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Friday, 1 June 2018

Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy safety review: evidence

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This is a personal response, from one who used to be People who cycle regularly, whether for leisure, work or commuting but is now ...
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Thursday, 1 September 2016

Vigilant or Vigilante ? Why use video ?

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Helmet camera "vigilantes" show the cyclists vs motorists battle - [ YouTube ] Who is the vigilante? Forever Computing ...
Tuesday, 12 April 2016

Bears Way / Milngavie Road signage

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Thursday, 4 February 2016

Responsibility - dangerous roads?

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Garden wall smash was 'an accident waiting to happen'  - [ Express & Star ]
Wednesday, 20 January 2016

Criminal Driving (Justice for Victims) Bill

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A Bill to make provision to strengthen penalties related to serious criminal driving offences that lead to serious injury or death; to rede...
Monday, 16 November 2015

When is a crime not a crime ?

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When it's a 'Road Crime' ! But why ? Imagine if 'Firearms Offences' were not counted as 'Criminal Offences' : ...

"The Other Idiot ..."

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Most of the rules in the Highway Code are written to leave a margin of error, so that there is a clear 'no-mans-land' between potent...
Monday, 26 October 2015

Daytime Running Lights - No Guarantee

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This case is interesting for many reasons: pedestrians, cyclist and motorist could all do better to manage risk, but the motorist is clear...
Monday, 22 June 2015

"... The oppression inherent in the system ..."

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Much has been said in the press about cyclists' alleged poor compliance with traffic lights. There is a systematic problem, in that ...
Monday, 9 March 2015

Here's a good idea to save lives

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This is a mirror of http://rabbit2020.blogspot.com/2014/10/heres-good-idea.html, which is partly pasted from Wikipedia ! It's from thi...

Cycle-proofing

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The use of the word "Cycle-proofing" to imply "considering cyclists when designing roads" alarms me. There are two simi...
Thursday, 15 January 2015

'MUST NOT' vs 'DO NOT' and 'SHOULD NOT'

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"Many of the rules in The Highway Code are legal requirements, and if you disobey these rules you are committing a criminal offence. Y...
Wednesday, 7 January 2015

'False Flag' Operations !

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Thought: if drivers lose their licences - how many become "I'm a cyclist myself" ? Or concern trolls ? Does it explain the ...
Monday, 5 January 2015

Sidelights or Dipped Headlights ?

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This is part of  General rules, techniques and advice for all drivers and riders (103 to 158) There seems to be a fine distinction just...

Polaroid Eliminates Headlamp Dazzle

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In 1929 Edwin H. Land patented plastic film that could polarise light. If headlights are polarised \\\\\ and the windscreen or driver...
Saturday, 3 January 2015

Crossings - Level, Zebras, Pelicans, Toucans, Puffins and Pegasus

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There is a discrepancy between the Highway Code and the Law here ! The Highway Code could clarify whether it forbids cycles overtaking o...
Friday, 3 October 2014

Dazzled by Headlights or the Sun ? Stop !

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There have been many recent cases where drivers that drive while blinded by low sun have been acquitted of dangerous or even careless drivin...
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Sunday, 28 September 2014

Space Lemmings - Peer Pressure - Race to the Bottom

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Space Lemming courtesy of lemnet.tripod.com There are two tribes of road users, each of which thinks the other is dangerous - the fast a...
Tuesday, 23 September 2014

There's more to life than not being dead ...

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In safety statistics, analysts often use KSI (Killed or Seriously Injured) statistics. Main reasons : Numbers killed often are, thankfull...
Monday, 22 September 2014

Weaving all over the road ...

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When I was a Sea Scout (1973-7  Hi to the 1st Scrabster troop! ), Dick Message aka 'Skip' taught us how to tell if two vessels we...
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Friday, 19 September 2014

Obstruction ?

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In the early days of motoring, there was a law that every vehicle had to be preceded by a man walking with a red flag, and the vehicle had ...
Monday, 15 September 2014

Myths, Fallacies and Misunderstandings

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Cycle Speed Limits Mandatory Cycle Lanes Use of Cycle Paths
Monday, 8 September 2014

Counter-CounterMeasures - Glasses, Goggles, Face-Mask

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Things are moving too fast for me here - I have started several 'Countermeasures' posts-in-draft, but it feels more important to pos...
Thursday, 28 August 2014

Safety Theatre

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No, I don't mean dramatic productions in schools to reduce risk to children  , wonderful though that is ! I mean taking steps to make ...

Obedience and Blame

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The number of official contributory factors present in car-bike collisions are similar for cyclists and drivers. Some factors are arguably ...