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mileburner wrote:
Our former head said exactly the same. But now there is one and the road has become difficult for traffic to navigate. My personal feeling is that that the school *should* take responsibility for the traffic it generates and deal with it accordingly. However, we always seem to end up with an eternal triangle of blame dodging: The school say it is a police matter, the police say it is a council matter and the council say it is a school matter. ******s - the lot of 'em. And yet if it were a commercial company/s at the centre of such congestion then the authorities would be down on them like a ton of bricks. As you say, ******s. |
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On Fri, 1 May 2009 15:01:00 +0100, "Dave Larrington"
wrote: Unfortunately, they skimped a bit on their preparatory research and called it "James Earl Ray Street". It's OK, I don't think anyone will notice. Apart from that Obama guy, maybe. Guy -- http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/urc | http://www.nohelmetlaw.org.uk/ "To every complex problem there is a solution which is simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken Newsgroup may contain nuts. |
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On Fri, 1 May 2009 11:39:29 +0100, "Mr Benn" %%%@%.%% wrote:
"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 1 May 2009 10:54:45 +0100, "Mr Benn" %%%@%.%% wrote: if a school teaching safe cycling and not at the same time reminding the parents that the biggest risk to their children is them and their friends in their cars, then we are back to the 1970s era of the Tufty Club and training our kids in car supremacism. Do you mean the Green Cross Code? No, I mean the Tufty Club. I see. Don't you think that educating children in road safety issues is a good idea? Crispin who is a teacher and I believe teaches road safety cannot bring himself to recommend pupils wear cycle helmets. He would rather tell a child to ask their mum or dad. -- "Primary position" the middle of a traffic lane. To take the "primary position" : to ride a bike in the middle of the lane in order to obstruct other road vehicles from overtaking. A term invented by and used by psycholists and not recognised in the Highway Code. Highway Code Rule 168 : "Never obstruct drivers who wish to pass." |
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On Fri, 01 May 2009 14:35:56 +0100, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
wrote: On Fri, 1 May 2009 11:39:29 +0100, "Mr Benn" %%%@%.%% wrote: if a school teaching safe cycling and not at the same time reminding the parents that the biggest risk to their children is them and their friends in their cars, then we are back to the 1970s era of the Tufty Club and training our kids in car supremacism. Do you mean the Green Cross Code? No, I mean the Tufty Club. I see. Don't you think that educating children in road safety issues is a good idea? Whatever gave you that idea? So Chapman does not think that educating children in road safety issues is a good idea. I must admit I am not surprised. This is from the guy who cannot tell us why he recommends to his children that they wear cycle helmets - even though he *knows* they are such a bad thing. Mind you he thought that less than half a dozen children saying that rode faster when wearing a helmet proved Risk Compensation - so he;s not that bright. -- I encourage my children to wear helmets. (Guy Chapman) I have never said that I encourage my children to wear helmets. (Guy Chapman) I would challenge judith to find the place where I said I encourage my children to wear helmets. (Guy Chapman) I pointed out the web page He then quickly changed the web page - but "forgot" to change the date of last amendment so it looked like the change had been there for years. |
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On Fri, 01 May 2009 14:46:34 +0100, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
wrote: snip That's made me a little sad, though, because I remember how much I miss the lovely John Milne (http://www.adinjc.org.uk/aims.html). He was a really nice guy, a lot like John Franklin - very thoughtful, calm, and unjudgmental. A thoroughly decent man. Guy Was he on your list of famous people you have met? Is that why you are so sad? -- I encourage my children to wear helmets. (Guy Chapman) I have never said that I encourage my children to wear helmets. (Guy Chapman) I would challenge judith to find the place where I said I encourage my children to wear helmets. (Guy Chapman) I pointed out the web page He then quickly changed the web page - but "forgot" to change the date of last amendment so it looked like the change had been there for years. -- "Primary position" the middle of a traffic lane. To take the "primary position" : to ride a bike in the middle of the lane in order to obstruct other road vehicles from overtaking. A term invented by and used by psycholists and not recognised in the Highway Code. Highway Code Rule 168 : "Never obstruct drivers who wish to pass." |
