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Informing Londoners. #LondonTraffic #Traffic #TFL #RoadSafety #TravelAlerts #VisionZeroLDN #TrafficLondon #KeepLondonMoving

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@LondonTrafficW1
London Traffic Watch
2 years
⚠️ Please be careful in the City of London tonight. Friday night is notoriously dangerous between 18:30 and 22:30. Be vigilant. Be cautious. Go Home Before Going Out, is our advice. We have asked the Corporation of London to initiate a information campaign to warn the public.
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London Traffic Watch
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Speeding towards an articulated lorry, that’s already well into the manoeuvre before you approach isn’t a very good idea 🤦🏻‍♂️
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Greg N
9 months
So who should be giving way to who here? This truck driver said he saw me as he was already halfway turning across #Cycleway4 . It's my understanding from the Highway Code rule H3 that just because you're in a truck it doesn't exempt you from stopping and waiting....
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London Traffic Watch
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Cyclist who reported Range Rover driver for using his #mobile phone at the wheel accused of breaking the law Dave Clifton has been charged with riding a #cycle on a road without due care and attention
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London Traffic Watch
2 years
Cyclist 🚴🏻‍♂️ On Cyclist 🚴🏻‍♂️ #ThursdayMorning
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London Traffic Watch
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We recommend #cyclists do not undertake vehicles that are clearly turning left #RoadSafety
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Jeremy Vine
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I do sometimes think I should go into business advertising airhorns
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London Traffic Watch
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A cyclist has been ordered to pay a total of almost £400, including fine and other costs, for riding through a red light as a mum with her child in a pushchair were crossing the road, making them stop in their tracks to avoid a collision.
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London Traffic Watch
2 years
BREAKING NEWS Sadiq Khan says his revenue raising #ULEZ Tax WILL expand across Greater London to the M25 on August 29 next year, despite 60% of Londoners being against it
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London Traffic Watch
2 years
This was sent to us by one of our cyclists friends who was very uncomfortable being stuck behind this @TfL bus on Euston Road this morning 🚌💨💨💨💨 #ToxicAir #ULEZ
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London Traffic Watch
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TfL London Bus trying to enter the taxi rank at Paddington 🤦🏻‍♂️
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London Traffic Watch
4 years
BREAKING NEWS #TfL and #SadiqKhan have officially applied to appeal the High Court decision that ruled it unlawful for them to ban disabled transport from public roads What an incredibly sad day for equal opportunities #TransportForAll
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London Traffic Watch
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LATEST Chief Executive of car hating Lambeth Council, Bayo Dosunmu, has resigned after being charged with a number of driving and drug offences BBC News
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London Traffic Watch
1 year
Interesting 🤔 So this company was also renting EV cars to Private Hire drivers . Is that why @SadiqKhan the chair of @TfL is licensing 100s of minicab drivers every week #SaturdayThoughts
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London Traffic Watch
1 year
Sadiq Khan’s cycling tsar is distorting stats to justify millions on bike lanes ⁦ @willnorman ⁩ said to have unfairly selected cycling counts to justify spending millions on new cycling lanes despite only a modest increase in people travelling by bike
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London Traffic Watch
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Witness Appeal ‼️After a 90 year old mad was dragged from his car,a blue Honda,and then was assaulted by an unidentified #cyclist 🚴 . It happened around 13:30 🕜 In Portman Square W1 @metpoliceuk #Tuesday
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London Traffic Watch
4 years
#SadiqKhan says he will appeal the court judgment that #StreetSpaceLDN was illegal. Will he be using #taxpayers money,or his own money. The judge also said #Taxis are part of public transport,so does that mean they will have to be put back in his transport strategy #Disability
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London Traffic Watch
1 year
In The News Heal’s boss accuses @MayorofLondon ⁩ & ⁦ @CamdenCouncil ⁩ of driving visitors away from Tottenham Court Road, “I make no bones about it, we’re seeing significantly lower footfall than we did before the pandemic”
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London Traffic Watch
1 year
