Some of you may have picked up reports of this on the news this morning. Here is a link to their report in pdf format.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/p ... 64/264.pdf
It's pretty anti-bike in general tone, I'm afraid. The headlines are a call for speed-limiters to be installed on bikes, and for measures to be looked into to reduce the amount of pollution emitted by bikes.
Anyone know who this joker Stephen Plowden is, who is quoted throughout? Seems like a prime candidate for a good kicking.
House of Commons Transport Committee report
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Absolutely.Me-109 wrote:I don't see anything in there about promoting the awareness of motorcyles to other road users, or in improving driver training and testing or even in promoting policing and enforcing of current legislation regarding road use.
Someone once made a fine analogy for this kind of statement. Something along the lines of rather than fixing a broken leg, just take really strong pain killers.
We're seen by a vast number of people as a social 'disease' which needs to be gotten rid of unfortunately. Always have been, always will.
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A perhaps more important question...
Will the banning of all in-car activities (telephone, drinking, smoking, talking, etc) prevent accidents...
Of course not. Not whilst most people drive their potential death machines like supermarket trolleys...(and, in both cases, pondering endlessly which particular margerine to buy this week )...
I'd like a campaign to introduce car drivers to the concept of filtering (the last person to hit me stated that it was illegal in court), and moped drivers to the cocept of filtering...you don't have to try and get past everything all of the time.
Who are the idiots who place their "Baby on board" notices right by their blind spot...can't get a big enough blind spot? Is there really a requirement to stick your rather large SatNav on the dash right in front of you?
Witter, witter, witter...
Will the banning of all in-car activities (telephone, drinking, smoking, talking, etc) prevent accidents...
Of course not. Not whilst most people drive their potential death machines like supermarket trolleys...(and, in both cases, pondering endlessly which particular margerine to buy this week )...
I'd like a campaign to introduce car drivers to the concept of filtering (the last person to hit me stated that it was illegal in court), and moped drivers to the cocept of filtering...you don't have to try and get past everything all of the time.
Who are the idiots who place their "Baby on board" notices right by their blind spot...can't get a big enough blind spot? Is there really a requirement to stick your rather large SatNav on the dash right in front of you?
Witter, witter, witter...
When the going gets weird...
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Reflectiing on yet another particularly frustrating day at work...
Why are we living a blame culture. Why is everthing always someone else's fault. Why doesn't anyone appear to accept responsibility for even their own actions let alone the actions of others...?
Why do new, guaranteed ineffectual, laws have to be drafted in seconds to keep the media happy and protect...a couple of individuals from... themselves?
Who really cares? An small army of "activitists", some newspaper editors, a few journalists, and some career politicians...all of whom, strangely, have a vested interest in keeping each other busy.
What right does ANYONE have to say "why don't you watch where your walking" after bumping in to someone?
Zzzzz....
Why are we living a blame culture. Why is everthing always someone else's fault. Why doesn't anyone appear to accept responsibility for even their own actions let alone the actions of others...?
Why do new, guaranteed ineffectual, laws have to be drafted in seconds to keep the media happy and protect...a couple of individuals from... themselves?
Who really cares? An small army of "activitists", some newspaper editors, a few journalists, and some career politicians...all of whom, strangely, have a vested interest in keeping each other busy.
What right does ANYONE have to say "why don't you watch where your walking" after bumping in to someone?
Zzzzz....
When the going gets weird...
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