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Tad Piesakowski #FBPE #alsoacyclist

@tadpies

3 years

Why is it that every measure designed to improve road safety gets described as 'confusing for motorists' 🤔

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Tad Piesakowski #FBPE #alsoacyclist

@tadpies

2 years

@jkiggins @UOW Intriguing, but it would take something very special to beat the London Bridge shadows and their juxtapositioning alongside the Palace of Westminster 😏

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@tadpies

9 months

Yes they're both dropping off their precious cargos to school 🙄 Me standing alongside in hi viz clearly isn't enough of a deterrent £200 fine and 3 points hopefully will be

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3 years

What 'til they hear about cars & lorries 🙄

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2 years

Tell me we live in a car-centric society without telling me we live in a car-centric society 🙄

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2 years

@welcometotheJBC @jkiggins @UOW Ah, that's part of the beauty of it:

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2 years

@arvidsfar @TerribleMaps It's not dissing Poles - it's dissing the incumbent government of Poland. And doing so very accurately.

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9 months

@ASimpleDough Both were discharging passengers on white zigzags - a criminal offense Both will be submitted to Met Police AS VIDEOS and both will v. likely receive NIPs Both will be richly deserved Please tell me you don't hold a driving license

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2 years

Ah yes, a "debate", because the rules of the Highway Code are up for debate 🙄

VIDEO: Jeremy Vine nearly ploughs into car on cycle lane

Jeremy Vine alleged the driver cut him off in the cycle lane. He claims the motorist indicated his intent to turn 'less than six yards before' doing so and 'less than five seconds before I arrived.'

www.dailymail.co.uk

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@tadpies

3 years

@VCCP @TfL I drive & cycle. Succinctly put, each mode of transport is respectively fundamentally: Kill, or be killed. But you keep "challenging" that notion. 🙄 But don't take my word for it:

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@MattPalumbo12 @CyclingInASkirt

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3 years

@CraigMount4 @Macmeltus @St3v3ns1 @cristo_radio @theJeremyVine Isn't it strange how the REAL experts on the subject - you know the ones who personally have to deal with the aftermath of collisions on an almost daily basis - have a completely different take 🤔

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@tadpies

10 months

38 previous driving offenses. Judge described him as a "danger to the public with no prospect of rehabilitation" But thanks to #motonormativity , that paints driving as a 'right', his driving ban will for just 31 months 😩

Man jailed after speeding past horse-drawn hearse in Oxford - BBC News

A judge said so much smoke was coming from Jason Dewsbury's car it could be "seen from space".

www.bbc.com

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3 years

@NathanP3333 @MikeyCycling Just one (of many) examples of why the @tfl "See their side" advert didn't deserve airing 😔

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1 year

@philritz1 Wow! And the Lexus managed thus all by itself!??! 👇

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2 years

So @Morrisons Brentford. Great to see bike racks are back. Not so good seeing LOTs of disposable BBQs on sale. Have you not been hearing the fire brigades' pleas to stop selling them?

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@tadpies

1 year

@Southwark_News "...a car collided..." @herbie_russell I know it's a big ask, but any chance you could read these collision reporting guidelines and adopt them?

Guidelines | Road Collision Reporting Guidelines

www.rc-rg.com

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@tadpies

2 years

@PurpleMouse That's why this tweet gets a LOT of airing from me.

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1 year

@ASPRoadSafety Strange how the usual kickballers aren't responding with their usual heckle of "Grass!"

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2 years

Bus driver fired for 'using bus as weapon' against cyclist loses appeal.

Bus driver fired for 'using bus as weapon' against cyclist loses appeal

His driving was described as "atrocious" and "dreadful"

www.mylondon.news

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@tadpies

2 years

@IlminsterSteve @cadencechris In a car-centric society it seems the use of a car as the weapon seems to inextricably 'soften the blow' 😔

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@tadpies

2 years

@joncrel @AdamBronkhorst Succinctly put here - and one worth saving for the file.