Following a recent study by us at traffic watch. 78% of cyclists ignore red lights
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London Traffic Watch
5 years
Here’s a lovely gesture from a #London Taxi driver taking a young man for free on his birthday 🎂 to his destination at #TottenhamCourtroad The irony in this is that the @ProactiveITA protest were exactly about situations like this @camdenDisAction should pressure @CamdenCouncil
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London Traffic Watch
2 years
ULEZ protest planned for January as furious drivers intend to march on Downing Street over expansion MyLondon
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London Traffic Watch
5 years
#TravelTips If you have to abandon your bus journey because you’re stuck in stationary traffic on roads that have been ‘remodelled’ by local councils, like @IslingtonBC @CamdenCouncil or @TfL why not apply for a refund on 0343 222 1234 or customerservice @tfl .gov.uk 👍🏼
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London Traffic Watch
1 year
Cyclist 'runs red lights outside Euston station and attacks police officer after being stopped' The cyclist allegedly ran several red lights before police tried to stop him and has been bailed MyLondon
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London Traffic Watch
1 year
A trial scheme by Wandsworth council in #London to enforce 20mph speed limits has been blocked by the Department for Transport (DfT), which has described the way the authority was using its powers as ‘unlawful’. #Breaking
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London Traffic Watch
8 months
Councils call for pavement parking to be banned across England
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London Traffic Watch
5 years
🆘 DANGER 🆘 Sent to us by one of our #Cylist followers 🚲. A @TfLTPH licensed #Uber style #MiniCab was travelling the wrong way through the Beech Street Tunnel EC2 .. @SuptAndyCox Are you not concerned by this daily occurrence @Road_Safety_GB @THINKgovuk #TravelAlert #CWC19
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London Traffic Watch
3 years
#Transport . Sadiq Khan is the Mayor of #London and has appointed himself as Chair of #TfL . But he doesn’t recognise his own figures 🤔 #TuesdayTravel #LBC #Marr
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London Traffic Watch
1 year
♻️ #BREAKING ♻️ London Mayor's fund faces £3m loss as EV firm Breathe collapses @MayorofLondon Energy Efficiency Fund, set up by #SadiqKhan , injected £3.2m into Breathe in March 2022, 15 months before it called in administrators
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London Traffic Watch
4 years
Massive road closures in #London and Heidi Alexander Deputy Mayor of #London for #Transport ,has not made an impact assessment on the effect it would have on the #disabled , surely that’s her job #ThursdayThoughts
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London Traffic Watch
5 years
Has #London got one of the best an most generous #Taxi drivers in the world 🌍 If we loose them we loose a part of London’s heritage #DDay75thAnniversary #DDay75 #Normandy75
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London Traffic Watch
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#VisionZero The speed limit in Regent's Park is 20. Cars obey it. But we clocked cyclists at 32 - and after an elderly woman died having been hit by a speeding bike, it's just more proof it's one rule for lycra louts Daily Mail Online
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London Traffic Watch
1 year
Thought Of The Day Wonder why German Police have such a different approach compared to @metpoliceuk when dealing with #JustStopOil protesters?
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London Traffic Watch
10 months
Bikes should have number plates to stop cyclists being a danger on London’s streets, former Met chief says Evening Standard
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London Traffic Watch
3 years
Sent to us earlier …😡 Disgraceful behaviour by an #eScooter user on Hampstead Road this afternoon. I wonder if @willnorman and @Heidi_LDN still support the trials in #London
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London Traffic Watch
1 year
#LTNs In The News The London high street where a ‘silly’ low traffic scheme is turning Stock Newington Church Street into a ghost town and killing trade, some owners are even retiring early 😳 #ILoveMyLTN MyLondon
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London Traffic Watch
3 years
#TODAY London firefighter tells Nick Ferrari on #LBC his crew were unable to attend THREE shouts in a row due to council installed #LTNs
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London Traffic Watch
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Road Safety News Cyclists who ride recklessly and commit road traffic offences face having penalty points put on their driving licence LBC
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London Traffic Watch
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Being able to speak English is essential for Private Hire Drivers, those who can't should lose their licenses @LBC
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London Traffic Watch
5 years
