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Well that's OK now. Levelling up means we can all do the same as Boris and co. now, ignore the rules and lie if that's noticed. No need for annual eye tests now either, just hop in the car and go for a 50 mile drive to see how we get on. I've got a couple of castles for that about the right...

Best keep it in the forum since others can contribute as well Martin. The Impulse motors suffered amongst other things from the pawls in the chainwheel's freewheel disintegrating and occasional failures of the nylon toothed reduction gear. Getting spares is a problem since Kalklhoff and the...

Sorry I can't help with a battery, but you are wise to check it out first. Kalkhoff Agattu's, although good bicycles, around that period were fitted with the Daum Impulse 2 motor which was so notoriously unreliable that it sent the UK Kalkhoff distributor into bankruptcy. If you show us a...

You probably don't need to worry they can stand a lot of abuse. Have a look at the two in this article on my web site, both having suffered massive damage yet serving out their normal life. .

I use to suffer those a lot, but since always using a bar end mirror, no more. I've since found it easy to detect when they are going to do that. Seeing the fast approach in the mirror but slower as they appear alongside gives the clue what they are about to do. .

Exactly, and this among other things is where all those leaders failed. They threw away money rather than invest it. Worst of all was the way the windfall of North Sea oil and gas income was squandered from the late 1970s onwards. Norway in contrast invested the whole of their oil and gas...

Agreed, but there was also an element of despair since 1951. They've had Tory leaders from Churchill to May, they've had Labour from Wilson to Callaghan, they've had New Labour from Blair and Brown and even a brief taste of LibDems from Clegg. They've all proved to have been hopelessly not up...

Mine is the Nordic model: An elaborate social safety net, in addition to public services such as free education and universal healthcare in a largely tax-funded system. Strong property rights, contract enforcement and overall ease of doing business. Public pension plans. A society in which...

Agreed, but once again showing how interpretations differ, in this case the police. They've even chosen a narrow drop handlebar bike. My straight handlebar bike with handlebar end mirror on the right was a full metre wide, so plus 0.75 metres from the kerb and 1.5 metres passing room on the...

Some do:

The above is what it means and there are accompanying illustrations showing a car passing a bicycle with 1.5 metres space between them.

Boris was always a cycle commuter in London and drivers have always passed him and other cyclists at well below 1.5 metres because they have to. It never appeared to have disturbed him. See my above post. .

That tends to be too simplistic. Take the "leave 1.5 metres" overtaking rule, fine in some parts of the country. If drivers had to observe that throughout London, most of the city would be paralysed every rush hour. With some 600,000 cycle commutes each day, which is a third of the traffic...

So the Tories will replace him at an opportune moment and win the next general election with a shiny new leader. Given that the last four Tory GE winners are John Major, David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson, it's not a very high bar. .

Who have a vested interest in who the next Home Secretary will be and the size of their next pay rise. They play politics too. .

Exactly, give yourselves a slap on the hand, then forget the whole thing. There was always going to be a cop out on the basis of how hard they've worked in such trying times. .

Its the sort of thing that's bound to happen when the guide advises stop for people wanting to cross, conflicting with what the signal indicates. I've had similar happen when I've stopped for a pedestrian but then they nervously don't cross, waiting for me to move off first. I think...

Leading on from my previous post on good behaviour in my area, I've been on my regular 5 mile each way trip this morning. Saw two car drivers ahead of me stop for pedestrians to cross at corners. The second one who was preparing to turn into a side road had to block the busy main road traffic...

Agreed, but only because the advice happens to coincide with the law as you note. The guide itself has never had the force of law behind it. Realistically it never can have since so much of the advice is dependent on circumstances, so is flexible. .

Because the Highway Code advice is just that, not the law. But it can and does influence the courts in judgement and sentencing. .