Commuter cyclist
@smallfoggyhouse.bsky.social
Cycles for commuting. Active travel enthusiast. Bad driving/bad infrastructure unenthusiast.
Fab stuff from xkcd once again. My family will only be safe with Boudicca-style implements on my car's wheels. xkcd.com/3167/
Car Size
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December 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Fab stuff from xkcd once again. My family will only be safe with Boudicca-style implements on my car's wheels. xkcd.com/3167/
@profkyd.bsky.social Not sure if you'd seen this. Not expecting you to comment on a live case, but strange (to me) that the charge is causing death by dangerous driving but prosecutor says to jury: "...the prosecution say he was driving carelessly at that point". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fatal royal outrider crash footage shown to Old Bailey jury
A Met Police outrider denies causing death by careless driving after he hit an 81-year-old woman.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
@profkyd.bsky.social Not sure if you'd seen this. Not expecting you to comment on a live case, but strange (to me) that the charge is causing death by dangerous driving but prosecutor says to jury: "...the prosecution say he was driving carelessly at that point". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I was worried that the congestion charge was toothless and easily avoided. Turns out that all the scare-mongering by the council opposition may have unwittingly misinformed people that they can't drive within the ring road at all. Which is fine with me!
It's amazing how much of a difference the congestion charge in Oxford has made. The roads are much quieter, it's so easy driving around the city centre now and being able to keep to time. My job has become less stressful.
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I was worried that the congestion charge was toothless and easily avoided. Turns out that all the scare-mongering by the council opposition may have unwittingly misinformed people that they can't drive within the ring road at all. Which is fine with me!
If I should fry, think only this of me
Bent double, like old beggars under snacks
We will fight them on the quiches
October 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
If I should fry, think only this of me
This is really good and hope the government take notice/action! I'm not totally convinced by the definition of negligent driving yet: mainly b/c there are so few 'must/must not' rules in the HC.
I spent the summer engrossed in media reports on sentencing for causing death offences. Yesterday I was given the opportunity to present my findings at the Houses of Parliament.
I hope that my report is helpful to those interested in the law relating to road death:
appgcw.org/resources/in...
I hope that my report is helpful to those interested in the law relating to road death:
appgcw.org/resources/in...
Behind the Headlines - Sentencing After Fatal Crashes - All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling & Walking
appgcw.org
October 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This is really good and hope the government take notice/action! I'm not totally convinced by the definition of negligent driving yet: mainly b/c there are so few 'must/must not' rules in the HC.
Exactly this. It's a particularly horrible way of extracting money from the vulnerable and concentrating into those who prey upon them.
"would put 7,500 jobs at risk."
The classic trope that all employment is equally beneficial to society.
Sorry, but if your job is to exploit addicts, and typically people from less privileged backgrounds so as to extract their cash, then, just maybe, it's better that your job didn't exist.
The classic trope that all employment is equally beneficial to society.
Sorry, but if your job is to exploit addicts, and typically people from less privileged backgrounds so as to extract their cash, then, just maybe, it's better that your job didn't exist.
October 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Exactly this. It's a particularly horrible way of extracting money from the vulnerable and concentrating into those who prey upon them.
Filling out TVP's online form for being close passed to find out it has changed again to ask even more questions. Who do they think is towing a caravan with a pedal bike?
October 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Filling out TVP's online form for being close passed to find out it has changed again to ask even more questions. Who do they think is towing a caravan with a pedal bike?
More tedious law-misunderstanding from TVP. Apparently this doesn't show evidence of interaction, so would fall down in court. The law doesn't talk about 'interaction'. It says 'using' and that using includes holding a phone with an illuminated screen.
September 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
More tedious law-misunderstanding from TVP. Apparently this doesn't show evidence of interaction, so would fall down in court. The law doesn't talk about 'interaction'. It says 'using' and that using includes holding a phone with an illuminated screen.
Back to school, back to traffic, back to reporting phone drivers...
