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Still want to be able to highlight-quote. Please let me highlight-quote.

Otherwise I'm doing a "forum features displease me" flounce a la tester's threat.

time for some feedback - this reply came up in following under the thread. cooooool

Is that to me?

Firefox errr ... 31.0, Vista (I know)

I'm having no luck with quoting - don't like the sound of manually copy pasting things in, that's a huge step back. Selective quoting makes a lot of sense, although only works when users know it's there and regularly apply it, I'm trying to quote some of testers 8-item list above.

Should it be that I can select the text with the cursor, click the reply button next to the post, and it's already there as a quote? Cos that's not happening...

crabon

Brklzzz + crabon >>>>>>>>>>> death

Christ, yeah. Good spot. The "cyclist dies" is very passive, isn't it? Like they just went out on their bike one day and dropped dead coincidentally at the time a car hit them, rather than the car being the cause of the death.

It's just "something that happened", not a consequence of any changeable factors or attitudes.

Such a shame because I suspect most of the time this is unconscious and without malice on the part of the writer.

Not sure if there's a generic thread about road safety, but in a similar vein...

http://i.snag.gy/toxy1.jpg

I'm not normally one to care too much for terminology but cyclists are always "in a collision with" or "accident". The story right next to it reads "car driver killed". This is the kind of subtle reporting differences that hugely alter public perception.

thanks for removing, sorry if I came off a little harsh but lots of people just come here to sell things. enjoy the forum!

your wheels, you mean?

get out

I was going to write cornstarch, obviously my mind never got into gear properly while translating into British English.

Are you originally of over the pond persuasion?

Of course you don't have to be an Israeli citizen to fight for the IDF.

Apparently there are around 100 UK citizens currently serving

Ohrly.

"I like to fight and kill people not even for my own country I just like it. Where do I sign up?"

This is like one of those clubs that shouldn't accept anyone that actually applies.

Couldn't resist.

#Shick'd

*flour

I haven't actually seen any images of this poster up or indeed any that look like physical copies rather than digital files. It doesn't exclude the content which was probably honestly meant as a warning but given the wider context is unacceptable - but was this just one small group/location's poor attempt at public education? it doesn't seem like it got much actual use otherwise people would show it in situ...

rogue elements .

This made me wonder... in a nation where everybody has to do military service, what does it tell you about the ones who choose to stay on, and is that the kind of mentality you want?

Oh look I'm being forced to fight and kill people. Sounds fun. Where do I sign up?

Is raspberry a racial description? Who for, pink people with bobbledy heads?

Just use the RGB scale when describing skin tone.

Pantone pls

triffic

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It's useful to mention ethnicity for ID purposes, I suppose a more objective description like "dark skin" or "Afro-Caribbean appearance" could be used...

It's tricky because there actually aren't functioned but not politically charged words. On application forms under ethnicity I normally have to put "Asian British" which rankles massively, since it's just a continent and a nationality - you could look like anything and be from any background!

Oh just remembered I drafted this. Before I submit.... anything corrections?

To AA,

On the morning of Tuesday the 1st of July at 07:35am I was cycling on Skinner Street EC1R London, I was repeatedly honked at, from behind by the driver of one of your AA driving instructor vehicles.
There was no danger that the driver was alerting me to, I was not blocking the road, nor was I stopped. This was an act of intimidation. He proceeded to come along side of me, note that that there was enough space to do so, so he could have overtaken safely without hindrance, and then yelled out of the window for me to get in the cycle lane, and kept honking his horn.

I know my rights as a cyclist and according to the government rules - https://www.gov.uk/rules-for-cyclists-59-to-82/overview-59-to-71:

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Cycle Lanes. These are marked by a white line (which may be broken) along the carriageway (see Rule 140). Keep within the lane when practicable. When leaving a cycle lane check before pulling out that it is safe to do so and signal your intention clearly to other road users. Use of cycle lanes is not compulsory and will depend on your experience and skills, but they can make your journey safer.

I proceeded to tell him that I have a right to be on the road and it was not compulsory for me to cycle in the cycle lane.
The reasons as to why I was not in the left-side cycle lane are irrelevant, but I know that it is full of glass and did not want to risk getting a puncture. I was also turning right at the end of it.

He then said, "I am a driving instructor, I know!" and brandished, (he) actually waved, whilst driving, a copy of the Highway code at me.

I request that you take this complaint with full seriousness and initiate an investigation. His attitude towards cyclists in unacceptable, intimidating smaller road users with his actions and words.

He thought he was correct, that I must be in the cycle lane.
He thought it was right to honk his horn at a cyclist who was doing nothing wrong and to yell at them through his window.
I request that he is made to retrain to qualify as a driving instructor because his actions call into doubt his ability to do his job.
My additional concern is that he is training a new generation of drivers, this attitude would be passed onwards creating more dangerous road users.

The description of the driver is as follows:
Male
40's
Black or African
Number plate begins with G?3

I look forward to your reply and a report on the incident and will be seeking help from Road Safe London.
Please contact me at the above address or by phone....

A few spelling things which no doubt you'd pick up on before sending, but I underlined/corrected them anyway.

I'd include something when you're talking about the horn along the lines of:

"Use of the vehicle's horn under these circumstances is a breach of the highway code, see rule 112, as there was no need to warn other road users of the presence of the vehicle. I feel sure that the horn was both aggressively and to attempt to intimidate/scare rather than for any safety purpose.

112

The horn. Use only while your vehicle is moving and you need to warn other road users of your presence. Never sound your horn aggressively. "

Personally I would cut out this section:

"His attitude towards cyclists in unacceptable, intimidating smaller road users with his actions and words.

He thought he was correct, that I must be in the cycle lane.
He thought it was right to honk his horn at a cyclist who was doing nothing wrong and to yell at them through his window.
I request that he is made to retrain to qualify as a driving instructor because his actions call into doubt his ability to do his job."

It would be their job as his employer to assess the accusation and if appropriate take disciplinary/training action, but this bit sounds a little like you're telling them what to do - I'm suspicious that whoever is on the other end, working for a motor organisation, probably doesn't like cyclists, so being told what to do would rub them up the wrong way. I would maybe simply request "that my complaint is investigated fully, the driver identified (which should be possible given partial plate, description, and location), and appropriate action taken to ensure that dangerous driving is not tolerated while representing the AA".

Just my thoughts..

I wonder if there are informal agreements with guiness etc to mutually recognise sports governing bodies, otherwise all the doped 100m records etc would still technically count as "world records" but not UCI/IOC/IAA whatever records.

It's simpler for guiness to do as they are told and publish the "offical" line

it's this but for peds

I'm got the day off tomorrow so need to go out and buy a couple of bits for the bike, cover, topbox and some more gloves. Can anyone recommend anywhere in town for such items?

basically same question - are there any bike motorbike superstores a la decathlon where you can try a range of stuff? or is variety only really online?

whut

my n4 refuses to focus on anything and all photos are blurry, undersaturated, and poorly exposed...

what am I doing wrong?