Dulwich Roads

Since Rockets has been going on and on about this tweet, an average of ~12 people have been killed on roads in London alone and another 500 seriously injured. This isn't sensationalism, just the grim reality of the danger on the road and every one of those statistics is a real person, whose death has impacted many more loved ones around them. Every day is a lottery when walking down the pavement or trying to cross the road, hoping that other road users are not drunk/on their phone/speeding/jumping the lights etc and that we make it home safely. Another ~8 people will never make it home this month in London. And the same next month and so on. this danger isn't just on the roads. Children aren't even safe in their school grounds in London from over-sized SUVs killing them - the awful incident in Wimbledon was repeated, without children being injured, on half moon lane not long afterwards as a car crashed into the school grounds. Rocket's posts will do nothing to stop that death toll from continuing the relentless rise upwards, as he doesn't care about improving road safety. We're still waiting for him to point to where he raises any genuine concerns about road safety on this forum. Meanwhile, we will keep reporting and retweeting information from the community about our local roads. As Rockets is never going to post anything useful about road safety, it would be good try and wrap this thread up. Here is the tweet of the crash he seems so concerned about. Can he explain what he actually wants changing or correcting or explaining about this tweet? He's had the dictionary definition of "tragic' explained to him, and the quote tweet was removed by the original poster. So what exactly is the outstanding issue with this tweet and the replies? Pedestrian or cyclist behaviour on the roads very rarely results in death or serious injury. Motorists account for the overwhelming majority of road traffic collisions. That is why drivers need a licence, vehicles have a registration plate and MOT, insurance and so on. Motorists are the main focus of sensible policing efforts which focus on reducing death and injury on the roads from motorised traffic and the behaviour of dangerous/illegal drivers.

Still waiting... Rockets, you forgot the bit where you have to move on from your obsession about cyclists... try again... we're still waiting.

Send in some footage of people putting others in dangers on the roads, especially illegal activity, and we are happy to post it. Cyclists often use headcams now, just as drivers use dashcams, and both are wise to use them. We're about to publish an awesome video from a driver that we've received, highlighting the craziness around opposition to 20mph limits. As always in strictest confidence - we would never reveal our sources for obvious reasons and often decline to publish if there is ongoing police investigation as this could prejudice the outcome. For example, in relation to some of the moped crash scams going on at the moment.

Hi Doogie, We had received multiple reports about the incident before posting it with some conflicting information, separate from the quoted tweet. It was very clear from this information that this was yet another horrific and tragic crash with one person who was KSI (in police language). Hence we tweeted what we did and then added more information as details became apparent. I very much doubt that this caused widespread panic. We get a lot of messages on the account from people (and multiple about this incident), and not a single one about this tweet creating "widespread panic". In fact, almost any alarm about the incident would have been quite genuine given someone was seriously injured. Around 100 people are killed on the roads of London each year, and around 4000 are seriously injured. Each of these are horrific, tragic and in most cases entirely avoidable. Whilst some of us are trying to highlight how we should do more to reduce these numbers, there are disingenuous people such as Rockets who seem not to care in trying to reduce that number. We do wish Rockets showed half as much worry about all those people who are killed or seriously injured on London roads, as they do about trying to avoid any sort of "widespread panic" about the dangers on our roads. As I'm sure Rockets will always want to have the last word, we're still waiting on them to reply to our request for " have you found any of your posts where you raise genuine road safety concerns? We're waiting... ".

I think you need to consult the dictionary on the definition of "tragic" - it is not synonymous with "fatality". It remains a horrific and tragic crash and the tweet remains. Anyone with children at Oakfield School, and every other school in the area, will have concerns every single day about the danger on the roads around their school. Meanwhile you can continue with your outrage at our twitter account for highlighting these dangers. And you can continue with your unhealthy obsession with cycling, an obsession that will do nothing to improve road safety in the area. Or have you found any of your posts where you raise genuine road safety concerns? We're waiting...

We've only recently been directed to this thread and forum by a twitter follower. Oh my! It is quite remarkable how our Twitter/X account highlighting Road Safety issues in the area, seems to live rent free in the head of Rockets. In some ways that is a good measure of success, although in your case (looking at your endless posts on this forum) you seem to have failed to pick up on any genuine concerns about road safety in the Dulwich area. We don't really have the patience to wade through 18 pages (!!) of back and forth about cyclists, but maybe amidst all the outrage at cyclists there could be some valid points tucked away? But it is truly bizarre that you have ended up in a position where you have an obsession about cyclists, thinking that these are the greatest road safety concern in Dulwich? Is it in fact you who needs to engage your brain before posting? We look forward to seeing you over on x.com if you want to comment on our posts over there.