Bike Rogers

So much of our infrastructure, planning, environmental, and road safety measures seem to be based around politicians' fear of slightly inconveniencing easily-angered motorists. Pedestrians, cyclists, and public transport users are barely considered in their calculations.

Just heard that Glinner went on Joey Barton podcast. Jesus wept. Don’t let anyone try to convince you he cares about women’s safety.

Graham Linehan's podcast with Joey Barton?
Jesus…..

Needless to say there's a Glow Ride in Norwich!

Bling your bike and come and join us outside City Hall. Gather from 6:30pm, ride leaves at 7pm. Everyone is welcome.

#MyRideOurRight

www.facebook.com/events/16848...

My old Genesis bike frame came with a lifetime guarantee I think

Got a lot of time for Evan, comes across as a really nice guy

The green cross code is the most disastrous public information campaign in history. It has made generations believe that pedestrians are responsible for avoiding crashes. Crashes are actually the responsibility of the operators of the massive motorised lumps of metal.

Gasslighting bollocks

The locals of Norwich are upset at the local kids doing a “bikes up, knives down” ride around the city.

Yes many/most where cycling like twats but honestly….so what? If you’re driving just slow down, or stop and let then pass and get in with it

I love the "avid cyclist" types who react to Critical Mass rides by saying, "This is why drivers hate us!"

Trust me, drivers don't need an excuse to hate us. They hate us for existing.

Merseyside Police's reporting tool now asks if you were wearing a helmet. Victim blaming.

The actual fuck Merseyside Police? "Were you wearing a helmet"? Get fucked with your victim blaming. I can see exactly where you're going to go with that information. It's completely irrelevant for a close pass.

Hold a sign against genocide likely get you worse sentence than this thug got for violent attack on people cycling. Had a cyclist done this to a pedestrian, I strongly feel the biased courts of law would give stronger sentences in years! Again fuck all #RoadJustice!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Word salad

fundamentally the problem is that if you think "hotels are where I stay on holiday and I like being on holiday so living in a hotel must be fun and it's not fair others get to do it and not me" then you have the intellectual reasoning of a little child and it's going to be hard to engage with you

Bloody cyclists

Yeah, I remember someone saying they will do everything they can to get a dangerous downgraded to careless simply because careless comes with zero prison time.

All messed up obviously

Yet another storefront destroyed by a motorist, while cities are holding hearings about people biking on sidewalks.

Astounding yes, but sadly not all that surprising.

A silver SUV has crashed into the side of a brick building marked "Drive-Thru Pharmacy."

i think both sides are to blame here

Colchester driver who crashed car was not wearing glasses - BBC News A driver, who police say was "elderly", is referred to the DVLA.

Driver stopped by police after colliding with a bollard could only see TWO METRES.
But wear hiviz when cycling folks.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Daniel Lawson @DanielLaw1998: Disabled parking should only be valid during business hours 9 to 5, Monday to Friday. I cannot see any reason why people with genuine disabilities would be out beyond these times. Jennifer Lee Rosman @JenLRossman: We’re disabled, Daniel, we’re not werewolves

7 years later and I still whisper, “We’re disabled, Daniel, not werewolves” to myself like a sacred mantra whenever I see a non-disabled person discover ableism like it’s the latest hipster indie band.

7 bikes not blocking the pavement vs 1 single car that is

And again, this conversation only comes up about bicycles. Nobody seems to give a shit about how car-centric societies must be for blind people

Every conversation about cycling for transportation almost inevitably boils down to the "That's a whole ass other sentence" tweet

"People should be able to use a bike for reliable, safe transportation?"

"Oh, so you must hate disabled people"

"Where the fuck did you get that from my sentence?"

Related - when motorists say cyclists should pay for the “cycle lanes they want” it’s always a good idea to remind them that the ONLY reason they are wanted or needed is to protect them from the problems and dangers introduced by drivers.

It feels like a protection racket.

Protected bike lanes are car infrastructure. Get rid of the cars instead.

Them: "But Jerome, I see empty buses all the time! What a waste!"

Me: "I see empty private cars sitting still taking up public rights of way all the time. Yet no one seems to see how wasteful that is. Imagine what we could do with that space if we gave it back to the people?"

The non cyclists are at it again

Grim messaging from Manchester City Council 👀

The non cyclists are at it again