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The vicious circle
(Caveat: I Am Not A Lawyer) We see time after time failures of justice at all levels when it comes to dealing with incidents that happen on our roads. We have a poisonous road culture and a uncaring society when … Continue reading
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… and lick t’road clean with our tongues.
Four Yorshiremen was always one of my favourite Monty Python sketches (though it actually pre-dated Monty Python). We must all have come across this kind of competition between individuals about who has had it hardest in some area of life, … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Road Justice
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Some observations from visiting Oxford
I just spent a few days in Oxford with my wife. We didn’t ride bikes, but did do a fair amount of walking. As we expected in Oxford, we saw lots of people on bikes, mostly with flat handlebars and … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Road Justice, Space for Cycling
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A response to a well-meaning, but ill-informed driver.
Three days ago, a driver in Bristol posted a video that has got quoted in the local press. This driver was aggrieved because his car was damaged by someone who was unable to be traced. I can understand why he … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Road Justice, Safe Cycling
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The stupidity of painting substandard cycle lanes on roads.
The UK Government’s guidelines for cycle infrastructure design are contained in the Department for Transport’s Local Transport Note 2/08. This actually specifies quite a low level of design quality compared to those countries that have achieved high rates of cycling, but … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Space for Cycling
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Playing billiards with cyclists?
Introduction In the game of billiards, points can be scored by hitting the red ball and the opponent’s cue ball in the same shot; that is called a cannon. I wonder whether the equivalent on the road involves hitting two … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Road Justice, Safe Cycling, Salford, Space for Cycling
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Calibrating distances on video camera images
One of the problems with the video footage produced by cameras that are worn by cyclists is in the interpretation of images produced to determine passing and following distances. This could be an issue when trying to get video evidence … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Road Justice
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Dangerous driving, road rage bully – the result.
At the end of June, I wrote here (with a video of the incident) about the poor police response to what I considered to be a very serious road rage incident. In that post, I pasted the police complaint that … Continue reading
Extreme straw men and reductionist thinking.
It is frustrating that there seems to be so much disagreement between different cycle campaigners regarding what is required to get more people cycling in Britain. What is particularly annoying is that a lot of the arguments seem to centre … Continue reading
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Census 2011 cycling statistics for Bolton
Last week, census data from the 2011 census was released,including data on modes of travel to work for the various local authority areas in England and Wales. A number of people put extracted information relating to various towns from this … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Bolton, Space for Cycling
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