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UK: 68 million population. Average annual cycling deaths = 100 That's 0.000147% And of that 100 who died, a large proportion either caused their own death or made a major contribution towards it. (Yes, I can back that up) Yet a very high proportion of the population think cycling is very...

It's impossible to get any equivalent news for England or any part of England for comparison purposes. Whether that is due to them being comparatively favourable or unfavourable isn't known, or perhaps it;s just not newsworthy anymore. .

I'm all for that and my posts haven't in any way argued against it. I'm arguing against the need to live on ones nerves as so many in here seem to do. Where's the pleasure in cycling in that state? .

How do you manage it? I've no idea how long you've cycled or how old you are, but how come I suffer none of this? I haven't a mark on me from cycling, nor have I ever had a bike damaged on the road. Most of my 70 cycling years have been in London, the adjacent Southern Counties and...

Of course, many in here will. :) Just let me know when that perfect world you mention arrives, though I very much doubt I'll still be alive then. Meanwhile we have to live in the world we have, and that is best done without being close to a nervous breakdown. So best for cyclists to calm...

In reply I make the following points: I'm not speaking of pulling over to make room for those passing. I'm speaking of slowing down to avoid the pinch point when the driver misjudges and runs out of space passing, so pulls in sharply. That is where the real danger lies, not in the closeness...

Well said, exactly what I've being doing for many years. Everything else on the road has mirrors, even the highest powered motorcycles which virtually never get overtaken. So on a bicycle, as about the most overtaken of any vehicle, a well used rear view mirror is an essential. In my view...

Easily clear enough, SE16 OBP Below enlarged but not enhanced:

Not so Neal, the first commercial electric assist motors arrived from 1922 on, with first Heinzmann followed by Philips and others, needing number plates and registration. In the 1930s they were very popular in parts of mainland Europe though a rarity here then. The limitations of lead acid...

Nice one, continuing the Mustelid theme. :) .

Do you really think he'd badger you in that way? ;) .

What you did was completely legal. When you are off the bike and walking alongside, the bicycle becomes luggage, as ruled by Waller L J in the Court of Appeal, (Crank v Brooks [1980] RTR 441). .

Hand the video and stills to the police since he failed to leave the Highway Code 1.5 metres distance when passing bicycles. He can be charged under the 1861 act for Wanton and Furious Cycling. .

Maybe after compost for growing their cannabis. .

My own one is all Thames Water. What I meant was that our area has the two suppliers up to each other in the same district of Selsdon. For example our small nature reserve has two suppliers, one to the office and store building, water and waste, which is Thames Water; a very short distance...

Workable, although taking time, but I didn't only mean an accord with Russia for energy reasons alone. Russia is a European country and it's madness to have the situation we have today with war and diplomatic hostility, entirely caused by the USA's ineptitude and bigotry from the early 1990s...

Probably. But even the new cap of £3549 is unaffordable for a high proportion of UK consumers. Any increases in January and April will increasingly have to paid by government subsidy where consumers cannot pay them, which means large scale borrowing. The sensible thing for us and the EU...

Fuel prices October 2021 price cap = £1,277 a year. New October price cap = £3,549 a year. Prediction** for the January 2023 price cap = £5,387 a year Prediction** for the April 2023 price cap = £6,616 ** The energy consultancy firm Cornwall Insight on Friday. It's going to be interesting...

Most won't realise it with only one water company in their area, but I have two, Thames Water and SES, who do the same. One has a higher standing charge with lower price per cubic metre supplied. The other a low standing charge but higher price per cubic metre supplied. For average users...

Good idea, in Rwanda we wont need heating so no big bills. .