safety

Not sure if this is right bit of the forum for this question? We're in private rented property and for the first time the landlord used British Gas instead of one of his dubious workers to do the gas safety check and they've condemned the cooker (one of the burners goes out when on low setting)...

TFL are running a consultation on the above here: https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/roads/direct-vision-standards-phase-2/?cid=direct-vision-standard "We have undertaken research that shows that in 2015, Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) were involved in disproportionately high numbers of fatal...

I already own a Garmin 810 and Vivoactive HR and I'm aware I can use these for Live Tracking via Bluetooth and my iPhone GPS using Garmin Connect. This doesn't though meet my needs as both Bluetooth and GPS drain an iPhone battery quickly. I've reached the ripe age of 63, have an epilepsy...

....on Twitter from the helpful people at the RFU.. RFU HomeTurf‏ @RFUHomeTurf 14h14 hours ago Replying to @RichmondCycling @nickmurison @LBRUT If cyclists take proper Highway Code safety precautions then they will be entirely safe.

I wrote: Subject: Complaint of a dangerous close pass of a cyclist, Route 81 towards Slough Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2017 To: CONTACTUS@TFL.GOV.UK <bus company is United, but their website directs complaints to TFL> On Tuesday 7 March at 4.34 pm, I was cycling west along Bath Rd heading into the...

Cycling UK have started a kickstarter campaign to raise £12 000 to buy 'safe passing mats' for police forces. Worth sticking in a tenner, or money wasted?

Has the move to ever-thinner technical fabrics meant that there's less padding when you crash in winter? I mean, I'm riding around on retro roadsters in a fleecy beanie, thick fleece jacket, thick jumper, lined trousers and sometimes thermals underneath, whereas others are in only thermal bibs...

Improving road safetyby design.. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aNtsWvNYKE

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS7hIL8S_aA Enjoy! The orange Chopper I had as a kid but cannot for the life of me remember what it was called. Anybody recognise David?

In Victoria, Australia third party personal injury insurance is all through a Government insurer, so that organisation has a financial interest in improving road safety. Thus they make excellent TV commercials like this one. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oal-vBFmnRk (I was looking...

I was out for a ride about 10 days ago and was crawling up a steep hill. The road was very narrow and there were multiple blind bends with trees obscuring views. There were also several cars going up (it's a popular area for walkers) too. About 20-30 cyclists came down the hill while I was...

https://trafficwmp.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/junction-malfunction-and-a-new-dawn/ There is a section within the West Midlands Police that is specifically targetting cyclists' safety, and not in the usual way of lecturing riders on hats and yellow jackets or issuing tickets for riding on a...

I bought a safety razor a while back. The blade is replaced by turning the handle, which should open up the head in a clamshell manner. Mine doesn't, cos it's stuck. I tried spraying some GT85 into it, without luck. I've also soaked it in vinegar, thinking it might have been caused by timescale...

Test your knowledge as you drink your coffee in the cafe:smile: https://www.qzzr.com/c/quiz/248588/know-the-difference-cambridgeshire

I don't know f this has been reported elsewhere on the forum, but anyone with Kinesis carbon forks should take urgent heed - http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/supplier-reiterates-importance-recall-potentially-lethal-kinesis-carbon-forks-231899

Just in case a bus swerves out of control into the cycle lane, in's nice of SYP to provide such a sturdy barrier on this contra-flow Oh..their car park is about 10 metres away!

at dusk tonight I was driving home from a day at Lowestoft with my parents. I couldn't believe how many cyclists had crap lights or missing lights. First was a guy on an expensive looking road bike at the end of a duel carriage way, it was pretty dark he was wearing dark clothes with no lights...

I was overtaken by a Lorry on the approach to an island this morning (No issues with overtake... plenty of room) As I approached the back of the lorry I saw its indicator but as I got closer I heard a loud bleeper, And I thought "Aghhhhh he's reversing!" but then the bleeper shouted "WARNING...