It is the entitled drivers who should feel guilty, not you.
Tales from today's commute....
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Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
There are some speedophiles who have taken to posting photos of police speed camera vans up on local FB groups to warn each other. I've been pondering grabbing their photos & putting them up from time to time whether or not the van is there.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
I never understand this business of "warning" other motorists: if they need to know, they're driving too fast: it could be someone in your family they run over due to excessive speed.
Your wheeze could be extremely effective if only about three people start doing it: there would be so many false alarms it would be impossible to know which were genuine: meanwhile everyone living locally has slower traffic.
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
It's bizarre, I think a couple of them are related to people seriously injured in high speed crashes... plain stupid.
LeetleGreyCells
Un rouleur infatigable
- Location
- Whitehaven Mansions
After being caught out a couple of times, they'd think to ignore your posts - the van isn't there when he posts so feel free to speed; so make sure you also post when the van is there too and keep the speeders on their toes
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
After being caught out a couple of times, they'd think to ignore your posts - the van isn't there when he posts so feel free to speed; so make sure you also post when the van is there too and keep the speeders on their toes
That's why I think it could be extremely effective with three posters: it would be very hard to see the pattern or lack thereof...
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
A sequel to the previous story. On Friday the police had gone to eat doughnuts, and as I came to this location a car passed me. I found the barrier had been pushed over so cars could drive through again. I set it up again, and as an afterthought put it on the left hand side of the cycleway so it would be herder to drive around. Just as I'd finished a car came along the road and pulled onto the cycleway, saw the barrier and reversed back onto the road.
I carried on and took a picture on the way:
Several minutes later I saw the car emerge from the village onto the main road and head back to where the diversion was signed...
biking_fox
Guru
- Location
- Manchester
Some bizarre driving last night:
At a crossroads, oncoming traffic held on a red light, a queue of four or so cars waiting. A car overtakes the whole queue (on the wrong side of the road) and pulls into the advance cycle stop box, (surprisingly empty), and then when there's a gap, turns left into the flowing traffic stream. As if red lights didn't even apply or exist. It wasn't just rolling through an amber, or crossing an empty road, it was utterly blatant.
It's otherwise glorious riding though, early enough in the morning to be cool.
At a crossroads, oncoming traffic held on a red light, a queue of four or so cars waiting. A car overtakes the whole queue (on the wrong side of the road) and pulls into the advance cycle stop box, (surprisingly empty), and then when there's a gap, turns left into the flowing traffic stream. As if red lights didn't even apply or exist. It wasn't just rolling through an amber, or crossing an empty road, it was utterly blatant.
It's otherwise glorious riding though, early enough in the morning to be cool.
Lovacott
Über Member
Got cooked alive on the way home last night.
I was still sweating buckets two hours after I got home.
Got that to look forward to again tonight.
Lat nights commute.
Wow. I don't think I've ever seen or experienced anything like it. It went from very hot and sunny to a massive Thunder/Lightning storm in a matter of minutes
I was 10 minutes from home when it literally all hell broke loose. First of with a lightning strike pretty close, immediately followed by the loudest clap of thunder I can ever remember hearing, Damn near fell off my bike. Frightening stuff. The last couple of miles home was agony with the heaviest of raindrops and hail stinging the face. It was completely bonkers.
This morning was bright, hot, sunny sunshine.
Wow. I don't think I've ever seen or experienced anything like it. It went from very hot and sunny to a massive Thunder/Lightning storm in a matter of minutes
I was 10 minutes from home when it literally all hell broke loose. First of with a lightning strike pretty close, immediately followed by the loudest clap of thunder I can ever remember hearing, Damn near fell off my bike. Frightening stuff. The last couple of miles home was agony with the heaviest of raindrops and hail stinging the face. It was completely bonkers.
This morning was bright, hot, sunny sunshine.
I had just put the bike away, picked up some washing on the line, got indoors and then it started.
Bored, did a different route today. Mix of urban throroughfare (OK), dual-carriageway (meh) and lanes (nice).
Wasn't sure how far it was so measured it on gmaps pedometer- set it to 'automatically for cyclists' and it shows you the route your local authority expect you to take 😄
Wasn't sure how far it was so measured it on gmaps pedometer- set it to 'automatically for cyclists' and it shows you the route your local authority expect you to take 😄
