Will you be cycling during ambulance strikes??

[matticus]

Been out for a ride this lunchtime. An ambulance 4x4 overtook then parked up near the village I was heading towards, in case I needed them. Thought that was jolly decent of them.

Using valuable public resources - I hope you're ashamed.

There could be a bloke down the road that's just chainsawed through his leg ...

 

[chris667]

I apologise for my political comment earlier, mods.

Still riding.

Been out for a ride this lunchtime. An ambulance 4x4 overtook then parked up near the village I was heading towards, in case I needed them. Thought that was jolly decent of them.

Ah, but did you have someone walking in front of you with a flag?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Using valuable public resources - I hope you're ashamed.

There could be a bloke down the road that's just chainsawed through his leg ...

Maybe the fire engine on standby further up the road, in case I needed cutting from the wreckage of my bike, was a bit much. But you have to manage these risks.

 

[matticus]

I'm not daft - I'm only doing laps of A&E. You lot can take your chances, see if I care ...

 

[fossyant]

I'm not daft - I'm only doing laps of A&E. You lot can take your chances, see if I care ...

Have you seen the standard of driving on hospital property.

 

[craigwend]

I've been out cycling, as far as I'm aware (statistically...probably) cycling is better for me health wise and I will probably not need the NHS as much and cost it less, than the risks/ costs of falling off etc (probably / maybe / other Oasis tracks...)

 

[fossyant]

I've been stripping and re-spraying my bike. Statistically I have more accidents in my garage !

 

[Rusty Nails]

I've been stripping and re-spraying my bike. Statistically I have more accidents in my garage !

Statistics show it's safer re-spraying your bike when you're fully clothed.

Scrubbing paint off your dangly bits can be painful and dangerous.

 

[chris667]

Scrubbing paint off your dangly bits can be painful and dangerous.

And don't get me started on the Dyson Ball vac. Most misleading name for an appliance ever.

 

[Paulus]

Maybe the fire engine on standby further up the road, in case I needed cutting from the wreckage of my bike, was a bit much. But you have to manage these risks.

That's what risk assessments are for.

 

[I like Skol]

Have you seen the standard of driving on hospital property.

You're not joking!

My commute has an obvious option to cut through the hospital and avoid a busy section of multi-lane A6 where I have to cross all lanes to get to the roads I want. It only took a few early weeks of cycle commuting to work out that the madness of the A6 was preferable and safer than the chaos of the hospital roads. Cars pulling in and out of parking spaces with no notice, rat-run motorists trying to shortcut to avoid traffic lights, distracted pedestrians stepping out without looking and a mini-roundabout that nobody seems capable of using like a roundabout. It was positively the dangerous option!

 

[Solocle]

Nice little 50 miler. I'm out of shape. Destination Andover.

 

[Fab Foodie]

I sliced some lettuce, cucumber, and tomato earlier, and survived...but if these strikes continue my salad days may be over....

 

[newfhouse]

I sliced some lettuce, cucumber, and tomato earlier, and survived...but if these strikes continue my salad days may be over....

Dressed or undressed? Different risks…

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I sliced some lettuce, cucumber, and tomato earlier, and survived...but if these strikes continue my salad days may be over....

Now we get to the meat and veg of the problem