Cycle campaigning

Oh it would work, we only have the highway code to defend ourselves, "give as much room as you would..." Is just guideline, and an information that not everyone learn.

Punishment pass is a national pastime here, people may take it more seriously when they realised that it's an offence if it become law.

I meant the car ownership thing.. "It's base on those notion that car ownerships will increase while cycling decrease in the future."

Car ownership will go up in China and India but should slow or fall here as we all get too fat to work.

@cornelius_blackfoot Crazy stuff from govt as usual, like tricitybendix just tweeted awesomely, building more roads to solve congestion seems a bit like making school uniforms bigger to solve childhood obesity.

The DfT think they will;

It's poppycock, as the graph show, but still worrying that there's still people think this is what will happen, and thus put less effort toward encouraging a different mode of transport (be it's walking, cycling, public transport etc.).

How accurate are those figures for car usage? If anything it seems to show pretty much static car usage in the last 10 years (despite some comprehensive road building and widening schemes).

"This year will definitely be the year that follows the predictions of the model that hasn't worked for the last 25!"

You've got to admire their optimism, if nothing else.

Statistics: the last refuge of, like, 74% of bullshitters.

nah Skully youre wrong,
Aw, you can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. Forfty percent of all people know that.

Boris Johnson really need to fucking take Cycle Training than sprouting victim blaming shit like this

The last time there was a spate of cyclists' deaths Boris issued stern warnings against wearing earphones while cycling, despite earphones being implicated in not a single death. The construction and freight industries are generous tory donors, these two statements being unconnected.

Boris?

Who's responsible for the new roundabout design as seen in construction at Highbury Corner and the London Museum roundabout? Segregation that then spits you right out into the oncoming traffics blindspot. I'm yet to see someone take that lane and not have a car pull in front of them.

Is Museum of London one still like that? LCC trying to get Highbury Corner sorted, the local councillor is on the case too. I'd heard MoL was better but haven't been down there to check yet.

It's not as bad as Highbury Corner. No one can pull out on you and there are no kerbs, but it's still encouraging cyclists down the inside of traffic turning left.

Thanks. Will try to take a look this weekend. One day there will be no more road design in London that encourages left hooks.

In the meantime, albert.cheung@cityoflondon.gov.uk is the project manager for that one if you want to let him know your concerns.

I've just been looking at the reports of the conviction of Barry Meyer, the HGV driver found guilty of killing Alan Neve. While a lot is being made of the conviction and Meyer's disturbing history of bans and disqualifications, especially as he was unlicensed and uninsured at the time of the incident.

However, there is a notable absence of any mention of who Barry Meyer was working for at the time of the incident. If this information were available, businesses could start making decisions on whether a company that employs drivers without even making the basic checks on the legality to drive should be allowed or continue to be a supplier to them. Not sure where this information should come from though.

https://www.change.org/p/department-for-transport-introduce-licences-licence-plates-and-road-insurance-for-bicycles

Signed!

(not really).

Oh. Doesn't look like they have a swear filter.

ben potter? is that you? strong opening gambit.

.http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/why-i-will-not-sign-another-changeorg-petit

Initially there didn't seem to be any mentions of this but, so far as I gather, it later became an issue. The operator was Alec Drummond and it seems that there is a public inquiry in front of the Traffic Commissioner commencing today http://www.commercialmotor.com/latest-news/alan-drummond-called-to-full-public-inquiry-following-driver-sentencing

I've no idea what powers the Traffic Commissioner has, maybe take away their operating licence or something?

I do actually get tempted to sign petitions like this. A dangerous gambit but I'd like to see this get put up for formal consideration by Parliament and DfT so that people asking for this nonsense can feel like they've "had their day" and that we can comfortably point to the fact that it has been considered and rejected.

Yep, charlielcc has been providing updates on that in the related Rider Down thread. They're the ones that basically asked for the inquiry in the first place.