Boycott Addison Lee

after three days cycling across flanders with great infrastructure, bike lanes and courteous drivers.. i am still living in that utopean world.. so i'll have to put this on ignore for a bit longer before tooling up for a showdown with AL,

remind me at the end of the week, when that cycling fantasy has worn off with c#nts on my commute

Is anyone (from here) actually going to the 'die in'?

Some are probably going to the Drown-in.

Can we not do this? I work for a PHV company, and have deliberately refrained from posting that company's details. The TfL find a ride page works really well, and includes all available minicab & black cab cos, and isn't an abitrary sample.

Good point. I was thinking that if people did make stickers to put alternatives on there... but then:

I don't oggle. I sip.

How very civilised. A Gent indeed.

Can we not do this? I work for a PHV company, and have deliberately refrained from posting that company's details. The TfL find a ride page works really well, and includes all available minicab & black cab cos, and isn't an abitrary sample.

Fair play, agreed.

Some are probably going to the Drown-in.

A soak'in

I have asked A.L if they wish to purchase an advertising banner @herne hill. It might go some way to making amemds by supporting a vital London cycling facility?

I have asked A.L if they wish to purchase an advertising banner @herne hill. It might go some way to making amemds by supporting a vital London cycling facility?

Nice bit of opportunism!

They'll insist on being able to drive round the track as Dernies are allowed

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Nice bit of opportunism!

All PHV firms welcome to take advantage of what is 'probably' the best bang for buck advertising in the eastern and western hemispheres.

Do the donation options on this site include a £250,000 meal with Velocio?

Do the donation options on this site include a £250,000 meal with Velocio?

Yep, I once paid a fiver and got to scavenge with him from a couple of skips round the back of waitrose.

Yep, I once paid a fiver and got to scavenge with him from a couple of skips round the back of waitrose.

That's Waitrose for you, quality food, honestly priced...

we need some duvet size CUNT stickers!

for those who wont be going to the protest-
pics please

A big part of the reason to boycott was the statements made by John Griffin which encouraged his drivers to drive irresponsibly, that blamed cyclists if they got hit, that shirked responsibility for road safety and then went on to declare that cyclists need to pay up (road tax) and be insured (his own cyclists cannot be as Bill points out).

Black cabs are not making such statements and have a legal right to the bus lane which they've long had. The boycott isn't about trying to get anyone out of the bus lane that doesn't already have right to it, it's not about trying to make a wholly segregated cycle space in which only buses and nothing else could enter.

The boycott is about making the owner of one of the most prominent PHV firms in London accept responsibility for his share of road safety and to respect the existing laws and regulations. It is also about him communicating to his drivers that they must share the road, and drive with consideration for other road users.

Every time the issue is deflected I feel I should point out that no other person with thousands of vehicles to his name is telling his drivers to break the law, and is displaying an utter disregard to the life of cyclists.

This man should step back, retract and reverse his statement, and respect other road users and the laws and regulations in which he operates. It would be great if he also respected his own staff, but hey... that's for them to fight for.

To forget that simple thing and to focus on other road users is to miss the point. Show me another person acting as irresponsibly, on such a scale, with regards to cyclist safety in London.

I absolutely agree with what you say. I don't care about other companies, I just couldn't understand why we were suddenly promoting them on this thread. It's all been resolved so we're all good.

On your question Show me another person acting as irresponsibly, on such a scale, with regards to cyclist safety in London. Boris Johnson

On your question Show me another person acting as irresponsibly, on such a scale, with regards to cyclist safety in London. Boris Johnson

My thoughts exactly

I'm going to the die-in. There seem to be mixed feelings about it but my view is that it can only create more exposure to the boycott addison lee campaign.

Yes, the point is that the standard policy (CTC, BC, AUK, LCC etc) specifically excludes "working cyclists". And Griffin made a big deal about uninsured cyclists etc.

To be fair, it's not the cycling organisations, it's the insurers.

Yes, the LCC would love to remove that exclusion.

I usually get the train to go to Gatwick. Actually I try not to fly anymore.

How times change. It used to be a lot harder to try to fly.

I'm going to the die-in. There seem to be mixed feelings about it but my view is that it can only create more exposure to the boycott addison lee campaign.

I'd certainly go to a normal protest there, but there's no way I'm going to a 'die-in'.

^ Yeh, the idea of a 'die-in' does make me cringe but that's what's been organised and I doubt threre will be any other demonstrations so I'm just going to deal with it. Plus there's not obligation to play dead, just being present is enough.

Photobomb the die-in as zombies?

ok, what is a die-in?