eyesee
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i take it you don't live by the binley road, then.
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shmmeee
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I lived on Brooklyn Road for ten years. Trust me there’s traffic wardens but they don’t seem to touch Foleshill Rd itself and just fuck over people parking by their house in a cul de sac while ignoring those leaving RVs and trailers there for months on end. What? No im not still bitter.
LastGarrison
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eyesee
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it just feels like another bus lane fuck up again. great idea, getting people onto bikes, but we all know the uptake will be low. i walk into town all the time, and rarely see more than 1 or 2 people using the bike lane.
trouble is, it won't be as easy to rip out as a bus lane.
add to that the fact that the binley road already had a bike lane.
i guess they were offered money to do what they did, and couldn't bring themselves to say no. irrespective of the impact on the other 99.9% of the population.
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It was either that or a congestion charge being imposed on the city.
shmmeee
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Also what the fuck is that building on Foleshill Road that’s been half finished for twenty years with no progress?
Binley road didn’t have a bike lane.
Binley road didn’t have a bike lane.
eyesee
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how is a bike lane nobody uses gonna save the planet.
eyesee
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it did.
one of those shitty painted-on ones. but there was one there, i promise.
shmmeee
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A painted line isn’t a bike lane
eyesee
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the fat guy walking in it seems to agree with you.
Liquid Gold
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I hate supposed bike lanes like this. They're an absolute danger with the cars all parked up.
The cycle lane should be between the pavement and the car parking and have a proper kerb on both sides.
shmmeee
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Sorry was rushing my answer.
The whining about separated cycle ways really winds me up. You could make all the same arguments for pavements.
We’ve got far too many cars on the road, way more than our infrastructure was built for, and one of the side effects of that is that cycling is essentially impossible for 90% of people on anything that’s not a quiet residential street. A painted line offers zero protection and is like claiming there’s pavement on motorways because of the hard shoulder.
People don’t want to reduce car usage so we’re going to have to spend money making proper cycle infrastructure. Personal mobility like bikes and scooters is only going to increase in popularity and having them share with cars is a non starter as is having them share with pedestrians. So we need to build a new third infrastructure essentially from scratch. But as soon as we do the same old shite comes out from the whiners.
eyesee
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i totally agree.
ever since the late 50s/early 60s when the rail network was hacked to pieces, just as motorways were being built, it's clear the massive income generated by everyone driving a car has been identified as a revenue stream for the gov. the trouble is, that has been the case for so long that it's inevitably difficult to even start to break that model.
cycle lanes need to be segregated from cars and buses. and a painted line on a road is just bullshit. but however well made they are, it will be extremely difficult encouraging people to make it their number one mode of transport. i wish that wasn't the case.
like i said earlier, i walk into town probably 2 or 3 times a week. i drive into town about once a month. but then i like walking. (and it means i can have a drink.)
Tommo1993
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Used to drive down Foleshill Rd a lot on the buses, and do quite a bit now in my truck and have watched traffic wardens while I’ve pulled over for a job. Stoney Stanton too. Both, Foleshill Rd especially, a warden will sort of hover around an illegally parked car, the driver will quickly run back to the car and tell the warden he/she won’t be long. The warden will just carry on their merry way ticketing nobody. Doesn’t want the confrontation. All over the HGV’s though who have absolutely no choice when all legit bays are taken up…
Always a chuckle going past the unused barbers and vape shops - staff with expensive cars
Always a chuckle going past the unused barbers and vape shops - staff with expensive cars
eyesee
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Used to drive down Foleshill Rd a lot on the buses, and do quite a bit now in my truck and have watched traffic wardens while I’ve pulled over for a job. Stoney Stanton too. Both, Foleshill Rd especially, a warden will sort of hover around an illegally parked car, the driver will quickly run back to the car and tell the warden he/she won’t be long. The warden will just carry on their merry way ticketing nobody. Doesn’t want the confrontation. All over the HGV’s though who have absolutely no choice when all legit bays are taken up…
Always a chuckle going past the unused barbers and vape shops - staff with expensive cars
...indeed.
shmmeee
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Was at the barber the other day talking about all the dodgy barbers and vape shops. He said he had a tax man in and basically they can’t do anything even though they know it’s dodgy. They come in to speak to the owner, he’s “away” then when they come back it’s the guys brother or cousin who has started a “new” shop so the process starts again. They know just how long to wait and how to keep them chasing their tails.
I’d vote for anyone that promised to put tough laws in to stop what’s blatant tax avoidance at best and a front for organised crime at worst.
I’d vote for anyone that promised to put tough laws in to stop what’s blatant tax avoidance at best and a front for organised crime at worst.
Money laundering at some point I'd guess?
shmmeee
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And the rest. Says he’s seen large drug deliveries go in and all sorts. And virtually no customers ever. But yeah it’s the new hand car wash.
eyesee
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...amongst other things.
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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Legally it is.
shmmeee
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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While I agree that riding on roads with painted white lines feels hugely unsafe, I don't think the answer is using a load of the road space to build a dedicated bike lane and making the roads much narrower.
fernandopartridge
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Ditto grass verges
shmmeee
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Do you want cyclists on the pavement? Because that’s how you get cyclists on the pavement.
You don’t need acres of space to drive. Just drive a bit slower. So bored of everything being built around cars when we aren’t the states. We don’t have infinite space.
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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I prefer cyclists on the pavements to roads, yes. And I spend way more time walking than driving. Though of course it depends on how fast the cyclist goes.
There's plenty of paths by me that are just split by a painted white line for pedestrians and cyclists and it works absolutely fine.
nicksar
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It's an age dependant thing of course but if you're past a certain age "The fat guy" is actually slim
A large city shirt would suffice I'd say!!It's an age dependant thing of course but if you're past a certain age "The fat guy" is actually slim
That’s state of the areas in a fucking embarrassment to the people that live there. Being poor doesn’t mean you throw litter in the street or don’t take pride in how tidy your house or garden is. It doesn’t cost money to keep things tidy and clean, it’s lazy as fuck. I’ve lived in 2 of those areas a long time ago so I know how lazy some people are.
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LastGarrison
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You love throwing a random made up stat in don’t you?
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I was sad enough to GoogleYou love throwing a random made up stat in don’t you?
Car ownership per household in the UK 2015-2021 | Statista
In 2021, approximately 25.6 million people in Great Britain lived in a household that owned one car.
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fernandopartridge
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No they don't