This has just been sent to us ⚠️ #TrafficAlert ⚠️ A @TfLTPH licensed #Uber style minicab has turned over on the New Kings Road #Traffic slow in the area proceed with caution And hopefully @SuptAndyCox will now see the dangers of these untrained drivers using mobiles for navigation
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London Traffic Watch
2 years
Calls to scrap LTNs as nearly 240 ambulances delayed, figures reveal Ministers under pressure to scrap 'divisive' #LTNs as it's revealed that 239 ambulances were delayed by low traffic schemes
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London Traffic Watch
4 years
Breaking News Euston Rd cycle lane will be removed, says head of @TfL Andy Byford In what’s seen as a victory for commonsence, Mr Byford told @LondonAssembly there is an adjacent bike lane that can be used, through Bloomsbury
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London Traffic Watch
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London Traffic Watch
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This is now a national scandal who ever is funding this should be held to account @LondonFire @Ldn_Ambulance @metpoliceuk
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@MayorofLondon @TfL Fire engines stuck on Regent Street they cannot fit down the new cycle lane and the traffic is now gridlocked somebody will die as a direct result of this madness
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London Traffic Watch
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#WednesdayWisdom Group of anti social #cyclists come unstuck when they come up against undercover police on Borough High Street yesterday evening
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London Traffic Watch
2 years
Anyone remember the @MayorofLondon saying the pollution kills 40,000 Londoners a year and he doesn’t want a car led recovery ! week ending Sunday 19 March 2023 PH driver licences 100,544 an increased of 226 on the previous week, there were 376 new licences issued #Friday #weekend
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London Traffic Watch
6 years
The @MayorofLondon is to charge £12.50 to motorists with older cars “Normally the poorest “ in a bid to clean up #Londons air,then why have so many buses running 85% empty? Plus 72% are still running on diesel and the #hybrid buses also run on diesel #Ulez #HealthyStreets #News
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London Traffic Watch
5 years
A hero #London black cabbie helps a women by recognising the signs of a epileptic fit,she was in distress on Bethnal Green Road E2 also the driver send thanks to Naomi from @royalmarsdenNHS 👼 And thank all the staff @ the NHS #InternationalWomensDay @Ldn_Ambulance @EpilepsyRUK
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London Traffic Watch
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Bus drivers considering striking over delays caused by #LTNs and removal of bus lanes. In one case a #bus reportedly took 55 minutes to travel two stops when it normally takes four minutes #Transport #Monday
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London Traffic Watch
2 years
You couldn’t make it up 🤦🏻‍♂️
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London Traffic Watch
1 year
#Thoughts Is it time to address the Elephant In The Room? Despite the efforts of @TfL @willnorman and the £Billions spent, cycling collisions are still on the rise. So shouldn’t we start to look at the behaviour and attitude of cyclists if we’re serious about #VisionZeroLDN ?
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Will Norman
1 year
Since London introduced the pioneering Direct Vision Standard, fatal collisions where vision is a factor have fallen by 75%. But too many people continue to be killed or seriously injured on our roads. @MayorofLondon @londoncouncils & @tfl are making further safety improvements
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London Traffic Watch
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A @TfLTPH licensed #SatNav reliant #Uber driver takes a passenger on a massive detour then charges £115.00 instead of £15 ... No replacement for the #Knowledge 🤔 #MondayMotivation #Brexit #London
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London Traffic Watch
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Is the #ULEZ charge just a smokescreen to introduce road pricing to prop Transport For #London ’s high wage cost and vanity projects. Check out page 32 from the @TfL website Link below 👇
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London Traffic Watch
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#Londontaxis have been voted the best taxis in the world for the sixth year in a row, according to the annual global taxi survey from #London secured 22% of the votes, a clear runaway winner ! This is why the Knowledge is important @subictaxi #UberCrash
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London Traffic Watch
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❌ WARNING LANGUAGE ❌ #HackneyCouncil closed Nevill Road between Clonbrock Road and Osterley Road, Clonbrock Road at its junction with Nevill Road, and Allen Road at its junction with Nevill Road. despite the majority of residents opposing the scheme in a #consultation .
