Addison Lee drivers told to defy bus lane law (and to just say SMIDSY)

I've started a boycott thread (which shouldn't get merged into this one), to focus the action to be taken.

http://www.lfgss.com/thread84280.html

That thread is sticky, this one isn't.

Well done, David. Good mailing campaign.

Word.

+1

Well done, David. Good mailing campaign.

Just got called a Nazi cunt.

Must be doing something right.

Just got called a Nazi cunt.

Must be doing something right.

By one of our number...?
In response to the email...?

Or just while you were buying a paper...?

A great point well made and relevant to all drivers many of who take liberties with a riders safety because they either don't see that passing close is risky or wish to intimidate or are inpatient believing the slower rider is in the way. Many cyclists even on this thread like the above post who says 'go slow in primary is cycling badly.

You've slightly misrepresented me there. I do think that going slow in the primary position as protest or punishment isn't very clever at all.

We don't need a bad driving/riding competition (AL drivers will win!).

By one of our number...?
In response to the email...?

Or just while you were buying a paper...?

Yes to the first two, no to the latter.

A quick bump for the petition. Not huge numbers of signatures. I have no faith in it succeeding, but the more people that sign, the greater the strength of the message.

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/33116

I have no faith in it succeeding, but the more people that sign, the greater the strength of the message.

That's where my mind is at.

It's pointless, John Mason of TfL has already said so to me on the phone.

But it's the only place that is centrally counting opposition in a verifiable way.

Yes to the first two, no to the latter.

Ban hammer?

As far as I can tell, Mr Griffin's position in that article is that all road users should have steel armour and airbags so that there is no need for drivers to look where they are going.

Did he get his driving license on the dogems or somethg?

Ban hammer?

Nope. That's just spiteful and I welcome differing views, just perhaps not phrased that way.

Ian Collins on LBC is giving him publicity on LBC right now.. says most Londoners agree with him.

Ian Collins' 'views' on cycling have always turned my stomach.

It's a couple of years old but makes interesting reading, considering it's in the mirror.
More interesting is the comments from former addy employees on their exploitation.
http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigations/2010/09/how-self-employed-are-addison.html

Just got called a Nazi cunt.

Or just while you were buying a paper...?

Buy Guardian instead of Daily Mail then.

It's a couple of years old but makes interesting reading, considering it's in the mirror.
More interesting is the comments from former addy employees on their exploitation.
http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigations/2010/09/how-self-employed-are-addison.html

Very good find. This guy is pretty much the Michael O'Leary of London's streets isn't he?

Nope. That's just spiteful and I welcome differing views, just perhaps not phrased that way.

Meh its your play gorund

tl;dr

but fuck me, i never knew minky could actually type more than 2 or 3 words at a time

chapeau - one monkey with enough time at a keyboard and the above can materialise

Is he from minky land?

This is not just one more extremist. His views are simply versions of the dominant “road safety” ideology which bedevils a civilised approach to transport and real safety on the road. His tendency to get hold of the wrong end of the stick not just once, but on a range of issues is typical of the inversion of the reality that passes for “road safety”.
This is from Dr Robert Davis, the Chair of the road danger reduction forum. And judging by the comments on LBC (and as Bob says) the acceptance in some cases of SMDSY by our judges, our whole car centric culture has a whiff of the John Griffin about it.

I would like to hear a lot more from Dr Robert Davis... His book 'Death on the Streets' is so spot on in every respect. It should make for depressing reading but that's not the case. I find it heartening to know that there is someone on the planet voicing exactly what is going on. I wish I had my own copy.

Haven't noticed Ad Lee drivers behaving badly yet.

I would like to hear a lot more from Dr Robert Davis... His book 'Death on the Streets' is so spot on in every respect. It should make for depressing reading but that's not the case. I find it heartening to know that there is someone on the planet voicing exactly what is going on. I wish I had my own copy.

more here:
http://www.lfgss.com/thread62209.html

Many thanks for that Skydancer. I can't believe I've never come across the RDRF before. I feel I have all the facts at my fingertips now, rather than relying on my increasingly addled brain..

I would like to hear a lot more from Dr Robert Davis... His book 'Death on the Streets' is so spot on in every respect. It should make for depressing reading but that's not the case. I find it heartening to know that there is someone on the planet voicing exactly what is going on. I wish I had my own copy.

I think Bob still has copies for sale. I got mine from him a while back. Do contact him.

Thanks for that Oliver. I have sent my request. Can't believe you call him Bob!

Thanks for that Oliver. I have sent my request. Can't believe you call him Bob!

Everybody else who knows him does, so why shouldn't I?

Don't think of him as some kind of celestial authority--he's a great guy and very approachable.