nunhead_man

Just that really - having built our secure store which made him think we work for MI5 (its MI6 actually :-) ) he has came back last week to fix a down pipe at second floor third one up) level and sort out a temporary repair on our poor quality roofing on our inherited loft extension [email protected] 07581 166 046

Seconded That's why I have a Brompton as well as a non folder - never take the "non folder" unless i know it can go inside somewhere or will be right in my eye-line, locked with two locks. rodneybewes Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'd keep it inside if possible.

if this was a camera based issue it may be worth seeking out the camera evidence holding lot just off the Walworth Road? On one of the rare occasions I took a truck out I got stuck in a box junction on the Walworth Road when a bus pulled out to avoid an errant pedestrian - at least that is what I saw when I saw the video footage at the council offices. The bod showing me said "oh" and cancelled the ticket as before being cut up by the bus I had a clear exit route from the box

Unreported COLLISIONS mako Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does anyone really think that unreported accidents > cost the country ?34billion a year? Absolute > nonsense imo.

Hmmm - reported collisions do not equal actual collisions Note the process at http://content.met.police.uk/Article/Collision-forms-and-reports/1400005513174/1400005513174 And www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259012/rrcgb-quality-statement.pdf "Accidents which do not result in a personal injury (i.e. ?damage-only? accidents) are not included." And again please do not use the word "ACCIDENT" - these are COLLISIONS!! Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mako does make an interesting point though. A road > that previously had no accidents can't be improved > by a reduced limit data wise.

That is the motorist / speed freak take Look at the difference in absolute number of casualties. And they are NOT accidents - they are collisions. Someone is ALWAYS to blame Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So that BBC article says accidents down by 1% on > 30mph roads but up by 24% on 20mph roads. > > Clearly that in itself shows that speed and road > safety don't always go hand in hand. And speed > isn't a factor in most accidents anyway. Errors of > judgement by drivers are the main cause of > accidents. Motorways are the safest roads to > travel on statistically, and they also happen to > have the highest speed limits. Most accidents tend > to happen during manouvres, like changing lane, > turning corners/ right, etc - actions that require > drivers to be slowing in speed, and likewise, most > accidents result in no personal injury to anyone. > We have completely lost perspective of the issue, > and think that a few road signs and reduced limits > will somehow cure errors of judgement and > wreckless driving. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

bobbsy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Nunhead_man - would like to see figures per > mile...sorry if its buried deep in the article, I > just skimmed it. Love the picture attached though! Some more numbers here ........... New drivers : driving test passes fall by 8% in 12/13 - From Local Transport Today issue 622 Driving licence holding hits a new high Average mileage fell in 2013 The number of people in England holding a driving licence rose to an all-time high of 31.9 million in 2013, an 800,000 increase on the previous year, according to Transport Statistics Great Britain 2014. The average mileage driven by motorists in Great Britain fell from 8,100 miles in 2012 to 7,900 miles in 2013, the statistics say. The total distance travelled (by all modes) by the average citizen fell slightly to 6,584 miles, down from the 2003 peak of 7,202 miles. The number of people who passed their driving test in 2012/13 in GB fell to 677,000, down from 736,000 in 2011/12. The number of licensed vehicles in GB rose to an all-time high of 35 million, up from 34.5 million in 2012. The total volume of all motorised traffic rose slightly in 2013, to 303.7 billion miles (up from 302.6 billion miles in 2012), but was still well short of the 2007 peak of 314.1 billion miles. The total cost of motoring, in comparison with a 1997 baseline, had risen by 45.3% in 2013, despite vehicle purchase costs having fallen 31.8% in the same period. The discrepancy is explained by maintenance, fuel, tax and insurance costs all more than doubling in the 16-year period in question. Rail fares since 1997, meanwhile, almost doubled (up 94.4%) and bus and coach fares increased by 103.1%. Road deaths, at 1,713 in 2013, fell by 2.3% to their lowest level since records began in 1926. In terms of the road safety 'league table' of developed nations, this figure places Great Britain second (at 28 road deaths per million population), just behind Sweden at 27 deaths per million. Transport Statistics Great Britain 2014 is available athttp://tinyurl.com/nmtawc6

Edited re points I'm covering Firstly I wrongly assumed you were referring to cycling as opposed to walking access Secondly re slow down - indeed- to a crawl on my Brompton - there that path was no use to me it its recent state Thirdly re shared use it works well when there are clearly marked areas divided by a raised kerb or marked difference in surface - unlike the one at the North end of Rye Lane Fourth re hurtling - absolutely - there are ways to slow cyclists down as on Greendale - but I'd be more worried about motor vehicles Finally cycling is legal in any Southwark Park Lee Scoresby Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- ...snip.............. What you would have needed to do is to SLOW DOWN. The self-serving claim is made by part of the cycling movement (notably SUSTRANS)> that walkers and cyclists can safely share pathways and other public spaces. This dangerous > myth has been imbibed by local government officers, and indeed councillors. > > How will this play out on the new path? It doesn't really take any foresight to see that free-wheeling velocopedians will now hurtle down the new paved surface as fast as they can. A long slope, a straight path - irresistible. The area of real danger will be the blind curve at the bottom of the hill. Useless to imagine that Southwark park management have so much as considered this, let alone that they are intending to engineer-in any preventative safety strategy. ...snip.............. > >(It is a whimsical footnote that cycling is technically illegal in any Southwark park. Is that still the case?) > Lee Scoresby ...snip..............

