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first mate

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  1. I think it is a mix of opportunity and a deeply inappropriate emotional response to lockdown. If you have a set of fast wheels and are of a certain personality type the temptation to let it all hang out seems to be overwhelming. There have as long as I can remember been boy/girl racer types and they will flout any rules to get their speed fix. I?m afraid to say the same types can be found on other types of transport, including bicycles. And though not nearly as lethal, they can still be dangerous.
  2. I think we will see a rise again late summer autumn, in part normal pattern of lowered immunity but also creeping sloppiness re social distancing. Think the latter is twofold, either A case of- most people I know haven?t had it so I?ll be ok (or they have but not badly enough to realise/ same difference) or me, my family and friends have probably all had it so now we are immune and don?t have to worry either. If the numbers start to rise again you may see posts on C19 do the same.
  3. Southwark council does not seem to be replying to email requests for a permit?!
  4. Some of the driving I have witnessed has been really scary. Don?t know what planet these people are on but unbelievably selfish and careless of others.
  5. Yes, but rarely are.
  6. I would very much like to know: 1. How many households are there in total on Melbourne Grove (I would count 2 flats within a house as separate households)? 2. Of the total households, how many have given clear support for a permeable filter on MG? Does anyone know this? For CPZ consultation , although it was a breach of their own street by street methodology, Southwark chose to cur Melbourne Grove in half and treat the two halves as separate streets, enabling them a majority in favour of CPZ around the station.
  7. If I have understood, the poster updated DVLA records within two weeks of moving, hardly avoiding his responsibilities! Goodness, after a house move there are so many things to consider that updating DVLA records would be pretty low on most people?s lists. Think he has been really, really unlucky. That said, technically Southwark have not done anything wrong either, they have simply followed process in the unimaginative,Bureaucratic way we have come to expect. Agree with Malumbu, a little proportionality would be nice, seeing this for the honest mistake it is, but don?t hold your breath, they care more about the money than they do you.
  8. Malumbu, fairly sure fox poo a whole lot nastier in terms of pathogens than is dog poo!
  9. But an incident like this is so vanishingly rare that you cannot damn a whole species on that basis. A fair number of people become very ill and some even die from cat scratches every year but no sane person would advocate poisoning or shooting cats. Bottom line, other humans probably present a greater risk to human life than do foxes. I would hate to see urban environments sterilised to suit the whims of humans. We don?t own the world, although some of us like to think we do.
  10. My slight concern is that while people are cycling mostly for leisure it can be pleasant, however I have had two near misses in the last few days with lycra clad cyclists on a speed mission, happily overtaking without any warning whatsoever, one when I was hand signalling to make a right hand turn. I do wonder how cycling is going to feel once people are using it to get to work in greater numbers? I recall one very active pro cycling person on this forum insisting mobility scooters should not use cycle lanes as it would slow down the preferred 20mph average speed that cycle commuters like him were keen to maintain.
  11. I suspect the council drive for CPZ is underpinning this latest move. Playing their usual long game of ?street dominoes? the council would be more than happy to displace lots of traffic onto the roads listed, as those streets ?resisted? at the last CPZ consultation. If this new meddling proposal succeeds we should expect councillors soon to turn up on the doorsteps of residents on those ?CPZ-resistant? streets, ready to lend a sympathetic ear and keen to drum up support for their car-free solutions, with money making permits and myriad penalties the end goal. Given current issues with public transport,money, pervasive uncertainty and stress, attempting to ramp up pressure on car use is crazy. This political ?tunnel vision? is both alarming and inept.
  12. ed_pete Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'd also be interested to know how many residents > of these street are 100% practising social > distancing themselves. How many have children > that have been out with their mates, how many have > been for dog walks with friends, how many have had > the odd evening drink with neighbours... > There are lots of streets that are in a similar > position to those mentioned. It seems very odd to > cherry pick a few for special treatment. Almost > as if there is a hidden agenda. Wasn't the whole > CPZ thing based on a disproportionately small > number of residents requests that happened to fit > with the councils agenda ? > In spite of James's post saying "The council is > considering 'permeable filters' on certain > roads.", this survey is not a council survey, it's > a councillors survey whereby if you fill in the > contact details you're granting permission to be > contacted by the Labour Party. There is no way on > knowing how the information provided will be used > and whether or not council officers will give any > credence to the results. Can?t help but agree with this. All so disappointing but predictable.
