London's Drive to Work Day

^ I was digging out such bogies here in Manchester for much of this morning

Anyone want to meet up on the eleventh of December around ten am, somewhere central? I don't currently have a job to drive to but will happily join the queuing :)

Hackney now in the drive to work day spotlight:
http://drivetoworkday.org/2013/10/09/hackney-london-the-worst-place-to-drive/

think this could do with a new posting. otherwise some poor fellow may miss out and get on their bike.

by the way, I'm bidding for a WWII Sherman tank. If i win I'll be cruising down the A1 using all the lanes at once. Amy even take out that pesky central barrier thing on the slope down to Archway. Here's to 3 gallons-to-a-mile!

Needs a few CUNT stickers and a massive I BRAKE FOR NOBODY across then back.

^ good thinking - hope i win the auction

Space shuttle? ftw

I'm bidding for a WWII Sherman tank.

Dibs sitting on the back drinking whisky.

Scrap all bus lanes

^ why not get rid of those unused pavements and get another lane each way!
More lanes/more cars/more speed!

Does this even work?

Does what work Ed?

The whole drive to work nonsense.

It's not meant to 'work' it is an ironic blog.
Make of it whatever you like

Depends on your goal, Ed- it makes cyclists look smug very, very effectively.

Luckily that's not a standard insult hurled at us, so it's not serving to confirm any prejudices.

I liked the bit where the angry teenager says he couldn't walk to school if the barriers separating the road from the pavement were removed. I am glad these people aren't old enough to vote yet

^ why not get rid of those unused pavements and get another lane each way!
More lanes/more cars/more speed!

This, surely you don't need them on both sides. Pedestrians don't even pay road tax so how does the government justify doubling up on segregated facilities?

How did the ped groups lobby for such privilege?

There is a genuine drive to work day in Russia.

Pedestrians don't even pay road tax so how does the government justify doubling up on segregated facilities?

How did the ped groups lobby for such privilege?

They didn't. Pavements are just a vehicle used by footwear manufacturers to encourage more people to buy more shoes more often. Double pavement = double shoe sales. FACT.

Hey Dave though you might like this link
http://the-mouth.co.uk/cyclist-does-the-right-thing/

Ha!
yes that chimes with the drive to work day team

^^ yeh, I saw that the other day.
^ chimes/chines ?

Chines:

a. The backbone or spine, especially of an animal.
b. A cut of meat containing part of the backbone.

1. A ridge or crest.
   
2. Nautical The line of intersection between the side and bottom of a flatbottom or V-bottom boat.
   
3. Cycle (chining) To give up cycling to do everyone a favour
   tr.v. chined, chin·ing, chines
   To cut (a carcass, for example) through the spine, as when butchering.
   

Definition of [B]chine in English [/B]

chine3

Pronunciation: /tʃʌɪn/
** noun **

• the angle where the strakes of the bottom of a boat or ship meet the side.
  
  

Origin:

late Middle English: variant of chime2 (the original sense)