Oh dear - mea culpa - well a little - Friends of Peckham Rye Park posted about this a week ago and it never occurred to me to re-post. And for me in the dark given the poor surface I never use it - instead I make the right through the car barrier on Friern Road, go up to the next left - Piermont Road - over the foot path on Piermont Green, turn right onto the main drag and then left into Colyton and hence off towards Nunhead. Lights and good surface most of the way bar the bit outside HGAAED

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19226144 Read down to see casualty figures - many more at 30mph - later figures elsewhere. Eg this updated 2014 - www.roadsafetyobservatory.com/Evidence/Details/10390 Attachment with thanks from RoadPeace

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- ........................ Despite the car-haters, > we will always need cars/vans/lorries on our > roads.. Need? For an able bodied person, why not cycle to the shops and not drive? Heavy shopping? Use a cargo bike or trailer! We could make do with far fewer short journeys by motor vehicles - and we would be fitter and not fatter too

Indeed this would help in my view as one who as a pedestrian has had several near misses at that corner - one issue being it is difficult to make eye contact with car drivers who are in a rush. But then traffic wanting to go in this direction would be displaced in part to Tintagel Crescent, Elsie Road, Derwent Grove etc perhaps suggesting each should have a barrier for motor vehicles half way along? Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Surely the easiest/cheapest thing to do would be > to ban right turns from Lordship Lane into Dulwich > Grove except for buses. The near misses I have > had/seen, all come from cars speeding right to > buck the traffic lights.

Gary Vu... 0787 217 8044 Has change 50 halogens to LED here over the last three months - plus other good stuff - prices per item

> As a daily user of the 37 bus this will be > HORRENDOUS! Also the school buses will be affected > and kids will be late for school and later getting > home. www.onestreet.org/resources-for-increasing-bicycling/115-traffic-evaporation

Fon has been a bit weird recently - my own Fon router in misbehaving

Hey blah blah - that is precisely what I did the first time - and went around the back streets after that until the work was done.

As I said buggie - "Now if the contractors had left a cycle lane as opposed to leaving us fighting it out with pedestrians I'd feel cyclists finally have a place So how about blaming the contractors not the cyclists? Southwark KNOWS how many cyclists use that route in weekday am and pm - if not a lane why not a diversion? buggie Wrote: > > Having been a pedestrian "fighting it out" with > cyclists through the Rye Lane roadworks the other > day, my over riding feeling was get off you bike > and push it for 100yrds. > I was not alone in having a small child with me > and couldn't believe the callous & unthoughtful > attitude of several cyclists who seemed to see it > as a sport to weave around everyone regardless of > anyone else - pretty disrespectful and ironic > given how quickly most cyclists complain about the > lack of respect their given with regard to their > own safety. > > Feel that some cyclists need to learn to treat > others how they'd like to be treated themselves.

Yeah - me too Now if the contractors had left a cycle lan as opposed to leaving us fighting it out with pedestrians I'd feel cyclists finally have a place in the heart of the construction industry - especially in their motor vehicle role in causing death and serious injury to cyclists - about 50% of cases? Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > When I cycled down there last night, only a small > section south side of Bournemouth Road junction > was blocked off. It was kind of nice to experience > half of Rye Lane without traffic and made me think > that pedestrianising south of Bournmouth Road, and > re-routing buses down Bournemouth and back round > to meet Peckham Rye could work.

Charles Notice Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > For cyclists the option is to dismount if they > fear they are in danger. Why? - cyclists are part of the obesity / type 2 diabetes and air quality solution, not part of the problem. What about pedestrians - what do you suggest they get off of? (grammer? - yes; not public skool) Car drivers need to get out and push their cars

BrandNewGuy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bunching is not the issue ? it might result in > staggered gaps, but not in the total number of > buses making the journey. I';m with you, Sue. > Taking longer to make the journey does not > directly affect frequency. As I mentioned, that's > why no-one looks at a tube timetable (apart from > first and last). If trains are every five minutes, > it doesn't matter if they're all twenty minutes > late ? you just jump on the next one. Oh yes it is!! Two thangs about tube trains that differ from buses - apart from the underground bit 1) There is nothing else on the line apart from trains - so no cars parked in bus lanes etc etc 2) They cannot bunch up (signalling systems) nor overtake (railways are like that)

Certainly a confirmed incident - we saw the immediate aftermath when passing

I know I should get out more but .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_bunching in particular ......... "Merely adding more vehicles to the schedule without making other changes has been proven not to be a reliable solution to the problem of bunching"

Hi Teddy teddy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ...........................a fair > few have been stolen from inside the bike park > (the designs of the double stands dont let you > easily secure your rear wheel). ? eh wot I thought this park was secure and camera - ed up?

minder Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why do cyclists jump red lights? Happened a few > times to me. #They just seem to saunter through. _______________________________________________________ Why do car drivers and motor bikes and scooters jump red lights at 40mph (not "saunter") especially at zebra crossings and light controlled crossings? As a pedestrian I've had to jump out of the way a number of times to avoid being killed.

Yeah - absolutely - I think all those "cyclists get off and walk" signs should be replaced with ones that say "motorists get out and push" yourmomma Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Zebedee Tring Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > Why should cyclists dismount? They have as much > right to use the road as other road users. I doubt > you'd advocate smaller cars taking different > routes to allow faster/bigger cars to use a > motorway.