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@tadpies

9 months

@ZambeziOutpost Not: why are drivers endangering others at a zebra crossing outside a school? Warped perspective Luckily, as the numerous resulting NIPs are proving, the police take a more rational view. Oh, and because the Saturday school has asked me to (after all other approaches failed)

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@tadpies

4 years

@ainsbar1 @RantyHighwayman Harangue your local councillors

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@tadpies

7 months

@Wankpanzer 13 yrs of Tory cuts have left us with too few police but will folks please THINK OF THE RANGE RIVER DRIVERS! 🙄

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@tadpies

2 years

@ChristineEasda1 Hey Christine, just a thought: Any chance you could ACTUALLY apply your strapline of "think for yourself" and do a bit of research on: 1. How roads are paid for. 2. Why bicycles aren't registered. 3. How much is spent on cycling infra compared to roads.

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@tadpies

2 years

@C_Soennichsen @WorldBollard Well, there's this thing called tram lines...🙄

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2 years

@UB1UB2 Cyclist avoids collision with inattentive MGIF left-turning driver. There. I fixed it for you.

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@tadpies

2 years

And today's @yplac Forcing pedestrians out onto the road on a blind bend on the South Circular 😩 Reported to council. Hopefully they'll remove it.

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@tadpies

2 years

@TVP_WestOxon Congrats on going straight the low-hanging fruit. @AndyCoxDCS any training courses you can recommend they go on?

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@tadpies

2 years

@igorsushko Looks like the Ukrainians are going to need a bigger...

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@tadpies

2 years

@2wheelsnot4 Our ingrained obsession with car culture wins out again. If someone has a 'momentary lapse of concentration' with a gun they'd likley lose their gun license for good and face a custodial, but because the weapon was a car it's just accepted as 'one of those things' 😫

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@tadpies

4 years

An unexpected story during #BlackHistoryMonth and very humbling to read #WarsawUprising @SilenceInPolish @policies4poland @polskieserce @KresySiberia @polishodyssey @PolishIICorps @londyn_my

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@tadpies

1 year

@Robbeddall141 Just wondering: do you say the same about folks calling for stricter gun controls in America in the wake of yet another school shooting? 🤔 #Motonormativity #CarBlind #CarCulture #VisionZero

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@tadpies

3 years

@SayedMetwali @WorldBollard Crumple zone, airbags, seatbelt, seat - the only thing liable to be hurt is their sense of entitlement

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2 years

@DasOptimist @NobodyTheWorker @RottenTomatoes @Disney The military hardware was pretty impressive

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10 months

@Wankpanzer Wouldn't it be tragic if Range Rover ended up having to foot the bill 😏

Here's the car that sparked a massive 1,500-vehicle fire at London airport car park - Autoblog

A “‘diesel-powered” automobile, and not an EV, sparked the big 1,500-car fire earlier this week at Luton airport’s parking lot near London.

www.autoblog.com

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@tadpies

2 years

Stolen Specialized Tricross @EalingCyclists I was relieved of my workhouse by two middle Eastern gents whilst cycling back from a @HounslowCycling meeting last night 😟 Reported to police & @bikeregister but truthfully, fellow cyclists diligence is the best chance for recovery 🙏

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2 years

@carlafrancome ERM, I'd also say NO to painted 'cycle lanes'. Time and time again such 'murder strips' are interpreted by drivers as negating the need for them to pass wide.

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2 years

@Makecyclingsafe Her take: "I was almost run over by a cyclist today" 🙄

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4 years

@theJeremyVine Tell me about these stop lines you speak of? 🤔 They sound...intriguing 🧐

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@tadpies

1 year

@EalingShopping newsflash: A @Wankpanzer like this doesn't fit. Ban them from the carpark.

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@tadpies

1 year

After a gap of 1,251 days it's nice to be an EU citizen again, all the benefits and opportunities it will return to me and more importantly provide my children.

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<Sigh> 😔 7th week of enforcement (sanctioned by the Saturday school trustees) and some parents STILL continue to chance it. Cue pleading "but I swear this is a first time!" once she realised it had been caught on film and that dozens of others had recently got fined + 3 points

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2 years

@CyclingInASkirt Lack of Hi-Viz on the car in front?

