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Infographic on cycle injury claims

Infographics are a modern and cool way of displaying data. They’ve been around for a long time but have gained new popularity in the internet age through crowd sourcing projects and information...

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Feeding the Trolls

The Institute of Advanced Motorists are exactly the sort of people you expect to be treating cyclists with respect out on the road. Or so I thought. In today’s Guardian Peter Walker published a damning...

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Responsible Riding

Earlier this week a news story broke about the social network and GPS tracking site, Strava. The family of Kim Flint are suing the service for negligence over his death in a cycling accident. If you...

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What if?

What if… It was shown that by wearing a bike helmet you are increasing your risk of colliding with a motor vehicle? If it was shown that the largest number of deaths inside a motor vehicle were caused...

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#sharetheroaduk A classic social media car crash

Last week, with much fanfare, a car insurance company called Ingenie launched a social media campaign called #sharetheroaduk. The campaign was led by Ingenie ambassador, Gary Lineker. What followed was...

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Am I a crank?

Through several blogposts on here I have had a pop at various people making lazy throwaway jibes at running cyclists off the road, knocking cyclists down and so on (I’m thinking Danny Care, James...

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Increasing the speed limit for HGVs and a lack of interest by my MP

Just over 2 weeks ago I came across the Government proposal to increase speeds for HGVs on single carriageway way roads from 40mph to 45mph. Given that any increase in speed limits on single...

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Mr Angry from Surrey and the role of the PCC

This morning I was sitting in a traffic jam on the A59 just outside Burscough listening to Radio 5, as usual (listening to Radio 5, that is, not sitting in a traffic jam near Burscough). There was a...

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More cycle hatred

Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to bring to your attention a Facebook update from someone who would appear to be one of your drivers. https://twitter.com/Tradescant/status/340799296838451200/photo/1...

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Perception of Risk

If you have read any media in the last few months you will have been struck by the huge attention given to the rash of deaths of cyclists on London’s roads this winter. It doesn’t really help to point...

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Cycling to School in Caton

Living in a small village, as we do, means that on most days, weather and work schedule permitting we are able to cycle to school. Me being dad, and Hannah, almost 10 on her bike, and Luke (6) on the...

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Defining Shared Space

Last week I came across a very interesting blog post on the  “As Easy As Riding a Bike” blog about the redevelopment of the centre of Poynton on Cheshire as a “shared space” scheme. I was particularly...

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Hi viz versus Proviz

The idea that simply donning a fluorescent yellow jacket somehow bestows upon you a level of hitherto unknown invulnerability is a concept that has long wound me up to a tee. Flourescent hi-visibility...

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Steve McNamara and the London Taxi Drivers’ Association

So the leader of London’s Taxi Driver’s says that cyclists are London’s equivalent of ISIS. I’ll skate over the grossly offensive nature of this comment and point out to him that cyclists don’t kill...

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Is it possible to be a cyclist and not be a little bit angry?

A few weeks ago I was riding with a friend up a big hill on the Wrynose or Bust sportive. As we were on a quiet, wide main road with excellent visibility and it was 10 o’clock on a Sunday morning we...

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Like a moth to the flame

Like a moth to the flame I am drawn to any blog, newspaper article concerning cycle safety. I often can’t help myself and try to engage with the more ignorant and hateful comments in the inevitable...

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Spare your outrage!

The huge media interest in the Charlie Alliston case (even the Guardian couldn’t help itself and used emotive language in its headline on the conviction) is providing a completely skewed and anti...

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