Commuter cyclist
@smallfoggyhouse.bsky.social
Cycles for commuting. Active travel enthusiast. Bad driving/bad infrastructure unenthusiast.
Indeed. Reminds me of another Nigel Farage non-sequitur poster with a queue...
October 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Indeed. Reminds me of another Nigel Farage non-sequitur poster with a queue...
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?
Tell me you can't drive without telling me you can't drive:
October 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Tell me you can't drive without telling me you can't drive:
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...
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
Driving this were you?
July 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Driving this were you?
I nearly agree, but I think better to ignore him altogether:
July 14, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I nearly agree, but I think better to ignore him altogether:
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...
Oh, yes. It's dreadful. It's a poorly maintained pavement with a sign strapped onto it. Here are a couple of shots from further on:
June 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Oh, yes. It's dreadful. It's a poorly maintained pavement with a sign strapped onto it. Here are a couple of shots from further on:
I would agree with that assessment. I cycle it on the way up, but it's bumpy and horrible. On the way down it ends at a particularly bad point (see picture) opposite the Culham junction. If there were a good cycle path then one could get that 40-50% up to 90-95%.
June 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I would agree with that assessment. I cycle it on the way up, but it's bumpy and horrible. On the way down it ends at a particularly bad point (see picture) opposite the Culham junction. If there were a good cycle path then one could get that 40-50% up to 90-95%.
Admittedly, I should have probably been able to tell that they weren't very happy with me pointing out that their phone usage was illegal:
June 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Admittedly, I should have probably been able to tell that they weren't very happy with me pointing out that their phone usage was illegal:
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.
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...
Even David Henwood is pro segregrated cycling lanes! I mean he ruins it by being pro a lot of rubbish as well, but small wins and all that...
May 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Even David Henwood is pro segregrated cycling lanes! I mean he ruins it by being pro a lot of rubbish as well, but small wins and all that...
No conspiracy, just poor statistics. They're just used to seeing things normally distributed rather than binodally. They even added a normal distribution to the graph (that's the black line), which is obviously a bit silly (not least b/c a normal distribution is symmetrical and this isn't).
May 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
No conspiracy, just poor statistics. They're just used to seeing things normally distributed rather than binodally. They even added a normal distribution to the graph (that's the black line), which is obviously a bit silly (not least b/c a normal distribution is symmetrical and this isn't).
The BBC news website has a slightly irritating habit of putting quoted words in headlines, which gives the appearance of them being sarcastic. Most of the time this is harmless, but sometimes it comes across as crass. Perhaps more likely is that I'm the only person who notices...
May 2, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The BBC news website has a slightly irritating habit of putting quoted words in headlines, which gives the appearance of them being sarcastic. Most of the time this is harmless, but sometimes it comes across as crass. Perhaps more likely is that I'm the only person who notices...
I think one person does it and then everyone else assumes it's the done thing. This is just down the road from me and the cars are always parked like this: one wheel on and one wheel off.
May 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I think one person does it and then everyone else assumes it's the done thing. This is just down the road from me and the cars are always parked like this: one wheel on and one wheel off.
It looked like they were just making a bog-standard phone call, so yeah, I would say you're right.
April 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
It looked like they were just making a bog-standard phone call, so yeah, I would say you're right.
Whoever would have guessed that this vehicle with its four-character numberplate would have a driver on the phone? Apparently they received a written warning from the police.
April 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Whoever would have guessed that this vehicle with its four-character numberplate would have a driver on the phone? Apparently they received a written warning from the police.
First and possibly only response from TVP this year. They gave a warning to this taxi driver for this close pass. I'm sure that will have the desired effect...
April 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
First and possibly only response from TVP this year. They gave a warning to this taxi driver for this close pass. I'm sure that will have the desired effect...
POV: it's your priority, you're going 20 mph, but car drivers think playing chicken is fun.
April 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
POV: it's your priority, you're going 20 mph, but car drivers think playing chicken is fun.
No parking outside the school, eh? I think I know a way round that... @badlyparkedox.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
No parking outside the school, eh? I think I know a way round that... @badlyparkedox.bsky.social