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2 years

@tafkamichael @jkiggins @UOW Then Minnie Mouse must be VERY happy 😏

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4 years

@ChiswickHighRd @theJeremyVine @HounslowCycling @but_cyclists Sutton Court Road - a 20 mph zone 😩

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@tadpies

10 months

@ViaTowerBridge FFS 😫 If the same judge were handling a sexual assault case would they be questioning whether the victim was dressed 'provocatively'? #BictimBlaming #Motonormativity

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@tadpies

4 years

@banditcab @Squarehighways Oh & keep going, I'm not far off "HOUSE!"

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2 years

@iambrianjones @hackneycouncil LOCKING UP A BROMPTON? OUTDOORS? IN CENTRAL LONDON? 😬 Do they get comission from the bike thieves or something?

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1 year

Guess who's back on Essex roads 😬

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@tadpies

8 months

Some entitled drivers will only learn the hard way it seems 🙄 Last week: spoken to & explained he was illegally and dangerously stopped on white zig-zags at school pickup. NIP now confirmed. Cue this Saturday Found parked up in exactly the same spot 🤷 NIP #2 HERE WE COME!

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@tadpies

6 years

Dear @RoyalMail you might want to make a note of this reg as it WILL be getting a parking ticket. No, van wasn't on a delivery. @YPLAC

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@tadpies

4 years

@NicholasHellen @SuptAndyCox @PACTS @Brakecharity Nicola I fix your headline: "Police rightly giving cyclists an easier time" I recommend you print off the following iconic tweet & stick it somewhere prominently by your screen.

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@tadpies

3 years

@fibricheck VERY misleading to advertise this as free. @GooglePlay why do you allow this?

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@tadpies

6 years

You've probably heard the story of, how after spotting a fake airfield, an allied plane later returned & dropped a faked bomb on it. Here, apparently is the genuine article #Normandy

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2 years

@biking_viking @TaffMet I've bookmarked the original tweet for when some police force rund the inevitable "wear hi viz" 'safety' campaign on twitter

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3 years

@ShaunBaileyUK @SadiqKhan All these vehicle charges... ... and you're STILL not paying anywhere near the true cost of the convenience of motoring

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3 years

@YPLAC @pavements4ppl EVERY house on this road has a drive with room for at least 2 cars (the black car in the background was driving in). Bonnet checked - cold. Calling 101 was an endless list of options. Life's too short. Letting down a tyre is quicker. So I did.

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11 months

Because, as you know: when Mike is driving, cyclists go too slow, but when he's walking, they go too fast 🤷

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@tadpies

1 year

Police: "We have noticed an increase in those who quote this type of material"

Speeding driver claimed medieval rights and said cops owed him millions

But he ended up £1,000 in various court costs, and received 6 points on his licence

www.coventrytelegraph.net

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2 years

@247Stefan @UKChange Read and TRY and understand 🙄 Oh, and does the full stop not work on your keyboard?

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@tadpies

7 years

@seatsixtyone presume you've heard - & already visited? Is Europe's ghostliest train station about to rise again? -

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2 years

@AdamBronkhorst @RowanPelling don't like cycling submitting "incriminating...footage"? Maybe encourage drivers to stop providing it. Ever wondered why dash-cams are so prevalent? 🤔 Your anti Go Pro stance is at awkward odds with the police's stance.

Cyclists encouraged to wear helmet cams to catch Highway Code breakers

The national lead on road crime reporting says he is 'hugely supportive' of the practice which could help with evidence gathering

www.telegraph.co.uk

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@tadpies

1 year

@Wankpanzer "Shocking", apparently 😏

Shocking photos show car submerged in water on banks of River Thames

This would certainly put a dampener on your day

www.mylondon.news

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3 years

@WorldBollard

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2 years

@JulianPFoulkes Read and TRY and understand

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3 years

@ldnparks Enough remodeling of parks for drivers, thank you. Park Lane, when it was still a lane.

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@tadpies

4 years

Hey @UNITE ! HERE'S a radical thought: how about helping to campaign for safer cycling infra for ALL of London's workers instead of bleating how unsafe it is? @psimonk

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5 years

@gow_derek @GeorgeMonbiot Those Polish beavers coming over here, stemming our flooding. This isn't the Brexit I voted for! 😏

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9 months

@mavrick00000 Did someone get points for something similar? 😏

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3 years

@cupofsoup7 @theJeremyVine What, You want MORE!??!

