Following on from “Cut the Crap”, here’s a more in-depth look at a specific piece of crap, and how it does more harm than good.
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Cut the Crap
Look, I’ll make this simple.
Don’t Wake The Bear
When it comes to anyone broadcasting road safety messages to the public about the risks to people on bicycles, there’s a pattern of behaviour that’s been apparent for a long, long time.
Saving the Unicorn
Recently, Jersey voted overwhelmingly to make cycling helmets compulsory for under 14s. It turns out this was based on a report from the Transport Research Laboratory. Let’s take a look at it, then.
The Worst Road Safety Film Ever
A new low in road safety films.
Legislating for Headlines
This article – bar a few changes – was originally published elsewhere in February 2012, in response to calls for the maximum jail term for causing death by dangerous/careless driving to be raised from 14 years to life, in line with other homicidal offences.
Risk: A Game of Diplomacy
Another week, another road safety film. Step forward, please, the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland.
Why
Some deaths are, whilst inherently no greater or lesser than others, more poignant than others from any given viewpoint. This weekend, one death happened to take me aback somewhat.
Lolz
Oh, Top Gear did a thing.
Idiots
Today, we look at some idiots.
Between the Lines
Let’s cut to the chase here: UK courts are explicitly condoning driving that is dangerous and is absolutely contrary to the Highway Code. Here’s why.
Uneven Roads
This piece was written in 2013 and was originally published in issue 8 of The Ride Journal.
Futility
Some days, things seem futile.
At The Going Down of The Sun and In The Morning
There is something that happens twice a day, every day. It has done so since before life existed on Earth and it will do so until the seas boil and life ceases to exits. So reliably does it happen that the very concept of a day is inherently bound to it. Twice a day, the sun is near the horizon.
Given the frequency and the fundamental constancy of this phenomenon, the way we treat it with regard to road collisions is quite remarkable.
Let’s take a look into the sun.
The Killing of The Horse
The Horse is dead. The Horse deserved to die, but not like this. And you should be very vocal about what killed it.
Newton’s Laws
Why do people on bicycles get so agitated about close passes, when they’re happy passing other vehicles closely? Isaac Newton has the answer.
From Out of Nowhere
A tragic death gives rise to some curious comments which should make us all think.
Real Cyclists and Real Problems
Pavement cycling is, rightly, a contentious issue. But are we seeing the problems or just the symptoms?
The Problem With Good People
We would do well to remember that morals are not absolute, and that morality is not a measure of competence.
THINK!
The government THINK! campaign is fairly unambiguously named. It implores us to do one thing: THINK!
But, to copy a set of decisions laid out before you; to take them at face value; is that to THINK?
What are we being taught to THINK? Are we even being taught to THINK! at all?