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Bicknell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > agree with replacing planters at dulwich vllg > junction with cameras @exdulwicher, so does london > ambulance. trouble is that southwark isnt that > keen on any changes to its experimental orders But there are currently 6 different threads complaining about people being fined because of camera controlled closures. If they switch to cameras the anti-LTN folk will be disingenuously claiming its a money raising exercise.

We go back and forth with our 7 year old (and did when he was younger too). While his behaviour is fine we?re pretty relaxed about it, but sometime he?ll need an extended break. We also monitor what causes issues and block those shows/apps in future.

I became eligible for my first vaccine today. Booked at Guys for next Tuesday. The NHS website also booked me for my second vaccine on the 20th July (11 weeks).

alice Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting stats but am wondering whether, as > bike journeys are 1% of vehicular miles, then when > casualty numbers are adjusted the results are > quite different. Is that passenger mile figure from London or does it include motorway miles which would skew the figure? The numbers I could find for London (http://content.tfl.gov.uk/travel-in-london-report-12.pdf Table 2.2) was 6.2m car journeys a day (driver trips plus taxis) vs 700k cycle journeys. So even on a journey adjusted basis collisions involving cars have 4 times more injuries and fatalities than collisions involving cyclists. I think this is straining what these data can tell us, but I can find any evidence that cyclists are more dangerous to pedestrians than cars as was claimed.

Jakido Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This data doesn?t show who ?caused? an accident, > just what other vehicle was involved, eg if a > drunk car driver crashed into a stationary bus and > was injured, the bus would be the other vehicle. Good point I phrased that poorly. What it does is put an upper bound on the cause numbers. 40 pedestrians were killed in 2019 having been hit by a car, two people were killed after a collision with a cyclist.

Brixtwich Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That is absolute nonsense. Cyclists are much more > dangerous to pedestrians at the moment, they don't > give a monkeys and never get fined. At least car > drivers are accountable. In what way are car drivers really accountable. I see drivers using hand held mobiles every time I?m out, absolutely zero enforcement. The same with speeding through all the 20 zones around here. As for cyclists being more dangerous. The latest TfL figures are 2019 which showed that in London cars caused 11,911 injuries including 64 fatalities (of which 40 were pedestrians). Cyclists caused 327 injuries including two fatalities. (table 7 https://content.tfl.gov.uk/casualties-in-greater-london-2019.pdf). I?d be amazed if cars had become 40 times safer or cyclists 40 times more dangerous during lockdown.

I can?t begin to recall the amount of drivers not just in Southwark that can?t be bothered with signals, jumping the lights etc. Not to mention speeding, using mobile phones, ignoring zebra crossings. Then when a few of them get fined for ignoring road closure signs they get all upset across four different forum threads.

Means testing has been demonstrated time and time again to exclude genuinely qualifying recipients either due to not understanding the qualifications, not wishing to be labelled as qualifying or due to administrative errors. The additional cost of means testing is not insignificant either. As for an honour based system, that already exists - you?re not forced to apply for a card nor are you obliged to use a card for all journeys.

I?d also suggest a concrete base to prevent foxes.

Kaa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I paid 40 quid early March and still no sticker. > Post (Royal Mail) arrive daily, so I blame > Southwark Council, very very unhappy with them, > Labour is not getting my vote this May. It isn?t a council election this May, just mayor and assembly.

Unfortunately Rokus don?t appear to have Ethernet connections so that isn?t an option. Sorry.

I have a UniFi mesh network connected via Ethernet cables. Gives perfect coverage in a tall Victorian house where the brick tends to absorb signals. I?ve used the Linksys extenders before, generally they?re good but devices aren?t as good at switching between extenders as the signal gets weak. A simpler solution if it?s just the TV is to run an Ethernet cable from your router to the TV provided it has a wired port (most do). My standard advice is hardwire everything you can to avoid congestion on the WiFi.

We mostly use the adhesive ones from https://www.mynametags.com/ which are really good and much less hassle than iron on. We also have a stamp set from https://stamptastic.co.uk/ which is quick and easy provided the clothes have an obvious space for the stamp. For the labels having a picture/icon on them is helpful so your child can recognise their stuff is the one with the dinosaur on the label before they can read their name.

Spartacus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You're right blah blah, the budget for services > would still be there and needed but the cost for > city hall, city hall workers, assembly members , > tsars , the Mayor and all associated expenses > wouldn't. > > That's multi millions that could be used for > London centric projects / needs and not just on a > layer of bureaucracy that sits between local > councils and the government. Potentially. What you?ve listed costs about ?65m a year according to the budget on London.gov.uk. Presumably if we did away with the Mayor and Assembly we?d want some oversight of TfL, LFB and the Met, perhaps this could be absorbed into central government departments or perhaps the boroughs could provide oversight as a collective group somehow? In either case that wouldn?t be free. Personally I would favour power being devolved downwards from government to the mayor (particularly around transport) and a rethink of the borough structure which makes little sense.

mrwb Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'll agree, ?200 on every single council tax bill > in London ish? 10% increase from last year. Less than 10% of that is the Mayor and Assembly, 75% ish is the police and the rest is the Fire Brigade and TfL. Not saying the Mayor and Assembly plus Boroughs are the right way to run greater London, but most of the spending would be incurred anyway.

Whenever I?ve purchased a house I?ve been advised to have insurance in place from exchange for precisely this reason. I?d be tempted to leave the insurers to sort it out otherwise you may wind up paying out of pocket for something the purchasers insurers would have picked up.

The lower end of Rye Lane into Peckham Rye has lots of bars and restaurants. So it?s not surprising it?s quiet in the mornings in the middle of lockdown. Of course the hipster demographic may move on, but in other places that has been because they?ve been priced out and those replacing them are attracted by those same bars and restaurants.

From what I see around East Dulwich almost every driver ?misses? the 20 mph signs. The difference is that the LTNs are enforced.

That was the huge problem with the redesigned Carlton/Court Lane junction pre-LTN. The priority was changed, but large swaths of drivers simply ignored the new signs breezing through the give way line or blocking the junction.

The attempt to ?reclaim? words by certain groups is certainly controversial within those groups and so you?re not correct to say it?s universally ?ok?. In any case using them in those contexts is necessarily limited to the group trying to change the words meaning. I?d also add, why would you want to use a word that you know people will find offensive?

worth speaking to your insurer to see if they?ll issue him with evidence of 6-years no claims as a named driver or issue him a policy on that basis.

I?d email your councillor and see if they can intervene. I?ve found missed collections a bit hit and miss, they seem to be better with the food waste than with recycling.

Just to update this I contacted the Parking department via Southwark's website and they've just emailed to say they've extended my permit for this year permit by just over two months to compensate.

pebs Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Aha- wasn't aware. I guess it's just London mayor. > Many thanks!! Mayor and assembly. Southwark council elections are next year.

You know there aren?t council elections in Southwark this year right?