Nodders, millions of em!

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  • kurako
    kurako Posts: 1,098
    There's a new family moved into my street. I saw the Dad come on a proper BSO and he was pedalling with his HEELS!!! Seems like a nice bloke all the same so I decided to bite my lip rather than take the mick.
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  • anonymousblackfg
    anonymousblackfg Posts: 2,029
    Yep, called pretty accurately, looking at the new TFL cycleflow data:

    http://data.london.gov.uk/datastore/pac ... ad-network

    Up nearly 50% last month!
    If I know you, and I like you, you can borrow my bike box for £30 a week. PM for details.
  • vermin
    vermin Posts: 1,739
    notsoblue wrote:
    I bet these guys don't have to wear Hi-Viz...
    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/f ... ker-deaths

    That's unfortunate url shortening
  • vermin
    vermin Posts: 1,739
    Keyser__Soze wrote:
    BigMat wrote:
    Leave the nodders alone. I'm in hi viz today, so what? It shouldn't be compulsory but it isn't hurting anyone.

    I'm in hi-vis today too (Gabba in yellow), but as the proportion of cyclists wearing hi-vis rises, it becomes expected of cyclists by car drivers, police, and worryingly the justice system, so much so that cyclists are seen as negligent if they aren't wearing hi-vis. Get hit wearing non-hi-vis and I'll bet someone will try to proportion blame to you. I have no issues with individuals wearing it, but I am worried that due to the ignorance of others there'll soon be legal precedent for a reduced payment or contributory negligence for not wearing it, compelling everyone to have to wear it.

    Compulsion by convention, or something. The only time I've been almost run into by a car in the last year or so, I was wearing a high-vis yellow/scotchlite l/s top. Fortunately the driver (taxi) saw me at the the last second and swerved away. He stopped, apologised and said SMIDSY. I pointed out the profusion of yellow and he replied that he associates high-vis with stationary workmen, not fast moving cyclists, so I just didn't register as a risk. Perhaps cyclists need our own high-vis colour (normal = yellow, rail = orange, cyclist =pink?) :?: :lol:

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