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"Phil W Lee" phil(at)lee-family(dot)me(dot)uk wrote in message ... Even better then - painting a cycle lane will leave the road too narrow for motor vehicles. What a surprise! mk5000 "I've been carrying you so long I have scoliosis"--Tom Cavanaugh |
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On 1 May, 15:40, "Brimstone" wrote:
mileburner wrote: Our former head said exactly the same. But now there is one and the road has become difficult for traffic to navigate. My personal feeling is that that the school *should* take responsibility for the traffic it generates and deal with it accordingly. However, we always seem to end up with an eternal triangle of blame dodging: The school say it is a police matter, the police say it is a council matter and the council say it is a school matter. ******s - the lot of 'em. And yet if it were a commercial company/s at the centre of such congestion then the authorities would be down on them like a ton of bricks. As you say, ******s. No the problem is that the car culture is so powerful and has permeated every aspect of our society that nobody, apart from a few like me, dare oppose it. Don't forget too that those ******s are statistically more than likely to be motorists themselves. Two schools near me have large free car parks for their teachers and virtually no cycle parking. -- World Carfree Network http://www.worldcarfree.net/ Help for your car-addicted friends in the U.K. |
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Doug wrote:
On 1 May, 15:40, "Brimstone" wrote: mileburner wrote: Our former head said exactly the same. But now there is one and the road has become difficult for traffic to navigate. My personal feeling is that that the school *should* take responsibility for the traffic it generates and deal with it accordingly. However, we always seem to end up with an eternal triangle of blame dodging: The school say it is a police matter, the police say it is a council matter and the council say it is a school matter. ******s - the lot of 'em. And yet if it were a commercial company/s at the centre of such congestion then the authorities would be down on them like a ton of bricks. As you say, ******s. No the problem is that the car culture is so powerful and has permeated every aspect of our society that nobody, apart from a few like me, dare oppose it. Don't forget too that those ******s are statistically more than likely to be motorists themselves. Two schools near me have large free car parks for their teachers and virtually no cycle parking. Here is evidence that Doug will never allow anyone to agree with him. |
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"Doug" wrote in message ... On 1 May, 15:40, "Brimstone" wrote: mileburner wrote: Our former head said exactly the same. But now there is one and the road has become difficult for traffic to navigate. My personal feeling is that that the school *should* take responsibility for the traffic it generates and deal with it accordingly. However, we always seem to end up with an eternal triangle of blame dodging: The school say it is a police matter, the police say it is a council matter and the council say it is a school matter. ******s - the lot of 'em. And yet if it were a commercial company/s at the centre of such congestion then the authorities would be down on them like a ton of bricks. As you say, ******s. No the problem is that the car culture is so powerful and has permeated every aspect of our society that nobody, apart from a few like me, dare oppose it. Don't forget too that those ******s are statistically more than likely to be motorists themselves. Two schools near me have large free car parks for their teachers and virtually no cycle parking. That's because there is no demand for them. Like you say "car culture is so powerful and has permeated every aspect of our society" that nobody is going to cycle a short distance when they could use their own personal automotive transport instead. |
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Doug wrote:
On 1 May, 15:40, "Brimstone" wrote: mileburner wrote: Our former head said exactly the same. But now there is one and the road has become difficult for traffic to navigate. My personal feeling is that that the school *should* take responsibility for the traffic it generates and deal with it accordingly. However, we always seem to end up with an eternal triangle of blame dodging: The school say it is a police matter, the police say it is a council matter and the council say it is a school matter. ******s - the lot of 'em. And yet if it were a commercial company/s at the centre of such congestion then the authorities would be down on them like a ton of bricks. As you say, ******s. No the problem is that the car culture is so powerful and has permeated every aspect of our society that nobody, apart from a few like me, dare oppose it. Don't forget too that those ******s are statistically more than likely to be motorists themselves. Two schools near me have large free car parks for their teachers and virtually no cycle parking. What does "virtually no cycle-parking" mean? "Virtually" must be one of the most poorly-understood and most-frequently misused words in English. |
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