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@jimswheels.bsky.social

Cyclist, husband, father, lawyer, South Gloucestershire

620 Followers  |  599 Following  |  390 Posts  |  Joined: 18.10.2024  |  2.1816

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Wales GoSafe is seriously persistently and wilfully wrong on this!

07.10.2025 06:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚πŸ‘ indeed! I must check where the emergency engine stop button is on this model.

06.10.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry you're off! Will miss you

06.10.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bus passing cyclist with substantially less than a metre of room

Bus passing cyclist with substantially less than a metre of room

This was waayyy too close this morning! Reported to FirstBus and the police.

06.10.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Driver's 'flurry' of mobile phone activity caused death of popular cyclist on A11 A man killed a cyclist after crashing into her while looking at his phone before a fatal crash, Norwich Crown Court has heard.

How can this not have been dangerous driving? Suspended sentence and 12 month ban.

Norfolk driver spared jail after cyclist killed on A11 | Thetford & Brandon Times share.google/91XJHUD7o4Pg...

03.10.2025 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Regrettably the jury acquitted him of that, CPS thought it stood reasonable prospects. Jury = drivers presumably. Careless carries far lower sentencing. Awful for the family. Feeble ban.

03.10.2025 09:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have the Evo folding ones, they fit nicely on a rear pocket. An old 4-magnet job which is now glued & magneted to a cheap reflective vest serves well in the winter.

02.10.2025 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I called this one a f***ING idiot and I have no qualms about reporting it

01.10.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Done!

01.10.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not an issue in these circumstances

01.10.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Incompetent driver. Separated cycle lanes are going in and drivers are whining about them.

01.10.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Didn't like this much at all...

01.10.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Boy, 13, bailed over multiple hit-and-runs in Lincolnshire Three cyclists and an elderly pedestrian were hit in separate incidents, Lincolnshire Police say.

"The vehicle, which officers believe to be a black Range Rover...."

28.09.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Awful 😞

28.09.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great result!!

19.09.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
"Select all images with
bicycles
Click verify once there are none left"

Image is a grid of photos of bike saddles and the very similarly shaped heads of greyhounds.

"Select all images with bicycles Click verify once there are none left" Image is a grid of photos of bike saddles and the very similarly shaped heads of greyhounds.

17.09.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 451    πŸ” 129    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 5

Sometimes possible to increase exposure of the footage afterwards which can reveal more detail

17.09.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nasty stuff. Hopefully this was reported.

16.09.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stay frosty! She'd overtaken me 20 seconds earlier...🀷🚴🀦

16.09.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Distracted delivery driver who hit and killed cyclist while reading paperwork jailed for six years The motorist, who had nine previous road traffic convictions before fatally striking dad-of-two Euan Thomson as he cycled to work, was also banned from driving for 11 years

The motorist, who had nine previous road traffic convictions before fatally striking dad-of-two Euan Thomson as he cycled to work, was also banned from driving for 11 years

16.09.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Ah yes, weird ...an apology in person at the time would probably have been better

10.09.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They might just have seen you around. Nice to get an apology.

10.09.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pleased that Avon and Somerset Police took action against this red light jumper.

09.09.2025 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
black car with a red x and a bright yellow car with a green check mark.
It's getting dark out earlier, be sure to add a bright coat of paint to your vehicle. Remember road safety is a shared responsibility.

black car with a red x and a bright yellow car with a green check mark. It's getting dark out earlier, be sure to add a bright coat of paint to your vehicle. Remember road safety is a shared responsibility.

Shared Responsibility.

@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

05.09.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 496    πŸ” 157    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 10
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Driver who almost hit group of cycling police officers head-on after being β€œtaken by surprise” avoids conviction The motorist pleaded guilty and admitted he didn’t properly see the police officers after β€œglancing up” while exiting a junction, but the judge ruled that the incident did not amount to careless drivi...

The motorist pleaded guilty and admitted he didn’t properly see the police officers after β€œglancing up” while exiting a junction, but the judge ruled that the near miss did not amount to careless driving
road.cc/315763 #cycling

04.09.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Absolutely!

02.09.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

When I voted Labour, I didn’t really want them to follow Suella Braverman’s policies.

02.09.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 681    πŸ” 104    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 6

"War on the motorist!" they will cry!

02.09.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Teenager stabbed and threatened with plastic handgun during bike robbery attempt on canal towpath Gloucestershire Police hunt for boy aged between 12 and 14 who demanded cyclist hand over his bike before stabbing the victim in the leg as he tried to cycle away
02.09.2025 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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West Midlands 'ghost' number plate trial detects thousands The region's police crime commissioner praises the success of new technology to detect illegal number plates.

'The pilot scheme ... forms part of a major road safety drive by the PCC which aims to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on West Midlands roads.'

@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

02.09.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 8

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