tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088283198857338737.post1460557081910484070..comments2023-04-14T07:44:43.860-07:00Comments on Drive East Midlands & Drivers' Union www.driversunion.co: Graphic videos that show no rules or law can protect innocent cyclistsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728662150497028437noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088283198857338737.post-38289761737976352092014-05-09T03:45:58.865-07:002014-05-09T03:45:58.865-07:00Where does advancing the importance of drivers and...Where does advancing the importance of drivers and driving infer anything against cycling? How does pro driver translate to anti cyclist? Most cyclists and cycling is totally compatible with drivers. What isn't is demands for less road space for drivers, more prosecution and jailing of drivers and deliberately imposing their speed on drivers all by a tiny minority of racing style cyclists. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01728662150497028437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088283198857338737.post-81733582839557728662014-05-09T00:38:17.723-07:002014-05-09T00:38:17.723-07:00Hello again.
Yes I know Helsinki is not Finland- ...Hello again.<br /><br />Yes I know Helsinki is not Finland- although over a tenth of the population live there. I also visited Turku and also Mariehamn in the Ă…land islands and found that those places also have fairly high levels of cycle usage and good provision of off road cycle paths. As a result there is lots of the relaxed, sitting upright style of riding that you want to be fond of.<br /><James Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946489396800365570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088283198857338737.post-14411451588085857492014-05-04T04:15:24.532-07:002014-05-04T04:15:24.532-07:00Yes we have a few cities that are ideal for nice l...Yes we have a few cities that are ideal for nice local upright sedate riding too. Oxford, Cambridge, Norwich, Cheltenham and so on. But most of our 60 million are not interested in cycling and don't see it as viable. Just because Helsinki may have lots of local cyclists, doesn't translate to most people in Finland either. If you drive across Europe you will pass very few cyclists and I Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01728662150497028437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088283198857338737.post-51991381851186526382014-05-04T02:10:47.044-07:002014-05-04T02:10:47.044-07:00Hello again Keith.
I've just spent a few days...Hello again Keith.<br /><br />I've just spent a few days in Helsinki. This is a lovely city and you should go, but it can still be a little chilly at this time of year -:)<br /><br />Anyway, it's never been a city that's held up as an example of cycling infrastructure, but if you went there you'd find that cyclists are well catered for. Many of the major city centre paths tend to James Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946489396800365570noreply@blogger.com