Sometimes when cycling I feel like a boxer trying not to get punched in the ring.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

7 months

This has got to be a joke? 100 hours community service?! She should be in jail and never allowed to drive again!

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

1 month

@Marine1065 Do motorists pay building taxes for when they crash into them?

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

7 months

Maybe get a push bike then.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

1 year

Something about this driver just didn't sit right. So I slowed before we even got to the junction. And as if I'm psychic, the van driver turns without indicating or giving way to vehicles in the bus lane. The Met Police sent them on a driving retraining course.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

1 year

If your car doesn’t fit in your driveway, then you shouldn’t buy it.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

3 years

Laying with my fellow cyclists to protest the dangerous junction in Holborn. Dr Marta Krawiec was killed here whilst riding her bicycle to work. RIP

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@cyclegaz

2 years

Why don't cyclists want to ride in the door zone? Please motorists, don't tailgate us and sound your horn because you can't overtake us on narrow roads

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

10 months

Diver doesn’t even look left once.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

3 years

Yes @Motorbikemilly You tell that close passing bus driver! This is something that many cyclists experience, most of us don't have a cool dog to put the bus driver in their place!

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

Thank you @sainsburys for parking in the segregated cycle lane, blocking the whole thing, outside your Croydon High Street branch. The irony that your lorry has painted on the back a message about passing on the left, yet that is all I can do.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

5 months

When should road users stop at zebra crossings? 3 motorists failed to slow down or even stop for this zebra crossing which had a child waiting on it to cross. The one cyclist did slow and stop.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

3 years

When we talk about speed limiters for e-scooters but don't talk about it with motor vehicles, we know as a nation we are not thinking straight.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

Opinion time: Motor vehicle speed limits in urban/cities should be the same or lower than electric assisted bicycle limits.

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@cyclegaz

19 days

A lot of people getting worked up that I: - scratched the cars (when I didn’t). - I’m walking with my bike on the pavement. The pavement is for more than just cars and bins. If I’m struggling to push a bike down here, how is a mother of twins in a side by side pushchair going to

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

1 year

Motorist pulls across other road users and forces them to brake to avoid a collision. You would fail your driving test for doing this. So don't do it!

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

3 years

If you build good quality infrastructure then you end up with cycle traffic jams! Despite being stuck in it and slowed down, it brings a smile to my face.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

21 days

Bill Nighy thanks cyclist for stopping at a red traffic light.

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@cyclegaz

2 years

If we make scenarios where motor traffic and vulnerable road users have to merge, we've made a mistake in our design.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

@TheMrLoophole Doesn’t look like you should be taking those corners at 60mph. If it was a tractor would you be able to overtake? For someone who calls him self Mr Loophole, you haven’t got a clue about how cyclists can use the roads legally.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

Punctuation. The difference between bicycles and no bicycles.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

6 months

Waited 1min 21seconds at this red light. Cost me 36p. @limebike business model promotes people to ride through red lights in order to save money.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

DO👏 NOT👏 PUT👏 CAR👏 PARKING👏 SPACES👏 IN👏 CYCLE👏 LANES👏

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

8 months

Call me for driving lessons! This driving instructor passed me too closely and was seen using their mobile phone whilst driving. Result from court: 6 Penalty Points £1,325 fine

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

PSA to all cyclists: DO NOT USE A LIGHT LIKE THIS! This is a bright 6Hz light that makes it almost impossible for anyone to see past you or judge your speed!

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@cyclegaz

2 years

I honestly don't understand what goes through the minds of motorists. Why? Why would you overtake just before you are about to turn across my path?

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

3 years

Biking in autumn is awesome!

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

If a cyclist is doing 21mph in a 20mph zone. How fast can a motorist drive to overtake them?

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

Should we design all roads with crash barriers? Or design motor vehicles so they can’t speed?

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@cyclegaz

2 years

"Hey cyclists, here is some segregated infrastructure" It's nice and long with no conflicts? " " It's nice and long with no conflicts, right?

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@cyclegaz

1 year

It would be great if drivers actually looked before they pulled out of a junction. Good job I was aware of my surroundings and could take avoiding action. Also, can anyone tell me how the taxi pulls away from me when I'm doing 22mph in a 20mph zone?

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

1 year

Paint is not infrastructure or protection. Motorists will drive over it with no regard for others. I reported this issue to @WorldBollard and 2 days later they had sent reinforcements!

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

3 years

How do you crash and flip this on a 30 mph road?

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

New bike day

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@cyclegaz

1 year

What it's like to cycle in the UK. You might get a cycle lane. - Drivers will pull out into it without looking first - Drivers will park in it when they shouldn't - Drivers will drive and turn across it without looking.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

PSA to cyclists: Motorists don’t have a sense of humour. I nearly got hit by a motorist this morning. So I asked them why they got so close, as usually when people do that they want my number and to go for a coffee. He did not find that amusing one bit and wanted a fight 😬😶‍🌫️

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@cyclegaz

1 year

If you can't cycle safely around other cyclists, please do not commute on busy routes. Behaviour like this actually puts people off.

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@cyclegaz

1 month

We can design roads to make drivers slow down or we can design them so they feel safe breaking the speed limit.

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@cyclegaz

1 year

Sometimes I wish I didn't have a rear camera to look back on how people behave behind me. Some drivers are truly shocking!

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

1 month

@Gb7503 Neither should the building.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

9 months

I’m 6ft tall. This hood is as tall as my shoulders. Why do Americans build vehicles with such poor visibility of what is in front of them?

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

8 months

I don’t understand why you would film yourself driving dangerously and then post it online.

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@cyclegaz

8 months

Shouting at drivers sometimes work. Keep out of the cycle lane!

