Earl Aelfheah

What does this mean? Are you suggesting that a moped (with a motor and throttle) is just a "boy racer" sub-category of a bicycle? It's nonsense ; Like saying a motor car is just a "boy racer" category of a pedal cart. Whether they call it a moped, or a 'fatbike' or whatever (presumably it would be something in Dutch), they don't think "their goes a bicycle". We have very clear definitions in the UK - EAPC's (pedal assist bikes), bicycles, and electric mopeds / motorbikes: https://www.gov.uk/electric-bike-rules They're clearly different and are regulated differently as a result. The same applies for the different categories of 4 wheeled motor vehicles.

Fair enough, I may have misunderstood; I thought you quoted the alderman as saying she wanted to ban fat bikes specifically (which is the opposite of saying all two wheeled vehicles should be treated the same)? Interestingly to ride an EAPC in the UK you already have to be over 14. We already have legislated in the UK though https://www.gov.uk/electric-bike-rules, so clearly it can't be that hard. It absolutely is. There is a massive difference between an illegal e-moped / motorcycle, a pedal assist e-bike and a bicycle. The classifications are few, and really very clear. Why do you think they should be classified as if the same? There are far more categories of 'four wheeled contraptions'. Would it be 'more productive' if we treated them as though they were all the same and regulated accordingly?

I don't believe this is what the Dutch government says at all. They seem to be saying the exact opposite. Your point that some people can't tell the difference between an electric moped, a pedal assist bike, and a conventional push bike / bicycle is very odd. I don't believe for a second that is true, but even if it was, it's not a good reason to just treat them as if they are the same. Should we regulate a formula 1 car and an HGV as if they're no different, if enough people are silly enough to think they're the same? There are different regulations applied to different types of motor vehicle (https://www.gov.uk/driving-licence-categories). Are you arguing that they should all be treated exactly the same? A modern Formula 1 car can accelerate from 0 - 60 in under 2 seconds and has a top speed exceeding 220 mph - By the logic of you and Rockets that makes cars for too dangerous for cities and we should probably be banning them altogether - after all we must stop trying to dissect vehicle categories into different subsets and treat them the same. Right?

I don't get this insistence on bundling together illegal electric mopeds, pedal assist e-bikes and push bikes / bicycles. They're clearly different and yes, there are different issues (and in the case of the latter two, benefits). Are all two wheeled vehicles the same? Are all four wheeled vehicles? Of course not.

You did say you supported the Grove Tavern crossing, I'll give you that one - although it was whilst ranting about how the delivery of it was part of a nudge tactic by the council to slow traffic 🤣. You were also objecting to the 20mph scheme and segregated bike lane on Sydenham Hill in the same thread. The others are all examples of where you may have said you support something in principle, but have then objected to every specific scheme introduced locally. And it's not 'bullying' to point this out - it's just that I know exactly what your position will be on any local scheme before you've expressed it. You'll object that it's part of an 'active travel lobby / cyclist lobby' and council conspiracy to attack car drivers.

Susan Hall issued campaign leaflets that resembled penalty charge notices and claimed Khan had a "secret plan" for pay-per-mile charging. It was totally made up / a lie. ...and on the susbstance of pay per mile (or rather, what I'd like to see in time - dynamic road pricing) - is clearly the best way to manage road use. Had Hall been voted in we would now have dirtier air and more ill health.

Think that's the one in the Village - which is still going strong by the looks of things.

As I walked passed the other day, the door was open and there has been no work inside at all. I suspect it's permanently closed.

Eh?

I've had the same thing at other stores. I think the issue is more with InPost than Barry Stores. InPost have been becoming increasingly unreliable.

It's really annoying and has been an issue for years.

Can you provide one?

You cut out the first bit. You can correct this if it's factually wrong?

Rockets objects to bike lanes, 20mph speed limits, bus lane enforcement, extended pavements, new road crossings, etc. etc.. He has no interest in improving the experience of people walking or cycling (he does give a nod to pedestrian safety, but only rhetorically, where it can be used to rail against 'cyclists'). I can't think of a single, local road safety measure, or public realm improvement that he hasn't objected to. So yes, it's just trolling. His responses are effectively algorithmic - 'car v's bike - car good, bike bad'. It's that binary, that basic.

He only found one person willing to say that Farage currently expresses racist beliefs? Is that meant to be reassuring in relation to a leading politician?