But it’s so normalised. Rarely newsworthy, it’s so acceptable. I’m seeing more and more SUVs (Chelsea tractors) in London, the most ridiculously huge emotional support vehicles. Standing at the bus stop watching the cars go by, nearly all of them have just a driver, no passengers. We have good public transport in London, and I get there will always be some people for whom buses or bikes aren’t an option, but I wish there was more of a move away from cars.
As a cyclist, some drivers (a minority, but even one is too much) will happily leave barely a few centimetres clearance when passing. Or get unnecessarily aggressive because there isn’t room to overtake, even though there’s a red light anyway, so why the rush? I swear, you stick someone in a car and suddenly other people’s lives are expendable if it means shaving 3 seconds off their journey.
(Morons on modded ebikes - effectively unlicenced motorbikes really - are another gripe for another day. Red lights apply to you too, you muppets. And get off the frickin pavement.)
UK figures from 2022: Deaths: 1,695 Serious injury: 28,101
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reported_Road_Casualties_Great_Britain
But it’s so normalised. Rarely newsworthy, it’s so acceptable. I’m seeing more and more SUVs (Chelsea tractors) in London, the most ridiculously huge emotional support vehicles. Standing at the bus stop watching the cars go by, nearly all of them have just a driver, no passengers. We have good public transport in London, and I get there will always be some people for whom buses or bikes aren’t an option, but I wish there was more of a move away from cars.
As a cyclist, some drivers (a minority, but even one is too much) will happily leave barely a few centimetres clearance when passing. Or get unnecessarily aggressive because there isn’t room to overtake, even though there’s a red light anyway, so why the rush? I swear, you stick someone in a car and suddenly other people’s lives are expendable if it means shaving 3 seconds off their journey.
(Morons on modded ebikes - effectively unlicenced motorbikes really - are another gripe for another day. Red lights apply to you too, you muppets. And get off the frickin pavement.)