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  1. flecc

    Motorists to be prosecuted for passing cyclist with less than 1.5mtr clearance!

    The two cannot be separated so must be subject to a common law. That can be for the idiots, inconveniencing those who feel they can do both safely, or the law can be liberal for those who want to chat freely, at the cost of the deaths and maiming caused by the idiots. .
  2. flecc

    Motorists to be prosecuted for passing cyclist with less than 1.5mtr clearance!

    I don't see why if they are paying attention to their driving as they should be. If a driver gets too tired their responsibility is to stop driving, that's always been the case. The fact is that there's been many recent cases of drivers falling asleep at the wheel and causing accidents...
  3. flecc

    Motorists to be prosecuted for passing cyclist with less than 1.5mtr clearance!

    I'm totally opposed to all in vehicle distractions and would like all forms of phone use banned, including hands free. I won't even use in-car entertainment, radio etc., since virtually all of a driver's attention should be outside the vehicle. Many years ago the government's Roads Research...
  4. flecc

    What does your choice of bike say about YOU?

    A man to whom lesser mortals say: "Does it charge the battery as you pedal mate? ;) .
  5. flecc

    What does your choice of bike say about YOU?

    Fastidious people often choose a BikeTec Flyer pedelec. Hand built in Switzerland to exacting standards and reassuringly expensive, they have often been referred to as the Rolls Royce of e-bikes. The current range can be seen on this link Each one comes with pride of ownership as standard. .
  6. flecc

    Come on then, who is jealous? :-)

    . Never mind, you can always get rid of it at Cash Converters. :) .
  7. flecc

    Motorists to be prosecuted for passing cyclist with less than 1.5mtr clearance!

    . You omitted probation officer and the electronic tag monitoring centre. ;) .
  8. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Both look like they are shuddering at the experience! .
  9. flecc

    electric bike research

    And you'll find an abundance of material in a focus group study by Jack Eagle some while ago. The links are on this page. .
  10. flecc

    Motorists to be prosecuted for passing cyclist with less than 1.5mtr clearance!

    But London is the safest place in the UK for cycling. Long ago when there was much less cycling, the accident and death rates compared with other areas, but more recently London has had much lower rates. For example London has by far the highest rate of cycle commuting in the country and has...
  11. flecc

    Motorists to be prosecuted for passing cyclist with less than 1.5mtr clearance!

    This close passing situation is a nonsense while cycle lanes a metre wide are painted on roads. They are a clear indication of one side bikes, the other side motor vehicles. .
  12. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    No, and I haven't hinted at that. I'm just confirming that we suffered a sudden very large increase in racist attacks following the Brexit result, since you appeared to be denying it had happened. It clearly inspired some to feel free to commence such attacks as if they'd somehow been...
  13. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    But we know a correction is possible at the next election. Brexit is far more serious since it's so final. .
  14. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The UK is emphatically suffering an outburst of racism due to the Brexit result, the very sharp rise in racially motivated verbal and physical assaults nationally since the vote proving that. I'm not surprised that Harlow murder was raised, just days later there was a similar vicious assault on...
  15. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The Germans are indeed unhappy with her, but cannot see a viable alternative. In that circumstance don't be surprised to see her return. We were in a similar position at our last election so returned the Conservatives to power despite being very unhappy with their coalition performance. And...
  16. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I don't see big changes next year, Merkel will be returned to power and the most likely change will be Alain Juppé elected in France. While I agree on the public view of Theresa May's record at the time of the next general election, what Brexiting alternative will there be? I don't see UKIP...
  17. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    In practice in what way is the UK different from the EU in this respect? The UK public elect MPs who in parliament do not implement the will of the people. Here's examples which aren't necessarily any expression of my own views: The great majority of the public are in favour of the death...
  18. flecc

    Interesting court case coming up......

    This accident was publicised on TV at the time it occurred. It's not the first such prosecution in London. In a previous case a couple of years ago a cyclist was accused of causing a death when he swerved in after passing a parked vehicle and struck and killed an elderly man who was crossing...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Certainly not democratic, but on the contrary the result proves how clever she is, since she used the system they had to good effect for an overwhelming result. Of course under a proportional representation system the result might be very different, but so would her SNP tactics be of course...
  20. flecc

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    This "tiny Scottish idiot woman" got more votes in the 2016 parliamentary elction than the two main opposition parties together. She has 55 seats in the parliament against the 14 of all the other parties put together. And her party is united. I think our English politicians would love to be...