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Losing control on a bend because you are going faster than the speed limit is dangerous driving not merely careless - that is the big problem with the legal framework in this area, it needs to be more proscriptive.

E scooters are an effective form of local transport and, in the main because they are new and different, are particularly attractive to those who want to be seen as ‘cutting edge’ and trendy’ and ‘attention seeking’. That shouldn’t detract from the clear practical opportunities that they offer parti...

I don’t mind cyclists on footpaths but I do expect common courtesy towards others which as a minimum includes slowing down (and on narrow paths stopping) and passing safely - the same applies to bridelepaths. And that courtesy extends to dogs be they on a lead or off it. In practice, rapid bell ring...

The whole video is of e-scooters being demonstrated on the pavements and footway which is NOT allowed in the terms of the trial. Why haven’t Middlesbrough police prosecuted the lot of them - wont be difficult to identify at least one of them, its the City mayor! (And by the way I am a supporter of e...

OP doesn’t get it because he is only looking at one aspect, ride quality, and predetermining what the standard is. I have had a Brompton now for four years and I have found myself using it as the default bike for all routine trips in preference to my long-standing workhorse hybrid with rack and pann...

I have a set of Karrimor panniers that I bought for a cycle camping trip to Brittany I did in 1975 - I have used them routinely ever since although now only for shopping trips on a 1995 Claude Butler Shinob (bought new then, the only non original parts are the rear block, chains, cables and brake bl...

No, a law abiding motorcyclist at the moment would stand out from the crowd.

Well at the moment on the now traffic free ‘ish’ bendy lanes round where I live I have yet to see a motor cycle not attempting race track style cornering, quite how they don’t have more ‘head ons’ with cars is still a surprise though, and blatant speeding.

I wonder how many times he's driven and hasn't been caught. I suspect daily but that is just my guess. Oh except for the 119 times he has been caught, it all just beggars belief but with another 60 odd other convictions in his history he clearly is well known to the criminal justice system. Wonder ...

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If you spit in public you could be transmitting the virus, so stop it!

And any other breath/saliva borne pathogen, TB is a good example, you are harbouring. I mentioned the disgusting habits in this context of professional footballers in an earlier post, it is just not acceptable.

It’s very obvious to me now that many drivers are driving faster on all roads (excludes motorways as I haven’t been on any) and instances of overtaking when I am driving at the speed limit are more frequent. Another example was when crossing a road yesterday with a few cars approaching a distance aw...

I have used white spirit for forty odd years, mainly because it is sold as a solvent, rather than a fuel. However I see it can be described as a light kerosene and cannot see any obvious major difference in flammability. For years I was happy to use it with bare hands, then changing to latex gloves...

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Having worked for decades around fuels and oils, petrol presents massively underestimated risk - it’s main problem is the vapour, not the liquid, that is heavier than air and sinks to the lowest point it can find. These pockets can last much longer than people think and then hey ho a small ignition ...

Footballers on TV are the absolute worst - it appears to be the case they wait until a camera has them in close up before hacking up a gob full and ejecting the whole lot forcefully onto the pitch.