Grant Shapps wants a speed limit for cyclists

[richtea99]

This is where we differ, I wouldn't have a problem with that.
The car was nowhere near within the lines and you were within your lines.
If I had a cam I'd have about 10 like that every day, the ones that worry me are when they hit my mirror.
I had a cam about 7 years ago, every evening I'd take footage off it and upload to You Tube and Facebook, after a month it broke and I found I wasn't having as many incidents so I had my money back.

I think the problem here is that there's a bike lane marked, which falsely hints at there being enough space. The driver is staying well away from the cycle lane lines whilst passing (you can see he swings back in a little, having passed). He probably considers he's done a reasonable overtake.

His number plate is illegal on two counts though, if you're nit-picking. Spacing it out as CEO 2 TOY does automatically make him a vain tosser, which if nothing else makes you vastly superior to him.

 

[guerney]

Drunk driver kills cyclist

Drink driving: 'Killed by something so thoughtless'

Pamela Partridge was left heartbroken after her husband was hit by a van while cycling to the park.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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They sent me two Passpixis for £4.50. Now to superglue them to 1mm aluminium sheet and ziptie through corner holes to the back of my bike seat. Passpixis do look a bit reflective. Let's see if they keep these stupid drivers away.

 

[flecc]

They sent me two Passpixis for £4.50. Now to superglue them to 1mm aluminium sheet and ziptie through corner holes to the back of my bike seat. Passpixis do look a bit reflective. Let's see if they keep these stupid drivers away.

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Oh no!

I've cut 1mm (1 point something, can't measure without taking the blue wrap off, and I can't measure now that it's drying) aluminium sheet (£5.40 for a large sheet from my local struggling hardware store), filed the edges smooth, and I'm just waiting for the superglue to dry. It's held under the weight of two bricks while it dries, but I may have used too much and the darn thing may in fact be glued to both the garage floor and the bricks (also used sheets of paper in between just in case). Then drill and ziptie to reel drivers in, so I can shop em!

 

[georgehenry]

Grant Shapps seems unlikely to be in a Liz Truss Cabinet, according to pundits.

 

[I893469365902345609348566]

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Never seen those before, so I'd probably drive closer to see what they were.
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And here it is mounted to my saddle springs. Zipties may be a little tight, but it's secure and won't flap about. Certainly more secure than those silly magnets Passpixi sell.

If curious drivers drive closer for a better look, they'll brake suddenly and recoil in horror realising Big Brother is watching causing a pileup behind me, thus rendering me safer.

 

[soundwave]

it is more cost effective to get ran over and then get 10k+ from there insurance as with bikes they just pay out and no questions asked, they wont even find out they have been hit until they renew there insurance

 

[I893469365902345609348566]

it is more cost effective to get ran over and then get 10k+ from there insurance as with bikes they just pay out and no questions asked, they wont even find out they have been hit until they renew there insurance

But it only cost me £4.50 + £5.40! Plus £1 for superglue. I might add another with a badger hazard icon.

 

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It's a good job I don't have a nice looking a*se! Clearly what's required is a continuous aerosol dispensing of Liquid Ass behind me

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[I893469365902345609348566]

it is more cost effective to get ran over and then get 10k+ from there insurance as with bikes they just pay out and no questions asked, they wont even find out they have been hit until they renew there insurance

That's if you don't get hit by one (or two) of the million uninsured drivers (according to the Men In Black). It's about 20k for loss of a limb, depending on the limb (I think). 20k for a testicle, depending on the testicle.

https://www.mib.org.uk/media-centre/news/2016/september/one-million-uninsured-drivers-still-too-many/

 

[guerney]

Grant Shapps seems unlikely to be in a Liz Truss Cabinet, according to pundits.

He's a Johnsonite

 

[guerney]

Grant Shapps seems unlikely to be in a Liz Truss Cabinet, according to pundits.

Here's his latest brainfart - give taxpayer money to bus company shareholders.

Bus fares in England to be capped at £2 this winter

The government is putting funding in to keep ticket prices low between January and March.

metro.co.uk

Funding businesses and those with assets using the public purse, is tantamount to socialism exclusively for the wealthy. We're already giving money to energy company shareholders via handouts to the public (I admit, much of this will be spent buying other things, which increases demand for goods while supply lines are disrupted, thereby increasing inflation), we print money to make bankers wealthier... and Truss wants tax cuts.

"Trickle down" trickles sideways into the global economy, and doesn't create jobs in the UK.

 

[guerney]

Grant Shapps seems unlikely to be in a Liz Truss Cabinet, according to pundits.

Yep. He's out! But will his stupid ideas persist?

Dominic Raab and Grant Shapps sacked as Liz Truss wields the axe

The government clear-out begins as the new prime minister prepares to appoint her top team.

metro.co.uk

 

[guerney]

Grant Shapps seems unlikely to be in a Liz Truss Cabinet, according to pundits.

The new one has "Consistently voted against measures preventing climate change" - whether that's any indication of whether she's for or against cylists, I don't know.

Anne-Marie Trevelyan named new UK transport chief

It will be the third department the MP has run.

www.politico.eu

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