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5 years

@beadie66

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5 years

@TimHumphreys7 @Chris_Boardman

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1 year

@plac considerate parking, @Wankpanzer style

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4 years

@Grahamthecabbie @TfL Shall we see what the REAL professionals have to say about this "plague of lotuses"?

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2 years

@PPhoncible @MerseyRoads @BlatantWatch @Wankpanzer @T_Extinguishers @CycleSad @NaughtyDrivers @EndCarCulture @markandcharlie @MikeyCycling @theJeremyVine @roadcc Absolutely!

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3 years

@londonbeyond123 @bobbyinbelfast

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4 years

Thank you @ealingparking & the out of hours team @EalingCouncil in quickly tackling this @yplac @NorthfieldsAve @P_DriscollW5W13 @fayblock @David_Millican

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2 years

@phg38 @1woman2wheels @LNER @BCCletts And if I remember rightly, this sh*te was specified by the DoT and not the franchise operators.

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@tadpies

3 years

@londonbeyond123 @bobbyinbelfast Naturally the driver then cut up the cyclist by turning left, without even bothering to indicate

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@tadpies

1 year

@Wankpanzer "an Audi driver had somehow overturned her car on a country lane."

Audi driver flips car on Devon country road

No injuries were reported following the crash

www.devonlive.com

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@tadpies

4 years

@stagman70500 @TfL Keep going! I'm poised with marker pen

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@tadpies

3 years

@yeahbutcyclists @islingtongztte Ah, but that's because in our culture car ownership & driving is largely still perceived as a basic right - much like gun ownership in the US. 😕

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3 years

You've got to wonder: what will it take for the rest? 😕

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1 year

@Soupy71 @tom_a_jeffs @HarryHamishGray Pictorially:

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1 year

The Daily Wail doing a stirling job of making sure a car, much less a driver, gets mentioned in the headline 🙄

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@tadpies

3 years

@cyclingjudy @ldnparks After their speeches every single one of them scooted onto the payment, clearly fearful of venturing onto a road with traffic 🙄

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1 year

Here we go again 🙄 8 point on driving license already. Now facing up to 81 points, but guess what? "...McPherson is hoping to keep his licence by arguing that a disqualification would cause “exceptional hardship”." 😖

Driver caught speeding 22 times on same London road in 3 weeks

A laundry delivery driver faces having 81 penalty points put on his licence after being caught speeding 22 times on the same stretch of road in less than three weeks.

www.standard.co.uk

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@tadpies

9 months

@Adamj087 Clearly 🙄

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2 years

@westcountrytim When are @ASA_UK going to ban this false advertising? You can no longer promote that smoking is cool, or that alcohol makes you popular, but yet somehow you're still allowed to peddle the 'freedom of the open road' 😫

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1 year

@gazza_d "Not sure why"? Possibly because he had previously been convicted of 81 offenses on 54 occasions in just a two year period. 😕 Can we hope for a lifetime driving ban?

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1 year

Important enough for @theroyalparks but not it seems, for @EalingCouncil and @EalingLabour 😔 @WarrenFarmNR

Royal Parks Police

@MPSRoyal_Parks

1 year

If you’re walking your dog an you enter a field where you see one of these signs, then please put your dog on a short lead. #Skylarks #RichmondPark #BushyPark more info:

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2 years

@NIRoadPolicing Have you given up on expecting other motorists to exercise 'due care and attention' then? L O W H A N G I N G F R U I T 😩

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2 years

@pedaldancer123 @CarFreeRoutes @allpartycycling Because our society believes everyone has a 'right' to own this lethal weapon 😔

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8 months

@tradingMaxiSL @historyinmemes Meanwhile, in Germany

Forest swastika - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

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2 years

@OldLondonW14 @DaveVarley7 Then Now Take 2

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1 year

@wankpanzer using a former #LTN as a convenient cut through whilst chatting on a mobile 😫 But yeah @EalingCouncil let's give away 1,000 bikes. That'll fix everything 🙄 @psimonk

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2 years

@willcolumbine "Never in the field of highway conflict was so much, blamed on so many, by the actions of so few"

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3 years

@MetCycleCops So what tipped you off it might not be kosher? 😜

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