September 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Back to school, back to traffic, back to reporting phone drivers...
Slightly strange from the BBC: why is this former police detective using the word accident throughout rather than incident or collision? This is basic stuff and rather undermines the author's authority in the area. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Car accidents: The six things you should do if you're in a crash
I've attended many car accidents for work, but being directly involved in one gave me a different perspective.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Slightly strange from the BBC: why is this former police detective using the word accident throughout rather than incident or collision? This is basic stuff and rather undermines the author's authority in the area. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Shall I use the free car park on the same side of the road as the shops (see red arrow)? No, I'll park half on the junction half on the pavement, blocking viewing of the pedestrian crossing for other drivers. For some reason this is a trend. @badlyparkedox.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Shall I use the free car park on the same side of the road as the shops (see red arrow)? No, I'll park half on the junction half on the pavement, blocking viewing of the pedestrian crossing for other drivers. For some reason this is a trend. @badlyparkedox.bsky.social
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“If drivers had to pay the full and true costs of motoring the only people who could afford to drive would be multi-millionaires.”
My letter about the hidden costs of motoring is in the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
My letter about the hidden costs of motoring is in the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“If drivers had to pay the full and true costs of motoring the only people who could afford to drive would be multi-millionaires.”
My letter about the hidden costs of motoring is in the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
My letter about the hidden costs of motoring is in the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
Andy's rule strikes again. Trump promotes classical architecture apparently... he hides it well. I can only assume Sir Simon actively enjoys trolling everyone. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
August 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Andy's rule strikes again. Trump promotes classical architecture apparently... he hides it well. I can only assume Sir Simon actively enjoys trolling everyone. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
After some chasing and more chasing, the driver apparently got a warning. So, for TVP, driving while using your mobile phone then trying to run down the cyclist that saw you (while close passing another cyclist to get to them) is pretty much fine. I've submitted a complaint (first time ever).
A driver tried to deliberately run me off the road last night. Still a bit shaken up by it now. It's been at least a year since that happened. Hoping the police don't let the time run out on this one...
July 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
After some chasing and more chasing, the driver apparently got a warning. So, for TVP, driving while using your mobile phone then trying to run down the cyclist that saw you (while close passing another cyclist to get to them) is pretty much fine. I've submitted a complaint (first time ever).
99p is an outrageously good deal. That's £1.98 in the last couple of months on @barristersecret.bsky.social books for me. Best bit: the seller takes the hit from this promotion, so the author doesn't lose out.
At a time when people are angrier than ever about the criminal justice system, those electronic books people have made the Sunday Times bestseller #NothingButTheTruth a Kindle Monthly Deal - an absurd 99p.
Read. Learn. Get freaking furious.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B09N...
Read. Learn. Get freaking furious.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B09N...
July 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
99p is an outrageously good deal. That's £1.98 in the last couple of months on @barristersecret.bsky.social books for me. Best bit: the seller takes the hit from this promotion, so the author doesn't lose out.
This is not the story: I don't care about Wimbledon being hot, I care about our planet being hot and very few people in power being remotely interested in that fact. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
June 30, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is not the story: I don't care about Wimbledon being hot, I care about our planet being hot and very few people in power being remotely interested in that fact. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Another one from memory lane when TVP actually actioned some phone driving reports. This driver went to court. I didn't hear anything else so assume they pleaded guilty and took the 6 points.
June 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Another one from memory lane when TVP actually actioned some phone driving reports. This driver went to court. I didn't hear anything else so assume they pleaded guilty and took the 6 points.
Reported this guy on his phone and it turned out he was on a suspended sentence (don't know what for though guessing driving-related from the police asking if I had more of him driving). I wasn't informed what happened past then. Probably best for everyone that he was taken off the roads though...
June 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Reported this guy on his phone and it turned out he was on a suspended sentence (don't know what for though guessing driving-related from the police asking if I had more of him driving). I wasn't informed what happened past then. Probably best for everyone that he was taken off the roads though...