  13. I?d be very interested to know the exact amount of residents living on the streets mentioned above who have requested the proposed permeable filters and then what proportion of the voting electorate per street, this request represents? Is a majority on each street in favour of permeable filters? In short, is this being driven primarily by a majority of residents or by the council?
  14. The measures on Melbourne etc look to be opportunistic. The proposed permeable filters are something the council and a small number of residents have been pushing for ages and not a response to Covid 19. If there is an expectation that car use will rocket up because people want/need to travel safely I don?t see that putting up impediments is necessarily going to help at the moment? Why heap further stress onto the situation?
  15. If there is the merest hint attempts have been made to poison a fox or it cubs a crime has been committed, please report to RSPCA. This is an awful way to try to kill an animal and cannot be condoned in any way.
  16. Thanks for that. Interesting. Think the assertion, I am not across the evidence base, that it can also enter through the eyes is worrying.
  17. You can trust the photo. They are fake ?ye olde? character bricks. How on earth did planning pass this? There is another aesthetically jarring, monstrosity on the junction of Ashbourne and Melbourne Grove.
  18. E-bikes are heavy. Not easy to lug around or get into offices, shops etc..and probably more vulnerable to theft if chained outside. Not sure how realistic a solution this is to our local hill issue tbh. Seems anyone young and fit can cycle but older folk, as a solution it?s not really workable, in my view.
  19. Ah well, that?s okay then.
  20. How bizarre. Seems like whoever stole the pot may read this forum?
  21. Ah, complete misunderstanding on my part...apologies. In that case would support temporary pavement widening.
  22. Also potentially weeks and months of non- essential, disruptive roadworks, whereas poor, uneven paving (a significant trip hazard) is left untouched for years, despite requests to have it mended...not a political priority.
  23. Wolseleymad So sorry to see this, your sheltie looks as though it has sustained puncture wounds. You should try to find out if the owner of the husky is insured. I would be pursuing the owner to cover your vet fees as well as money to cover any other support you and your dog may need in future. To correct one comment on here, there is little correlation between attacks on other dogs by dogs and on children. One does not lead to the other. The greatest danger to people/children is if they try to break up a dog fight. The overwhelming number of dog bites to children take place in the home and are generally the consequence of lack of supervision of dog and child where the child unwittingly irritates, frightens or hurts the dog. This is not to say that a dog cannot injure a child by trying to play roughly or jumping on them in excitement, and skin can be broken by sharp nails or a tooth, by accident, and is obviously not acceptable. However, this is not the same as what is described and shown by the sheltie owner, where there are puncture wounds. This is not play in any sense of the word and the owner of this dog should be reported and will have to be instructed to keep the dog under control.
  24. So hope you find him soon.
  25. I have copied your post onto the Councillor thread and asked for comment from Cllr McAsh. slarti b Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > During the consultation period our Councillors > claimed that the traffic "through the junction", > had increased by 47% in recent years. This claim > featured very prominently in the 2 public meetings > I attended and was used as a justification for the > urgent need to support the Councils' proposals. > > I have been doing some research this weekend and > learned from one of the Southwark traffic > engineeers that the 47% increase came from > Southwark's "Annual Report on delivery of the > Transport Plan 2017\18" (page 12, Fig 6) The data > is from Southwark's annual traffic surveys, ie the > number I quoted in my original post. > > So, the 47% increase "through the junction" is > acually comparing traffic going North\South on > Dulwich Village, not "through the junction" . > And, most importantly, the base period is Sep > 2017. when the council was carrying out the > reconfiguration works to the DV junction. Can you > remember the huge queues and disruption caused by > the building works and the 4 way traffic lights. > no wonder traffic volumes were lower in that > period. > > This is therefore a totally false comparison; if > you compare 2018 with 2016, 2015 or 2014 you can > see that the traffic has actually decreased and is > part of a continuing downwards decrease. > > This is quite frankly outrageous. Councillors > have quoted highly misleading statistics to > justify a scheme that will have a massive impact > on residents in Dulwich. It is possible, though > unlikely, that this was a genuine mistake but even > so, it totally undermines the credibility of the > phase 3 consultation process. > > If our councillors or their supporters > (Exdulwicher, TownleyGreen?) can explain the 47% > increase as other than a temporary blip caused by > massive disruption in the base period I would be > interested to hear their reasons.
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