Friday, 9 March 2012

20mph for Bristol!!!

Bristol's residential roads to have blanket 20mph speed limit

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Read full article here 

WOW!

British Cycling responds to Labour's cycling policy proposals



"Maria Eagle MP’s proposals include a mandatory Cycling Safety Assessment for all future transport projects, a specific road budget allocation for cycling, a renewed commitment to cycle training, backing for Local Authorities on cycling promotion and infrastructure, national targets on accident reduction and a reversal of the trial of longer lorries on UK roads, together with new plans for the funding of urgent improvemelnts to HGV safety".     Click here to read in full

Thursday, 1 March 2012

Kingfisher in the park

I saw a beautiful kingfisher perched by the river in Eastville Park today. I was looking down to the river from above and saw the irridescent blue stripe down his/her back. I flew off before I had time to get the camera out! (it wasn't the one pictured here).

Will look for it again.

Silver Convertable BMW reg ****** nearly ***** ** ****

Unfortunately a silver convertable BMW 3 series ****** *** without ******* and ********** as I cycled past today. I managed to take evasive action and just avoided being ******** into the ******* ****.

I turned and signalled to the driver to look (pointed at my eyes).

He decided to get out of his car and ******** me with *******, nice!

Police informed, have an appointment with them tomorrow.

Later I remembered seeing the same car last year, driver got out of car and ******* a pedestrian ** *** ***** At the time I took a pic on my phone as he drove away from the scene in case a witness was needed. Looks like it was the exact car in todays incident!!!

(photo taken last summer, 1/7/11, 20.00 after the driver of this silver BMW ****** a pedestrian ** *** *****).

This guy is obviously a ***** and a ****** to other road users.