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    Hopes for 20 mph assist limit dashed

    it was a case in SE England, and as they are uncommon may have been the same one - although one level the parents managed to get the tabloids on-side and hide the fact she was drinking, if she wasn't drunk to the point where the cops could nick her then she is still entitled to walk (or stagger)...
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    Got Road Raged - Advice needed.

    the defence sprays footie posts (but not anything else) have been approved by the cops, security industry etc. It is not like CS or ammonia or even ralgex (!) - they are not intended to harm anyone but particularly with redstoppa to make a big mess, gum them up and distract them so you can get...
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    Got Road Raged - Advice needed.

    if it gets extreme enough for people to need the anti-personnel sprays, out of the two posted I suggest the slime one would be more effective than the stink bomb one as it would have more of a "WTF?" factor IMO and put more distance between you and the attacker... (also less likely to go...
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    Electric Bike wins Climate Change Innovation Competition

    there have been RFID schemes for bikes for many years but they work more in the way of identifiying the bike after it has been recovered by cops etc (like how a lost cat or dog can be scanned at the vets) is this a more sophisticated system to constantly monitor the cycle enroute?
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    Got Road Raged - Advice needed.

    its not a case of "understanding" it, but being aware that they may be present at all times and being prepared to take appropriate evasive or defensive action (including maybe the use of things like the spray Footie has found). Self defence is morally acceptable and sometimes legal but you need...
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    Electric Bike wins Climate Change Innovation Competition

    its certainly a curious looking machine but if it can shift all that stuff its got to be of at least some use/interest to businesses for deliveries etc.. that it looks unusual could be a positive advantage in fleet use as it would be much harder for someone to nick it (either randoms or as a...
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    Got Road Raged - Advice needed.

    A someone whose still "young at heart" and has a lot of younger friends, (and wasn't excatly an angel in my own youth) - I think its actually much bleaker than that, especially in recent times. What Vikki says may have been true 10 years ago, but increasingly some lads actually do realise the...
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    Got Road Raged - Advice needed.

    its a long shot but if reporting this individual offence to the cops is too much hassle (bear in mind there may be CCTV evidence) - it could even be worth passing the number plate and car description to crimestoppers. its not uncommon that bad drivers are wanted by the cops for something else -...
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    Got Road Raged - Advice needed.

    unless there is working CCTV in the area and/an injury RTC or witnesses willing to back you up there's little the cops can do due to lack of evidence. That said, a young couple are alleged to have run down a pedestrian in the middle of Ipswich town last weekend after an argument and cops...
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    Waitrose delivery bikes

    On your bike for grocery delivery (From Droitwich Advertiser) maybe the delivery riders are issued with an extra charged battery?
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    Powabyke x-6 Vs X-24 Vs Powacycle Salisbury Vs Something Else?

    are the X series 700c wheel bikes? (they look like they are). This might mean the frames are larger and better for taller people....
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    Problems with YouTube

    the first bit is most likely to be YT problems. Youtube/Google is the nearest you get to having a free lunch - sometimes the portions need to be rationed or not everyone can be fed at the same time. The second is due to automatic level control on your camera which isn't as "smart" as a separate...
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    Powabyke x-6 Vs X-24 Vs Powacycle Salisbury Vs Something Else?

    A replacement battery for the Powacycle Salisbury is shown as £249 on their site (the price increased last year but there have been no further increases). I would think you would will also find the frame to be "small" for at your height. I am short (5'5" and have to raise the seatpost a fair...
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    World Economic Crisis

    politicians spin and the ruthlessness of the free market is is always offensive but look at the bigger picture.. I am as passionate as you to want to see better rights in China, particularly as my own ancestors are Chinese (albeit from the Malaysian Chinese of my dad's family) There are indeed...
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    Hopes for 20 mph assist limit dashed

    stick a link up when you can find one, although my German is only high school level I'm willing to plug away at it to get some info out of it...
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    Cycle helmet wearers are reckless

    this forum much would be more boring if debate discussion of contentious issues were banned. if people genuinely took the attitude of the above and allowed free choice there wouldn't be a problem - but there are serious attacks going on against this free choice. For the last 25 years if not...
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    Cycle helmet wearers are reckless

    a thought - to stop them having too much of a "nerdy" image, helmets are often "sold" to youths using the argument "well the dudes what race bikes all wear them and they are fit and cool and won loads of medals for our country" this may be true, but if we encouraged people to dress up like...
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    Powabyke 10 years on!

    thats a good example of a sensible attitude to health and safety :D
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    Hopes for 20 mph assist limit dashed

    Germany is (or was) a lot more greener than England - and in most EU nations the costs of dealing with petrolhead culture (particularly dealing with the effects of pollution and colissions - actually outweighs the revenue from taxation. And as flecc points out moped taxation isn't exactly...