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

11 months

Hi @DVLAgovuk the owner of numberplate C114RLE is illegally adding a dot to make the 11 appear as a H

UB1UB2 West London (Southall)

@UB1UB2

11 months

Someone just mounted their rolls royce on a bollard on Oxford Street

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

1 year

A cold, dark November evening. No one would be out cycling, would they?

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

This is exactly why you must give cyclists space. ❌ Do not tailgate ❌ Do not pass closely I am very fortunate that the @TfL bus had already passed me, as they did pass rather close in my opinion.

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@cyclegaz

1 year

This refuse driver refuses to give way. For their failure to properly check what was coming, the Met Police sent them on a driving awareness course.

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@cyclegaz

1 month

@NjjNeal Crashes like this only happen with EVs?

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

When the tyre sealant blows on both tyres at the same time!

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

Cycle lanes aren't just for cyclists 🛼

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

1 year

7.5 year jail sentence for doing 110mph, crashing and killing a passenger . Also got a 12 year driving ban. Should be a lifetime ban. If cars were invited today, no way would they not get speed limiters on them!!!

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

I'm doing 18mph in a 20mph zone There's a headwind There isn't space to overtake DON'T SOUND YOUR HORN AT ME! DON'T GIVE ME THE FINGER WHEN I MOVE OVER TO LET YOU PASS! SHARE THE ROAD!

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

NV18OPF turns left across the path of a cyclist on CS7. The driver then blames the cyclist when they collide.

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@cyclegaz

4 months

Currently -4 in London. It’s past 9am. People are still cycling

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

3 years

Why are bollards always on the inside of the cycle lane?

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@cyclegaz

1 year

Just because you could be faster than me, doesn't mean you can be. Average speed of traffic in London is lower than my average speed. Good luck keeping up in the long run.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

Nearly crashed into this vehicle on the way home! No lights, no hi viz, dark colours and can you believe it, the driver wasn't wearing a helmet?!

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@cyclegaz

1 year

This driver should never be allowed to drive again. Until we start putting out sentences like that, people will continue to offend.

Surrey Police

@SurreyPolice

1 year

This harrowing footage shows the dangers posed by those who drive whilst under the influence. You are putting your life and the lives of others at risk. The driver was sentenced to jail after running over a cyclist in broad daylight. Full story:

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

4 years

Not only have parking spaces been removed on both sides of the road by @yourcroydon they have also installed wands! Only a short section at the moment but this has been one of the worst parts of my commute for years! Thank you @Stuart_King @CroydonCyclists @roadcc @London_Cycling

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

Dear Motorists, Please look what is coming along the cycle lane before you pull out and block it. Please also look to see if you can clear the cycle lane before joining a queue of traffic that is barely moving. Many Thanks, Cyclists

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@cyclegaz

1 year

Braking as you are overtaking me, only to turn left moments later. Maybe, just maybe, you shouldn't have overtaken me.

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@cyclegaz

3 years

Look how kickass this front bike rack is with integrated storage for a bike lock!! Made by

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

Two @WorldBollard have fallen, but they will rebound and protect cyclists again!

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@cyclegaz

2 years

Is the parking space too small or are cars getting too big? 🤔

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@cyclegaz

2 years

Motorists, if you could look when joining the road, that would be amazing.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

Sometimes riding around other riders is a bit nerve-racking. Door zone? Not for this rider 😬

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@cyclegaz

1 year

I’ve spent the last 10 days in New York. My third time there, and the first time I’ve actually ever got the chance to cycle there. As a similar city to London, let’s review it from a cyclists point of view 🧵

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@cyclegaz

1 year

@PeakyOswald Let me know where the motor is.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

1 year

As much as I would love to be in the Magic Circle. I don't just disappear when you can't see me in front of you. Please don't change lanes into me and brake. Doing so could result like this driver. A FPN for careless driving, which is 3 penalty points and a £100 fine.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

Ooooor you know, you could ride a bike outdoors from point A to point B.

Mazda UK

@Mazda_UK

2 years

Peloton instructors take a spin with Mazda. @onepeloton 's leading fitness coaches, Leanne and Ben, will be living with the all-electric #MazdaMX30 for six months, experiencing how the model supports their active lifestyle.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

3 years

Not a fan of vehicles with digital cameras as mirrors. Seen it on cars, buses and lorries. How are you as a cyclist meant to see if the driver has seen you by looking at them in their mirrors? A step down for road safety IMO.

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@cyclegaz

1 year

Driver blindly pulls out of side road in front of cyclist. 👮Sent on a Driving Awareness Course by the Police.

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@cyclegaz

2 years

Today this bike is 6 years old. Done more than 30,000 miles on it.

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@cyclegaz

2 years

The South Croydon Conservatives are actually against putting in bollards along here to protect cyclists from wandering motorists. They also think it will increase congestion. It's like this every morning! @CroydonCyclists

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

2 years

Dear drivers: if you want to tailgate me when driving at the speed limit, go ahead. I’ll slow down to a crawling pace, you can flash your lights, sound your horn and rev your engine all you like, you are causing a danger by tailgating and I’ll reduce the risk by driving slower.

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@cyclegaz

2 years

Good quality cycling infrastructure is vital to allowing people to shift away from motor vehicles. Look at how Vauxhall Bridge used to be, and look at it now!

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@cyclegaz

2 years

It’s vital you leave enough stopping distance when following any road user. Yet when I report people clearly not leaving a 2 second gap behind me, the police and CPS do nothing.

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CycleGaz™

@cyclegaz

6 months

This is what the majority of my bicycle rides are like, boring. I ride around 3 hours a day. When you see a 30 second clip of bad driving, that's likely the only thing from that day. A small percentage, but hard to gauge unless you ride with me. Cycling in London is great.

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@cyclegaz

3 years

This is an everyday occurrence.

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