tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651597981151570147.post7712333904421171677..comments2024-03-15T07:44:55.087+00:00Comments on The Cycling Lawyer: The week that wasMartin Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07802050121734667593noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651597981151570147.post-12800831213149284852009-12-21T16:15:51.748+00:002009-12-21T16:15:51.748+00:00I've seen hundreds of car drivers pulled over ...I've seen hundreds of car drivers pulled over in my time on the roads; a few motorcyclists, but never a peddle cyclist.phatboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09945060500895486153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651597981151570147.post-34426687335809283202009-12-18T14:26:31.160+00:002009-12-18T14:26:31.160+00:00You are spot on! Here in Manchester my casual (bu...You are spot on! Here in Manchester my casual (but regular) observation is that, at peak traffic times, when it builds up and there's much stop/start, as many as 1-in-4 motorists are using a mobile phone - but when traffic gathers speed, not all of them hang up. Why, I've seen people reading the newspaper at the wheel (prob. some letter on the Daily Mail about rogue cyclists).<br /><br />Unfortunately, media and local politicos like the councillor in your story draw the battlelines around forms of transport (cars good, bikes bad) rather than around the real issue - good road use, ie enforcement. And it's not just local cllrs: take those like Baroness Sharples ("call me 'Sharpie' ") when she asked in the Lords "...can the noble Lord tell us how many successful prosecutions have been brought against cyclists who have jumped red lights?" (http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldhansrd/text/81016-0001.htm)cocosolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040377173478647027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651597981151570147.post-66837942607672542782009-12-15T06:11:04.819+00:002009-12-15T06:11:04.819+00:00Wholeheartedly agree. From a personal point of vie...Wholeheartedly agree. From a personal point of view I've lost count of the "mobile whilst driving" incidents. <br /><br />It would also be interesting to see Angela Harvey's "statistics" to support her claim of "We're always getting little old ladies who are knocked down and abused by a cyclist" <br /><br />Damaging soundbites.Big Black Shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18148188996057555730noreply@blogger.com