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DM stirring things up
Has anyone seen this little masterpiece on the DM today?
If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.
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- chrisonabike 17 min 16 sec ago
Yeah ... but remember: e.g. not speeding is (presumably still) taught to learners, then having passed the test a very high percentage leave that...
- quiff 27 min 50 sec ago
I take the point, but road.cc periodically surveys its readership on income, bike spend etc. I suspect the answers indicate there is an audience...
- leaway2 1 hour 10 min ago
£12 million for 6km, crikey.
- Miller 1 hour 20 min ago
Got to love Pogacar, always diplomatic and sensible. Not in his racing style though.
- Gd29 1 hour 29 min ago
That's true enough. But doesn't address my point that the chainset you get as a replacement will not physically fit chainrings from the chain set...
- brooksby 1 hour 59 min ago
In all fairness, it almost certainly NEVER happened…
- mitsky 2 hours 19 min ago
1) I'd love to see anyone tell an EV driver that they shouldn't be on the road or move out of the way because they pay less VED....
- wtjs 6 hours 30 min ago
Many of my fellow Tories sincerely hate bike schemes, and our friends sincerely hate these schemes, and road changes create enormous noise on...
- anotherflat 8 hours 9 min ago
Clearly a design fail for them to make these 3D printed sections too stiff....
- wtjs 8 hours 48 min ago
Norfolk Police said the woman has since been reported for driving without due care and attention. Motorists charged with the offence face a fine of...
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The misleading headline seems now to have become a meme. Yahoo News popped up on my newsfeed with a version of the same thing, with the same headline suggesting the HC was the problem rather than the conflict of someone relying on the new code someone who is unaware that there are to be changes (like my good lady apparently).
So now the Nigel's of this world have there starting point pre-packaged, that the new hierarchy is dangerous - which in a way they are right because the idea of the typical motorist giving priority to anything that might delay their journey is too adventurous a concept for 21st century society
Given the number of times I have had "read the Highway Code!" shouted at me when riding two abreast or taking prime position, I am afraid I don't think some motorists have ever had a firm grip of its contents. Now I suspect we will have a situation where some know what's in it but choose to ignore it.
I am tempted to start buying copies of the new one and posting it through the window of shouty motorists though.
"Read the Highway Code!"
"I have - feel free to take a refresher!" *Thonk*
Something similar in the Telegraph too.
The ironic thing is that by publishing click bait headlines about the lack of awareness they're helping to increase awareness far more than a nice sensible headline would.
My favourite comment in the Telegraph was "How am I meant to see a cyclist behind me?!".
I do wonder what he thinks the shiny things hanging on the ceiling and doors (wings?!) are for.
Put the car in reverse and check the camera
Genius.
Pile on in - go to the comments section, select "worst rated" to find all the sensible comments, and up-vote them!
The Daily Heil? Misleading its readership with a clickbaity headline? Say it ain't so!
Completely misleading headline. The headline suggests the AA are saying that the changes are confusing and dangerous; when the AA are clear that the changes are to make roads safer, but the confusion and danger may be caused by lack of awareness.
I agree, that was my first take, and on reading what the AA said in depth I think it's being pretty reasonable and pragmatic
Exactly - they know exactly what they are doing with that headline. They have tried to spin into something else entirely and the comments suggest many DM readers are only too willing to see it that way. Irresponsible.