malumbu

Who cares. In 2023, 39 people were convicted for careless or inconsiderate cycling, six people were convicted for dangerous cycling, and three people were convicted for cycling under the influence of drink or drugs. Compare this to16,406 reported cycling accidents in the UK, 91 reported fatalities, 4,056 serious injuries, and 11,546 slight injuries. More anti-cycling rhetoric I'm afraid. Cyclists suffer far more harm from other road users than they cause.

In the past I've asked cops to turn of their engines. Even telling them that they could be prosecuted, both by the local authority and the police had no influence.

Apparently the police took a call from a certain C Little. I understand that it was difficult to hear the exact name as there was a lot of clucking in the background. Various farm animals are helping with enquiries, worryingly a few foxes have been seen on the prowl so this may not end well. I say police protection for C Little, now. Eagles and seagulls have also been seen on large numbers in the area. I'd keep away as it could be carnage. Certainly watch your ice cream cornets and perhaps wear ear plugs. Not sure if this is anything to do with the local authority or the Labour government, no doubt someone will find a link.

Apparently it always happens when Crystal Palace Road plays the Brighton Road. Triuble goes back to the 70s I understand.....

Most car collisions are due to driver error. Not sure why this is difficult to comprehend. Making it us and them doesn't help any sensible argument. I am happy to be labelled as pro safe roads, for all users. Surely nobody can argue against that?

You have been asked who should stump up Rockets rather than farmers (obviously most are stumping up due to tax thresholds being frozen). It seems like you champion every group that is unhappy with action from a Labour government or a Labour local authority. It would be great to know how revenue would be better raised, beyond your support to part privatisation of the NHS. Or are you small state when the government should cut everything and people should stand up for themselves. Of course that would include cutting all winter fuel payments. Clarkson similarly didn't answer that question yesterday playing to the audience and making the usual lazy stereotypical comments, woke BBC, useless civil servants. It was like I saw Johnson making it a pantomime rather than responding to fair questions. Not that I am labelling you as either of course 😊

You can also direct message them on this forum and save a lot of repetitive posts.

Why on earth is there so much interest, and negativity, after a 100 days of a Labour government when we had 1000s of days of dreadful government before this with hardly a chat on this Website? What is it that is suddenly so much greater interest? Here's part of a list of what they have done in a 100 days - it's from a Labour MP so obviously there is some bias, and mainly new Bills so yet to deliver/put into law. This reminds me of the US election where the popular view was that Biden had achieved nothing, rather than leading the recovery after Covid, a fairer tax system, housing, supporting workers, dealing with community unrest following high profile racist incidents, So if we think Starmer is ineffective and Labour incompetent then we are all going to believe it? I do feel sick after seeing Clarkson on Newsnight, playing to the gallery. Surely Trump must have a high profile role for him on the environment and climate change

In deed, doesn't matter if he is a talented presenter he is, in my view, an rrrrrrsss. Interestingly Farage was pronounced with a hard g. But he affected the continental soft g. Similar to the UK and US pronunciations of garage. I've worked with people who were at school with him

Friend had an uninsured driver pull out of a side road many years ago. He got twice the value of his written off car, maybe 4k in today's money. He thought he'd get a kosh over the head. The driver clearly didn't want the old bill involved.

And no mention of hippy chicks either. A well done to anyone who gets that reference. Get orrff my land.

It's highly likely that (a) there was driver error and (b) the driver did not want to be caught at the scene. Not sure why we would want to come up with excuses for either.

You brake and stop pdq under control if a pedestrian walks or runs out in front of you. One reason most of the inner London boroughs have adopted 20 mph.

Lammy was right on both accounts. That is not incompetence. Kim Darroch, the then US Ambassador was also correct with an assessment of the last Trump presidency. I don't want to be the 51st state

I'd seriously consider some training. That goes to many of us. There is no snow today, a couple of minutes of sleet virtually all cars have ASB and some sort of traction control. We have wet leaves every autumn. I grew up in snowier parts of the UK and it was great fun driving in fresh snow. Now I have little experience so simply avoid driving in ice and snow. Not much fun cycling either!