Alex
@alzrnb.bsky.social
Active travel advocate, cyclist, photographer
It's mad but this genuinely happens all the time, I've seen the results of one such incident with my own eyes.
I do wonder if Specsavers get more vehicles crashed into them, or if they just get shared/reported more than other high st shops.
I do wonder if Specsavers get more vehicles crashed into them, or if they just get shared/reported more than other high st shops.
September 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It's mad but this genuinely happens all the time, I've seen the results of one such incident with my own eyes.
I do wonder if Specsavers get more vehicles crashed into them, or if they just get shared/reported more than other high st shops.
I do wonder if Specsavers get more vehicles crashed into them, or if they just get shared/reported more than other high st shops.
Wait no, what? Sorry? No, what?
Are they plastic matches?
Are they plastic matches?
August 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Wait no, what? Sorry? No, what?
Are they plastic matches?
Are they plastic matches?
What is it about this photo or the livery that makes this picture look about 10 years older than the train (people mover) in it even is?
July 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
What is it about this photo or the livery that makes this picture look about 10 years older than the train (people mover) in it even is?
Not being able to see the driver and where they're looking means you can't tell if they've seen you if you're crossing etc.
Also in my anecdotal experience reporting phone use, drivers are much more likely to drive distracted when they feel they can't be seen due to their tints.
Also in my anecdotal experience reporting phone use, drivers are much more likely to drive distracted when they feel they can't be seen due to their tints.
July 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Not being able to see the driver and where they're looking means you can't tell if they've seen you if you're crossing etc.
Also in my anecdotal experience reporting phone use, drivers are much more likely to drive distracted when they feel they can't be seen due to their tints.
Also in my anecdotal experience reporting phone use, drivers are much more likely to drive distracted when they feel they can't be seen due to their tints.
Bute is wonderful isn't it? I saw so many new lifers there last year.
July 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Bute is wonderful isn't it? I saw so many new lifers there last year.
Very cool building, my favorite type of modernism.
Putting a bus stop on the roof was a weird choice though.
Putting a bus stop on the roof was a weird choice though.
July 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Very cool building, my favorite type of modernism.
Putting a bus stop on the roof was a weird choice though.
Putting a bus stop on the roof was a weird choice though.
Halfway through the text we even get the line.
"It was later revealed that the 22-year-old owned the motorbike but held no licence and Monks only a provisional licence"
Oh so it is a motorbike then, unless we're talking about a new and previously unmentioned motorbike for some reason?
"It was later revealed that the 22-year-old owned the motorbike but held no licence and Monks only a provisional licence"
Oh so it is a motorbike then, unless we're talking about a new and previously unmentioned motorbike for some reason?
July 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Halfway through the text we even get the line.
"It was later revealed that the 22-year-old owned the motorbike but held no licence and Monks only a provisional licence"
Oh so it is a motorbike then, unless we're talking about a new and previously unmentioned motorbike for some reason?
"It was later revealed that the 22-year-old owned the motorbike but held no licence and Monks only a provisional licence"
Oh so it is a motorbike then, unless we're talking about a new and previously unmentioned motorbike for some reason?
If given power I'd argue she's a lot more dangerous than the Lettuce.
Fortunately we're not currently in the position to have Tory dregs dropped on us as PM unelected at the moment and she doesn't seem very electable.
Fortunately we're not currently in the position to have Tory dregs dropped on us as PM unelected at the moment and she doesn't seem very electable.
July 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
If given power I'd argue she's a lot more dangerous than the Lettuce.
Fortunately we're not currently in the position to have Tory dregs dropped on us as PM unelected at the moment and she doesn't seem very electable.
Fortunately we're not currently in the position to have Tory dregs dropped on us as PM unelected at the moment and she doesn't seem very electable.
Moderation on things like fries, HFCS and dairy products has so far not proven to be a strong suit of the American public at large.
July 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Moderation on things like fries, HFCS and dairy products has so far not proven to be a strong suit of the American public at large.
That's horrific and depressingly unsurprising.
And people act disappointed that Jason from NJB left the USA and said there's no fixing it.
And people act disappointed that Jason from NJB left the USA and said there's no fixing it.
July 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
That's horrific and depressingly unsurprising.
And people act disappointed that Jason from NJB left the USA and said there's no fixing it.
