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Old January 19th 20, 08:23 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Mr Pounder Esquire
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Default You're not stuck in traffic, you are the traffic

Simon Mason wrote:
QUOTE:
The story begins with a Bristol Post article that says there is "no
end in sight" to the congestion and tailbacks on the A4174 ring road
at Bromley Heath. The main interviewee is a Mr Jason Mills, a driver
nonetheless, who got in touch with The Bristol Post to say he is
forced to leave at 6.30am and wake his son up to avoid the worst of
the traffic.

Mr Mills even quotes stats that claim five people a week are dying
due to Bristol air pollution, blaming insufficient traffic lights and
removal of bus lanes for the problems... so, what's the solution?

road.cc were contacted by Stefano Marazzi this morning, who is also a
member of a Bromley Heath resident's Facebook group. When the article
was shared on the group, none other than Mr Mills' wife Rachel made
the killer suggestion that her husband could instead cycle to solve
his traffic woes.

She added: "He also needs to understand that he, a motorist, is
contributing to air pollution. And if he is so concerned about his
journey time and emissions he shouldn't have accepted a job in
Abergavenny!"

Mr Marazzi told road.cc: "Basically the residents of Bromley Heath
and Downend - which is literally a 2 mile/12 minute cycle to UWE,
MoD, and the Filton Area - are getting stuck in gridlock for one to
two hours every day, causing miles of tailbacks.

"Lots of people are moaning on the Bromley Heath Facebook group about
how that in their cars it's taking them 40 minutes to travel a
distance of half a mile. Not once does it seem to dawn on them that
they are the problem!"

https://road.cc/content/news/270361-...onships-driver


Try jumping off another bridge and cycling to hospital.
Try carrying a lot of tools to work on a silly bicycle.
Try delivering parcels on a silly bicycle.
Try taking a dying wife to hospital on a silly bicycle.
Try being a doctor and cycling to work on a silly bicycle.
Try ****ing off with your silly posts Simon.





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