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London Traffic Watch
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BREAKING NEWS #ULEZ : Sadiq Khan's £12.50-a-day ULEZ TAX made TfL nearly £100 MILLION - as Mayor presses ahead to expand zone It’s all about the environment apparently 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰
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London Traffic Watch
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Regent Street: Very difficult for emergency services to get along Regent Street now that @CityWestminster have narrowed the road for the benefit of their new plant pots @metpoliceuk #Westend
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London Traffic Watch
4 years
Amazing humanity from a licensed #London Taxi driver #Christmas2020
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London taxi driver, our mate Jon, rescues a dog from the central reservation of the A13 #LoveLondon #MondayMotivation
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London Traffic Watch
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#Breaking Woman badly injured by cyclist at same spot in Regents Park where pensioner was killed A dog walker suffered severe facial injuries and was knocked unconscious after she was hit by a speeding cyclist overtaking a car #VisionZeroLDN #RoadSafety
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London Traffic Watch
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#ULEZ protest 🪧 Why are there so many police officers? @metpoliceuk
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London Traffic Watch
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Reckless delivery drivers on bikes 'should be forced to pass road tests': #MP calls for tougher laws after she was hit by a cyclist going the wrong direction on a one-way street  #BankHoliday
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London Traffic Watch
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Mr #SadiqKhan this week was warning the London public about toxic air!” ! But the week ending Sunday II June 2023 @TfL Licensed an increase of 297 minicabs on the previous week, and there were 361 new licences issued @MayorofLondon #WednesdayStories
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London Traffic Watch
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If you missed the #RAF100 fly past @TfLTPH licensed #Uber minicab drivers have staged an alternative display #UberCRASH
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London Traffic Watch
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#MondayMorning We’re not sure if @TfLTPH have advised their licensed minicab drivers it’s ok to drive onto the concourse of Barking Station, but drive onto the concourse they have 😳🤷🏻‍♂️ #RoadSafety #VisionZeroLDN
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London Traffic Watch
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London drivers fined £20m in a year ⁦ @TfL ⁩ said it was working with ⁦ @metpoliceuk ⁩ to target 1 million drivers by 2024 At the same time knife point robberies in #London have risen by a third in a year, with all knife-enabled crimes up 21%
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London Traffic Watch
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BREAKING #ULEZ Complaints upheld over four radio adverts The ASA ruled the three #TfL adverts, which consisted of two grounds for complaint, "were likely to mislead" because the basis of the claims they made were not "given" or "explained". BBC News
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London Traffic Watch
3 years
BREAKING NEWS #SadiqKhan & #TfL win at Court of Appeal, allowing them to continue banning #disabled groups and the elderly from using wheelchair accessible public transport on major roads in #London like the A10 Bishopsgate #TransportForAll
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London Traffic Watch
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We ask vehicles and pedestrians to be aware of rampaging #cyclists in @cityoflondon 😳
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It's No Joke!
1 year
Cycle idiots causing absolute mayhem in town today, one just got clattered playing chicken with a car on Fleet St …🫠
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London Traffic Watch
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Thought Of The Day Here’s Chris Holmes, speaking in the House of Lords. He’s asking why local authorities like @TfL @cityoflondon & @CamdenCouncil are restricting access to London’s only form of 100% wheelchair accessible public transport #TransportForAll #London
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London Traffic Watch
4 years
Islington: member of the public warning drivers about the newly implemented restrictions on Cannonbury Place N1
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London Traffic Watch
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Footage captured on film from one of our followers of a @TfL licensed minicab rampaging through Marylebone in #London with a motorcyclist on his bonnet @metpoliceuk have been informed
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London Traffic Watch
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Jeremy should have contacted some of the contestants on EggHeads tell tell him how to get his bike out 😂😂😂 #MothersDay #MothersDay2024
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London Traffic Watch
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We’re seizing dumped e-bikes Hammersmith & Fulham Council has seized more than 100 dumped e-bikes this month to help keep pavements clear for all residents
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London Traffic Watch
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#SundayVibes A London council has started new emissions-based parking charges that will ramp up by nearly six-fold in the coming years. #Hackney introduced the new fees aimed at penalising drivers with the most polluting cars
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London Traffic Watch
1 year
#BankOnSafety 🚲 •77 fixed penalty notices issued to cyclists. This was either to enrol on a cycle safety course or a fine of £50. •94 traffic offence warnings given. •Nine illegal e-cycles or e-scooters seized for destruction.
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City of London Police
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Operation carried out by our Cycle Team at Bank Junction to clamp down on cycling offences and anti-social behaviour yields results. Read about it here
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London Traffic Watch
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Access to Westminster Bridge Rd BLOCKED by a bus wedged between the pavement That’s despite this road not being on a bus route and the numerous NO BUSES signs #BankOnSafety
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London Traffic Watch
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Honest Guv, it isn’t about raising revenue @metpoliceuk issued notice of intended prosecutions for speeding are up almost FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND from previous 2 years 2019. 206,070 2022. 604,503
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London Traffic Watch
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#ThursdayMorning Another bus crash this morning on Kings Road and timely reminder that @cityoflondon made buses part of their #BankOnSafety experiment
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