And people act disappointed that Jason from NJB left the USA and said there's no fixing it.
Good term, glad to have learned it. Also I feel like it sucks for that to be entrenched in law.
July 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Good term, glad to have learned it. Also I feel like it sucks for that to be entrenched in law.
This is a huge part of it. Even a habitually reckless driver is probably unlikely to cause a major incident in 10 years of driving, which normalises the behavior.
We'd see better driving if the punishments were as high as for drink driving just for the causative actions rather than fatal incidents
We'd see better driving if the punishments were as high as for drink driving just for the causative actions rather than fatal incidents
July 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This is a huge part of it. Even a habitually reckless driver is probably unlikely to cause a major incident in 10 years of driving, which normalises the behavior.
We'd see better driving if the punishments were as high as for drink driving just for the causative actions rather than fatal incidents
We'd see better driving if the punishments were as high as for drink driving just for the causative actions rather than fatal incidents
We know why. Because juries and judges are typically drivers who see these things as incidents that in the same circumstance they too could have killed someone in. They know they wouldn't want to go to jail for a simple 'mistake'.
The question is how the heck do we stop that?
The question is how the heck do we stop that?
July 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
We know why. Because juries and judges are typically drivers who see these things as incidents that in the same circumstance they too could have killed someone in. They know they wouldn't want to go to jail for a simple 'mistake'.
The question is how the heck do we stop that?
The question is how the heck do we stop that?
You're still missing the wood for the trees. Even your anecdote reinforces the issue. What made your story frightening was the danger potential of your car to the cyclist.
Regardless of who is at fault an environment with more bikes and less cars creates less dangerous spaces.
Regardless of who is at fault an environment with more bikes and less cars creates less dangerous spaces.
July 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
You're still missing the wood for the trees. Even your anecdote reinforces the issue. What made your story frightening was the danger potential of your car to the cyclist.
Regardless of who is at fault an environment with more bikes and less cars creates less dangerous spaces.
Regardless of who is at fault an environment with more bikes and less cars creates less dangerous spaces.
She does say that in the US the necessity of AC is "not up for debate". This is a UK based writer, writing about European perspectives.
July 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
She does say that in the US the necessity of AC is "not up for debate". This is a UK based writer, writing about European perspectives.
The aerial photos are so dry and brown I didn't even realise this was golf suburbia, I saw some rows of vines and thought it was all about wine drinking.
July 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The aerial photos are so dry and brown I didn't even realise this was golf suburbia, I saw some rows of vines and thought it was all about wine drinking.
"Diablo Grande is a planned community"
But not a very well planned community.
Build suburbia miles into arrid mountains but a decent % of residents have swimming pools. Runs out of water. Shocked pikachu.
But not a very well planned community.
Build suburbia miles into arrid mountains but a decent % of residents have swimming pools. Runs out of water. Shocked pikachu.
July 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"Diablo Grande is a planned community"
But not a very well planned community.
Build suburbia miles into arrid mountains but a decent % of residents have swimming pools. Runs out of water. Shocked pikachu.
But not a very well planned community.
Build suburbia miles into arrid mountains but a decent % of residents have swimming pools. Runs out of water. Shocked pikachu.
It's easy to have a miserable time anywhere if you simply ✨ have depression ✨
July 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It's easy to have a miserable time anywhere if you simply ✨ have depression ✨
If you have a flexible electricity tariff you can get cheap electricity at different times in the day. As low as 7 pence per kWh. Which would fully charge my car to 300 miles range from absolutely empty for £4.48.
That's a win basically every time you fill up.
That's a win basically every time you fill up.
June 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
If you have a flexible electricity tariff you can get cheap electricity at different times in the day. As low as 7 pence per kWh. Which would fully charge my car to 300 miles range from absolutely empty for £4.48.
That's a win basically every time you fill up.
That's a win basically every time you fill up.
"What are you gonna do buy someone else's planes which don't fall apart? I don't think so"
June 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"What are you gonna do buy someone else's planes which don't fall apart? I don't think so"
So is the answer to this mystery that "they're selling what people want to buy"?
June 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
So is the answer to this mystery that "they're selling what people want to buy"?
It is very occasionally a sandwich, but usually it's their phone.
June 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
It is very occasionally a sandwich, but usually it's their phone.