Earl Aelfheah

That someone could take exception at the suggestion that almost 30K KSIs is too many is incredible. The fact that one might take the suggestion as some sort of personal slight is extremely sad. As I said, the amount of destruction (yes, even just locally) caused by careless driving has become normalised / accepted as a part of life. This is perfectly evidenced by those who immediately jump to minimise the harms caused by motor vehicles, even quibbling about whether 30,000 constitutes a number in the 'tens of thousands' or not. And of course, inevitably we have people drawing false equivalence with the 'dangers' of push bicycles. We really need to stop this nonsense. If you cannot agree that more needs to be done to address the level of destruction caused by careless and dangerous driving, then there is something deeply wrong with you in my opinion. Look at those pictures at the top of the thread and show me where someone travelling on a push bike has caused similar damage.

Why are there people on this forum absolutely obsessed with the danger posed by people on push bikes, but always seeking to minimise the seriousness of almost 30,000 dead or seriously injured people each year in the UK alone, caused by the careless use of motor vehicles? It's so weird. Referring to 30,000 KSIs as in the 'tens of thousands' (which it is) and suggesting it's too high and we should seek to do more to reduce that figure, is considered 'hyperbolic'. WTAF? I think it perfectly illustrates the point that: You could say that 30,000 is not 'tens of thousands', but that would make you look very stupid. would 40,000 be a figure in the 'tens of thousands' in your mind? What about '50,000'? What do you understand as 'tens of thousands'?

So tens of thousands killed or seriously injured then. As I said? Where is the hyperbole?

100%. Plus tens of thousands of killed or seriously injured each year. The level of destruction caused by careless and dangerous driving has become almost normalised / accepted as just a fact of life. More needs to be done.

Really sorry to hear about this.

teapot

You only have to look at what's happening in Spain to see the impacts of climate change. It's great that city mayors are actually trying to do use their power and influence to accelerate our transition to a more sustainable, low carbon future. Talk of 'the Khant' and of Bolsheviks betrays the rabbit hole you've clearly lost yourself in. Take off the tin foil hat and step away from Twitter would be my advice.

So we've established that 'pavements which are never cleared' are in fact regularly cleared, and that the real issue is autumn / trees? Any other seasons we're unhappy with?

Three - I don’t have any issues with reception

Seems a bit late as others have said - although don't appear like unreasonable standards to have imposed had they done it at least a decade ago. Also a bit weird when they're still allowing other bits of laissez faire development - including developments of glorified shed conversions in back gardens (for example).

I had another case of a postie trying to hand me a recorded delivery package for a completely different street. Luckily I clocked it before he jumped back in his van and managed to hand it back. I get the impression that they're under a lot of pressure to drop and run - perhaps it's being target driven?

Automatic traffic counter. They're monitoring traffic volumes

More Twitter ‘war on motorists’ conspiracy nonsense leaking into the EDF. 🙄

What 'deflection tricks' are those exactly? I've simply pointed out that it is a massive exaggeration to say that 'cyclists are taking over paths'. It's clearly not true. How is this 'deflection'? Or do you think that disagreeing = deflection?

Yes and East Dulwich is now South Southbank

Do I support people cycling on pavements? Of course I don't. Luckily, the claim that 'cyclists are taking over the paths' of East Dulwich is ridiculous hyperbole, so I don't feel the need to start numerous threads wringing my hands over the unique and significant danger push bikes represent to the denizens of East Dulwich. If you see someone cycling on the pavement, maybe just have a word with them?

No. I'm not. This is what I said. The point above is a response to Rockets claiming that bicycles are not 'one of the most benign forms of transport' and posting a chart which shows that in fact they are. Speak to your mate about it if you don't want to discuss comparative data.

If you look at the numbers behind the chart, for pedal cycle and motorcycle under 50cc they are in single digits. One or two accidents in any year will therefore change how that end of the chart looks. What the graph shows is that there is one type of vehicle that is massively, disproportionately likely to kill or seriously injure pedestrians. It's not push bikes, or low powered scooters / motorbikes.

Where did I post about the LTN being to blame for the crash as a distraction technique exactly? I believe it was you who posted it. Considering you are complaining about people reposting misleading information, don’t you think this is a tad ironic? So Dulwich Roads reported that there had been an accident, that the road was closed and that someone had been taken to hospital. All correct. They also reposted an eye witnesses account (which was taken down). We have no reason to believe it was posted on bad faith. You accuse them wishing someone dead, because they campaign for greater road safety? Absolutely outrageous/ bizarre.

Got it. So it wasn't something that Dulwich Roads said. They just reported that there had been an accident, that the road was closed and that someone had been taken to hospital, whilst retweeting an eye witnesses account. Because you accused them of effectively wishing someone dead, to suit a narrative? Not sure what narrative that would be? Perhaps that there are far too many serious injuries and deaths on our streets as the result of dangerous driving? Because that seems like a matter of fact which I would be very surprised if you didn't agree with. I notice that you don't take issue with someone claiming that the crash was the result of an LTN. In fact you reposted that without criticism on this thread. No thought to whether that nonsense claim might be being used to suit a narrative. What do you think? 🤔 Could it be that you should just spend less time down your 'war on cars' Twitter rabbit hole? Or better still, stop trying to turn the forum into an extension of it?

Sorry to push the point, but I’m confused. You haven’t edited your original post and one can’t edit a tweet. So has the link you posted redirected to a different tweet than the one you were originally commenting on?

OK. So you linked to two tweets and one was taken down?

Your original post is on the 14th and links to a tweet from 11th?

So you’re using the forum to complain about a deleted tweet? Making no mention of this now unavailable tweet in the original post, but instead linking to a different one? Are you sure you're not just trying to redirect having realised that the word 'tragic' doesn't mean what you thought it did? This is indeed outrageous. Imagine regularly doing this.

The most important fact is that 'cyclists' are not 'taking over paths'. Something that you seem to accept. So why do we have 18 pages discussing it as if it were true? We have multiple threads railing against what is objectively one of the most benign forms of transport bar walking.