That moment when someone is so desperate to swear at you for being a cyclist that they reverse back after a close pass...
June 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
That moment when someone is so desperate to swear at you for being a cyclist that they reverse back after a close pass...
I can't imagine wanting to have my name attached to the quotations in this piece revealing how bad some drivers are. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
20mph: Which Welsh roads have seen most offences?
There are hotspots for roads which have seen the most 20mph offences in Wales - where are they?
www.bbc.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I can't imagine wanting to have my name attached to the quotations in this piece revealing how bad some drivers are. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There is an optimum in any law enforcement: spend just enough to make sure that people will be fairly sure that they'll be caught. Then you'll see a drastic increase in law-abiding. We're doing the opposite as a society: pretending law-breaking is too difficult to solve, when it really isn't.
“How severe does a close pass now need to be for further action to be taken?”
road.cc/314379 #cycling
road.cc/314379 #cycling
Drivers who close pass cyclists will avoid punishment, police say – because reporting portal is “so successful” officers are “no longer able to manage demand”
South Wales Police say they are currently reviewing Operation SNAP to ensure it “remains efficient and effective” – and will only deal with the “most serious cases” until further notice
road.cc
June 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
There is an optimum in any law enforcement: spend just enough to make sure that people will be fairly sure that they'll be caught. Then you'll see a drastic increase in law-abiding. We're doing the opposite as a society: pretending law-breaking is too difficult to solve, when it really isn't.
Just found out that this driver got 6 points for this. I kept alongside as they drove for 1min22s on their phone. After they put it away, they then tried to drive into me as I passed. I just found out, a mere 17 months after the initial offence.
June 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Just found out that this driver got 6 points for this. I kept alongside as they drove for 1min22s on their phone. After they put it away, they then tried to drive into me as I passed. I just found out, a mere 17 months after the initial offence.
Reposted by Commuter cyclist
You can't just break the law! Cuts to cycling and walking in 2023 were unlawful.
So, let's have the money for small scale infrastructure and stop diverting it to road building. @transportaction.bsky.social @cohsat.bsky.social @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/treasury-cut...
So, let's have the money for small scale infrastructure and stop diverting it to road building. @transportaction.bsky.social @cohsat.bsky.social @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/treasury-cut...
Treasury cuts to cycling and walking budget unlawful, rules Court of Appeal
Treasury cuts to cycling and walking budget unlawful, rules Court of Appeal FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10 June 2025 In a historic judgment, the Court of Appeal has today ruled in Transport Action Network’...
transportactionnetwork.org.uk
June 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
You can't just break the law! Cuts to cycling and walking in 2023 were unlawful.
So, let's have the money for small scale infrastructure and stop diverting it to road building. @transportaction.bsky.social @cohsat.bsky.social @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/treasury-cut...
So, let's have the money for small scale infrastructure and stop diverting it to road building. @transportaction.bsky.social @cohsat.bsky.social @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/treasury-cut...
From the below: "This should mean more and longer disqualifications, and the use of electronic tags (e.g. monitoring disqualified drivers)." Finally: it makes no sense for someone to be given a custodial sentence, but then allowed to drive 6 months later.
Action Vision Zero blog on how the sentencing review is relevant to motoring offences:
actionvisionzero.org/2025/06/05/a....
actionvisionzero.org/2025/06/05/a....
AVZ Blog – Independent Sentencing Review’s relevance for motoring offences
5th June 2025 Led by David Gauke, a former Conservative Justice Minister (2018-19), the Independent Sentencing Review has published their final report with 48 recommendations. The first time …
actionvisionzero.org
June 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
From the below: "This should mean more and longer disqualifications, and the use of electronic tags (e.g. monitoring disqualified drivers)." Finally: it makes no sense for someone to be given a custodial sentence, but then allowed to drive 6 months later.
I assumed it was a WhatsApp gap, but no...
May 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I assumed it was a WhatsApp gap, but no...