@SkyNews All sorts of questions being begged for those of us not in court. A simple one. Why did the Land Rover driver not slow down for a stopped vehicle in the middle lane?
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Algernon Eques
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Facts and logic based. No rhetoric. Non-political - only what works.
Katılım Ağustos 2009
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A woman who caused a military Land Rover to flip over and crash on a dual-carriageway has been spared jail.
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Imagine thinking bicycles are more of a threat to human life than motor vehicles.
Manuel Romana@MRGdeviaje
@Boenau Ask pedestrians, you will have a very different answer. Cyclists cause hundreds of pedestrians injured every year in any major city. This is a clear burden on the people, and thus on the system. By your logic, cyclists must be charged.
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@schneider @muffmasterh Where do you keep all this stuff, given the range of contingencies?
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@muffmasterh You wear a jacket if it’s cold. Or you wear a t shirt if it’s hot. Not that complicated. More connected to nature and your surroundings!
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Cars are objectively inferior transportation in cities. They get stuck in traffic; hard to find parking. They’re incredibly inefficient for trips <5 miles.
Electric cargo bikes can carry groceries or kids. They have rain covers. They’re never in traffic nor need parking spaces.
critical urbanism@criticalurban
Bikes are objectively inferior transportation by every metric. Slow, minimal carrying capacity. Can't carry passengers. Exposed to the elements, the rain, snow, sleet, heat, and cold. It's awful. Incapable of practical regional access.
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@francesca_kms @AllQuizAble Of course it would, which is why they don't. Cyclists, on the other hand, are on a mission.
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@AllQuizAble It depends. We already accept limits on choice for the greater good, smoking bans, seatbelts, speed limits.
I do believe in choice, but in a city like London, if everyone who could drive did, it would be gridlocked. That’s why we invest in better alternatives.
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Took this on my way into work this morning. It’s a clear visual of how much space cars take up vs bikes.
11 people (including me) here using far less space than just three vehicles.
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@VitorAlcobia @n00dles71 @CityPolice Cyclists overtaking each other at low speeds is a non-event. It's no more disrespectful than pedestrians "overtaking" each other in a crowded street.
Get over it.
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This morning was a wake up call at Bank Junction in the City of London for those #cycling who ride through red lights or ride an electric motorbike.
Shout out to @CityPolice for organising the bike marking and the truck to highlight how dangerous the blind spots are.
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@elonmusk So I mean... why did it go down a dead end street in the first place? 😶
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@francesca_kms Calling it reclaiming suggests that modern roads were really built for children to play on, cyclists or people having street parties. They were built for motor vehicles.
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We’ve optimised cities for the least space-efficient thing in them.
🚘Cars carry 1–2 people but take huge space
🛣️Most space is for vehicles, not ppl
🚍Traffic slows public transport
🌬️Vehicles produce ~1/2 of London’s nitrogen oxides
& reclaiming streets still feels “radical”
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@LawrenceLocke6 @francesca_kms Every day thera are such unprofessional analyses of why people drive instead of walking or cycling or using public transport. We do it because overall it's far more efficient for our situation. If it wasn't, we would do something else.
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@francesca_kms most journeys are <5 km, distances many could walk, cycle, or take public transport.
Yes, but we prefer to drive.
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Traffic like👇
Rows of cars, most carrying just 1 person.
Around 60% of car trips in London are single occupancy & most journeys are <5 km, distances many could walk, cycle, or take public transport.
But yes…cycling’s the problem & public transport is “just not convenient”.
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@redgolf99 @manzanotti Because they're not congested?. If they were they'd have been smarted.
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@manzanotti @AlgernonEques Not true in many cases. As I said, it rarely happens on non smart motorways. Why would that be?
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I know it's the Telegraph. But this narrative is widespread.
How is lowering the speed limit a war on drivers?
We have speed limits, we've agreed as a society that they are necessary.
Debating the best limits to balance travel time with the risk to life is perfectly valid.
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@berl_rose @manzanotti The Tories are no friends of motorists.
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@redgolf99 @manzanotti I'm no speed control obsessive, but I think that congestion causes the reduction in speed, rather than vice versa.
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@manzanotti If you've ever driven on a "smart" motorway you'll know that when speeds are restricted to 50mph, congestion increases and when it goes back to 70 the traffic flows freely. As seen everyday on the M25 and M1.
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@keepongoings @CrimeLdn How can it be both peaceful and annoying?
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On bond street yesterday free fur activists rush the Louis Vuitton store..
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@Blockchainboy11 @davidkurten There's the problem. They put up their prices which reduces the number of customers.
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@davidkurten Remember dude. They have rent. Insurance. Staff wages. Electricity. Gas and taxes to pay. Probably about 30p in profit for them.
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Is it just me, or does £7.50 for a coffee and a croissant in a cafe seem extortionate?
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@L8zyboy108 @Mr_PeterM You think people change their underwear every few years???
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@Mr_PeterM Because people that can easily afford to buy these cars do not care about reliability. I know them personally. They switch cars every few years like changing underwear.
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@MikeJoh12751962 @IranArmyStan Totally agree. But don't you think we should stay long enough to make Iran safe for little children and goats?
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@Applec80 @MikeJoh12751962 @IranArmyStan NATO is the NORTH ATLANTIC Treaty. Doesn't include the Strait of Hormuz.
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@MikeJoh12751962 @IranArmyStan NATO is a farce. Where was the help when we needed it? Hope you enjoy a safer life with no oil. We don’t need you, you need us. They would eventually use those nuclear weapons on us and YOU.
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@BouTreeFidy @CompletedStreet It wasn't my point but still an interesting reply.
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@AlgernonEques @CompletedStreet When you guys find out that you're basically paying out the fucking ass for those stupid trains even if you don't ride them. You start to understand
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Fun fact: The new Elizabeth line in London moved more people in 2025 than Highway 401, the busiest freeway in North America.
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@DOHCDom @theJeremyVine @CllrSeema @MarshadeCordova @DisabilityActHa They're big vehicles which people try to overtake and squeeze past.
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@AlgernonEques @theJeremyVine @CllrSeema @MarshadeCordova @DisabilityActHa And yet their incident and collision ratio is the highest of any vehicle class, and rising
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Well said @MarshadeCordova
Disabled people and pedestrians must always be at the top of user priority in Transport Planning.
These shouldn’t even exist in 2026 as a concept. @DisabilityActHa
Flick Williams@flickhwilliams
A call for floating bus stops to be banned by @MarshadeCordova in the debate ‘Transport Accessibility for Disabled People’ 👏👏👏 #AccessDenied
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@drewsparkley @Sam_Dumitriu Or not to charge them for using the tip.
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@Sam_Dumitriu I'd almost think it would be cheaper to pay people to drop off at the tip!
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Why does the UK have such a bad fly-tipping problem?
In the Guardian, George Monbiot blames deregulation and not enough spending on enforcement.
To me, the cause is obvious. Britain has the highest landfill tax in Europe.
The returns to flytipping are just higher here.
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