....if we are to stay alive we have to dress for survival.
I read much in the forums and blogs of cyclists complaining about drivers and the way they treat us. There is general agreement that our safety or lack of it lies in their hands and the way they drive. Of course this is unarguably true.
My commute is from Beckenham to Holborn and back (I basically use the LCN routes 22 & 23 avoiding most of the main roads). I aim to achieve 3+ cycle commutes per week for the year. This is the log of some of my observations.
Saturday 27 August 2011
Saturday 20 August 2011
My August Rides (week 32)
... it is finance which drives the decision.
Safety for cyclists is one of my most important concerns. If we as a community cannot prove cycling is safe then we will never be able to convince the non-cycling masses to make the switch even for the short errand to the local shop etc.
Safety for cyclists is one of my most important concerns. If we as a community cannot prove cycling is safe then we will never be able to convince the non-cycling masses to make the switch even for the short errand to the local shop etc.
Saturday 13 August 2011
My August Rides (week 31)
So I feel I cannot support the ‘Flashrides’
I had intended to write about safe cycling again this week. Events dictate that my keyboard is rattled about other matters.
By sheer misfortune I actually cycled headlong into the middle of the Peckham riot in South London on Monday afternoon. I had not been following the news before I departed on my homeward commute, I did not realise that the events of the weekend were far from over.
I had intended to write about safe cycling again this week. Events dictate that my keyboard is rattled about other matters.
By sheer misfortune I actually cycled headlong into the middle of the Peckham riot in South London on Monday afternoon. I had not been following the news before I departed on my homeward commute, I did not realise that the events of the weekend were far from over.
Saturday 6 August 2011
My August Rides (week 30)
A stationary vehicle cannot kill.
I have been thinking about cycling safety and safely this week. I have picked up some interesting and quite alarming stories from the blogs and forums which has set my mind working. As always there seems to be extensive criticism of motorists and I am sure they are fully justified.
Now don’t get me wrong when I say that it isn’t all one way here. Some driving is little short of outrageous; the antics of the idiot I mentioned in my week 28 blog being a case in point. But this is not all one way traffic (if you’ll pardon the pun). Some of the cycling antics I see on my commuting journeys make me cringe with embarrassment.
Clearly, on both sides of the ‘divide’ (more on that word in a minute), there are some who know no better. As motorists they should not have (and perhaps have not) passed a driving test and as cyclists they have never received any formal ‘road-craft’ training.
I have been thinking about cycling safety and safely this week. I have picked up some interesting and quite alarming stories from the blogs and forums which has set my mind working. As always there seems to be extensive criticism of motorists and I am sure they are fully justified.
Now don’t get me wrong when I say that it isn’t all one way here. Some driving is little short of outrageous; the antics of the idiot I mentioned in my week 28 blog being a case in point. But this is not all one way traffic (if you’ll pardon the pun). Some of the cycling antics I see on my commuting journeys make me cringe with embarrassment.
Clearly, on both sides of the ‘divide’ (more on that word in a minute), there are some who know no better. As motorists they should not have (and perhaps have not) passed a driving test and as cyclists they have never received any formal ‘road-craft’ training.
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