Entirely unashamed anti car propaganda, and the more the better.

[edcraw]

Oh look, the threads resident slice of gammon is back.

GB News has a lot to answer for…

 

[platinumsage]

Only on the most abject corners of the internet do those simply not wanting private ownership of vehicles to be made a criminal offence get characterized as right-wing.

 

[edcraw]

Only on the most abject corners of the internet do those simply not wanting private ownership of vehicles to be made a criminal offence get characterized as right-wing.

I listed above the many right wing takes of seen you post on her. There’s probably tons more on threads I’m blissfully unaware of.

 

[platinumsage]

I listed above the many right wing takes of seen you post on her.

Except they aren't. I refer you to this post:

The fact you so deliberately interpreted my posts as meaning what you wanted them to mean, rather than what the words actually meant, just demonstrates that every single reply of yours to mine on this thread should be disregarded.

 

[sleaterkinney]

Imagine a queue of stationary cars at a red light. They are all at the light, queuing. If a cyclist overtakes some of these cars, they are overtaking cars at the red light.

I guess you're so used to seeing cyclists jumping red lights that you can't envisage them overtaking a queue of cars at a red light and then stopping at the stop line.

The whole point of cycling is that you don’t get held up by traffic.

 

[platinumsage]

The whole point of cycling is that you don’t get held up by traffic.

Yes, lovely. One of the points of driving is that it's faster than cycling when not being held up by traffic.

 

[sleaterkinney]

Yes, lovely. One of the points of driving is that it's faster than cycling when not being held up by traffic.

But that’s all the time in London.

Also you are not supporting Putin or the Saudis and destroying the planet.

 

[platinumsage]

Yes I'm sure anyone who ever drives is complicit in mass genocide and worse than Hitler.

 

[edcraw]

Yes I'm sure anyone who ever drives is complicit in mass genocide and worse than Hitler.

Hope you enjoyed the conference?

Which one’s you here?

 

[teuchter]

Each wind-up post that platinumsage makes, the thread is brought to the top of new posts and to the attention of another 100 UK transport policy makers.

 

[sleaterkinney]

Yes I'm sure anyone who ever drives is complicit in mass genocide and worse than Hitler.

Yep, all because they can’t be on the bus or the train with the losers and they’re too lazy to cycle.

 

[platinumsage]

Yep, all because they can’t be on the bus or the train with the losers and they’re too lazy to cycle.

If those are the reasons people drive, why do you think cycling infrastructure and public transport improvements will reduce car use?

 

[platinumsage]

Each wind-up post that platinumsage makes, the thread is brought to the top of new posts and to the attention of another 100 UK transport policy makers.

There aren't 100 UK transport policy makers.

 

[a_chap]

Yawn.

I feel the need to add someone to my ignore list.

 

[sleaterkinney]

If those are the reasons people drive, why do you think cycling infrastructure and public transport improvements will reduce car use?

Cycling infrastructure makes it easier to cycle - you no longer have to take a longer route to avoid aggressive twats on bad roads for example.
Public transport improvements mean that a driver might get two seats to themselves - not having to share with the great unwashed...

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Yes, lovely. One of the points of driving is that it's faster than cycling when not being held up by traffic.

Keep going, you’re so very, very close.

 

[edcraw]

Does car culture make people twats or are twats just attracted to car culture?

 

[maomao]

Does car culture make people twats or are twats just attracted to car culture?

Both, it's a vicious circle.

 

[edcraw]

platinumsage ‘s idea of heaven!

 

[edcraw]

WATCH: A6 driver sinks car into freshly poured concrete after ignoring road closure signs

A driver who ignored road closure signs on the A6 was left red-faced after he drove his Peugeot into freshly poured concrete.

www.lep.co.uk

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Banning male drivers would make everyone safer

Male drivers three times more likely to be in road collisions with pedestrians

In 18-month period 4,363 men in Great Britain were in crashes that injured or killed pedestrians compared with 1,473 women

www.theguardian.com

 

[Orang Utan]

I like this, though they got it the wrong way round - it should be a camera disguised as a birdbox

'Police had said they are perfectly legal': Birdbox disguised as a speed camera spotted on Meanwood Road

A birdbox that has been designed to look like a speed camera to slow down drivers on a busy Leeds road has been having the desired effect.

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Yep. It’s time cameras were hidden with no warning signs, rather than the current stupid situation where they’re easily spotted.

That said, drivers still get caught by a MASSIVE YELLOW BOX ON A STICK, which kinda shows how mind fuckingly stupid a lot of them are.

 

[teuchter]

I though there was some kind of stupid thing that said you can't put up fake speed cameras because it infringes on driver's human rights not to be tricked into driving safely, or something.

 

[Orang Utan]

Those apps which tell roadhogs where to slow down need to be banned too

 

[Artaxerxes]

I though there was some kind of stupid thing that said you can't put up fake speed cameras because it infringes on driver's human rights not to be tricked into driving safely, or something.

From what I can see its discouraged as it might "distract drivers and lead to civil action"

If a static yellow box besides the road causes you to crash you might want to reconsider if you should be driving.

 

[platinumsage]

Those apps which tell roadhogs where to slow down need to be banned too

Yes definitely a good idea to ban people from disseminating information about where others might be issued a fine by the police. In fact it's probably best to go the whole hog and jail anyone who tells anyone else where a police officer is located.

Your idea has even greater merit because speed camera locations are sites with a high frequency of accidents. Definitely don't want people to be aware of those locations so they can slow down more than they otherwise might have done.

 

[maomao]

Yes definitely a good idea to ban people from disseminating information about where others might be issued a fine by the police. In fact it's probably best to go the whole hog and jail anyone who tells anyone else where a police officer is located.

Your idea has even greater merit because speed camera locations are sites with a high frequency of accidents. Definitely don't want people to be aware of those locations so they can slow down more than they otherwise might have done.

Nonsense. They're not to tell drivers where to slow down, they're to tell drivers when they can safely speed. Driving at the speed limit should be the norm.

 

[platinumsage]

Nonsense. They're not to tell drivers where to slow down, they're to tell drivers when they can safely speed. Driving at the speed limit should be the norm.

It doesn't matter what they are for, what matters is the effect they actually have. Currently, their locations being publicly available via apps or by the fact they are visible, has the effect of reducing speeds at those specific sites, which were previously prone to collisions.

Sure, you could argue that by making it illegal to inform people of the locations, and by camouflaging the cameras, people might always travel within the limit just in case they get a fine from a hidden camera. However I suspect the actual effect would be a reduction in speeds generally to some degree, but an increase in speeds at the current camera locations. It's not clear this would be a good thing overall.

Obviously if you only care about fining drivers and not reducing accidents, then you'd be in favour of Orang Utan's proposal to make it illegal to divulge camera locations, regardless of what effect it would actually have on road safety.

 

[teuchter]

Have invisible cameras generally, at undisclosed and perhaps constantly changing locations, to deter speeding in general.

Supplement these with visible ones at incident hotspots to create the maximum possible deterrence locally.

Then everyone's happy, right?