Fellas do the people operating machines that literally kill or maim tens of thousands of people a year have the same burden of responsibility as people on bikes?

Drivers who post idiotic comments on social media showing how dangerous they are should have their licenses suspended. Okay, perhaps this plan has major flaws but it is a good thought experiment none the less.

Stafford Safer Roads FB page has been live for a week. Reels have had over half a million views. I have received countless death threats and even more insults. But a very small contingent have been very positive and supportive. It is funny how some people react to requests to drive safely.

Ban e-bikes

Starting conclude that a lot of humans are just not equipped to be safe drivers. And when I say safe, I recognise that is relative because driving is inherently dangerous.

I have stopped using the term "vulnerable road users" and switched to "non-car occupants" instead. It is not that pedestrians, wheelchair users, cyclists, equestrians are vulnerable. It is that cars and motorised vehicles, as implemented today, are dangerous.

"Distracted driving is the drunk driving of our generation."

Why is a system of transport in which a moments negligence can have dire consequences so prevalent? Why does the habitual negligence go unchallenged? How are the ubiquitous harms to nature, wildlife, humans widely ignored? Why does drawing attention to it result in threats?

Car brain. Religion (hypocrisy). Racism. Trans phobia. Misogyny. Bigotry. Classism. Far rightism. Climate change denial. I think there is something that breaks the brain with all these prejudices. None of them bear scrutiny. People that harbour them cannot objectively reflect on anything ...

Cognitive dissonance. #CarBrain strikes again.

And there it is… www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r...

Global Cycling Network has made a film about how the law treats road violence. What assumptions underpin criminal law and punishment? Does law’s focus on the driver obscure the structural reasons why roads are unsafe? How can we radically reduce road harm?: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHRf...

Car brain == broken brain These people can watch a video of a van driver punishment pass a cyclist, getting so close that there is barely any air between van and bike and then turn around and they say the cyclist baited the van driver and caused the incident.

A Facebook reel showing a van which would be grazing the back of the bike if it had any luggage attached, the driver then performing a punishment pass before stopping 20 metres ahead for a red traffic signal. 250 comments since lunchtime. You'd think the cyclist had committed murder.

The blue on this map is a shared footway/cycleway that crosses a side road. It is inset away from the mouth of the junction. That does not exempt it from highway code rules H2 and H3 right? IMHO a driver should still cede priority to pedestrians and cyclists? Is there anything authoritative ...

Stafford Safer Roads is doing quite well, despite shaky non-stabilised camera footage. Yes it is bringing trolls out of the woodwork. But I am really stoked that, judging by the comments, some drivers are learning a thing or too. I have a stabilised action camera on the way.

Ironically, I often get people asking me if my town bike is electric (it is not). Maybe I should just lie! Even more ironically, I had someone ask me the other day if my svelte hybrid bike was electric. And now I think about it, I have had questions about the titanium bike from randoms.

I have to say I had a lovely bike ride earlier today. There are some upsides to this weather and no job.

It is not like EVs (as in private cars) are good for the environment. They may be less bad than ICE vehicles, but at present EV owners drive them further than their ICE equivalents. Private cars, electric or not, are still a net negative for society.

Here we go again trivialising car crashes. I have had too many close calls to have a sense of humour about it. Vehicles are driven into people and buildings far too often. And far too often, the consequences are dire.

We build vehicles that weigh 9000 pounds with 1000HP, can go 0-60mph in 3 seconds and market them recklessly. We then ask people to wear construction vests to cross the street. This is all so beyond absurd and it's truly incredible that we've normalized this.

Thinking about how much cooler today would be if ... ... We didn't have wars ... Had stopped the fossil fuel industry from dictating our lives ... We didn't overproduce crap we didn't need ... We didn't manufacture things to last one day longer than their warranty period ... etc..

That was a warm bike ride. Temperature, according to the head unit, reached 36°C towards the end of the ride.

Have to say, three to four months of applying for jobs and it is starting to looks bit bleak. Either too experienced or not got enough experience of x.

I saw a Reddit thread a few weeks ago in which somebody asked why they buy such large vehicles. Most people answered "safety," but the way a bunch of you all drive reveals you really don't care about safety at all.

See also: I haven't killed anyone yet driving like an idiot, so it is fine.

Technically I have done all my climbs this week in the big ring. And simultaneously in the small ring too. If you're riding a bike with one chainring, it is the big and small ring, right? No disrespect to Tadej.

Parking like this is simply an admission of selfishness and entitlement.

Bluesky friends. Please may I ask a favour? If you are on faceache, perhaps you could take a moment and consider following 'Stafford Safer Roads'? That'd be very much appreciated. Thank you. www.facebook.com/stafford.saf...

There are lots of places in my locality that you cannot really bike to without sharing roads with drivers. Ride swiftly or ride slowly, I seem to get the same level of aggression. But I am starting to conclude, riding quickly and assertively, I am taking evasive action less often. 1/4

I noticed yesterday that Staffordshire Police have started asking cyclists whether they were wearing a helmet when they report a road traffic incident via their online portal. Why? Do they ask drivers if they were wearing a seatbelt?

It’s simple, if a child is influenced by social media that’s a sign of societal decline and must be stopped. But if a child is squashed by a giant SUV that’s just the natural order of things and there’s nothing that can be done. Oh, and BTW, it’s totally normal to influence adults to buy SUVs

People should demonstrate a clear understanding of the externalities of driving before being allowed to obtain a provisional license.

Being out of work, I decided to set-up an FB page to share cycling clips of drivers doing bad things and monetise them. Within an hour of posting the first reel, a driver RLJing, a threat of violence. Unsurprising, but I still find myself wondering how society got here.

Our pensions are there really just to inflate the assets of the already well off. The shares that they buy are secondhand. They don't really invest in anything. Don't fund business. Just increase the demand of shares inflating their value.

When the car lobby tells on itself. Moving by car causes congestion. When public transportation and cycling shine, and walking is equal in time frame to moving in a single occupancy vehicle, it’s wonderful to have the freedom of choice in our city.

The Cycling and Walking Investment Plan has it's work cut out.

This is being discussed on local social media as an 'accident'. I would wager it was not an accident. More likely a distracted driver or a speeding driver or both.

Starmer is forcing Digital ID in through the back door, while using children as cover to do so — knowing his plan won't save the children!

I live in a suburb ~3km from the town centre. One of the largest in the town. No segregated safe route to town. The A34 leads into town. Recently subject to 18 months of works to deliver active travel changes. Some cycle symbols painted on the road and a couple hundred meters of shared footway.

Inspired by @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social 's Tron cycle lane, I took these on a ride the other day. This is a contraflow cycle lane in Doxey, Stafford, It's narrow, barely accounts for the turning radius of a bicycle, and within a few years of installation is overgrown.

How hypocritical is it for a driver to falsely complain that the cyclist they nearly ran over, to save 2 seconds journey time, is threatening their children by pointing out to them how dangerous their driving is? If they cared about their children they'd drive safely. Or not at all.

If politicians really want to “save childhood,” they can start by ensuring every child has three meals a day, a safe place to sleep, and safe access to education. Banning social media does nothing to help kids who don’t have basic resources.

Our kids would be safer if they'd banned Land Rovers instead of Instagram.

And Staffordshire's Reform council

Councillor Martin Murray is not fit to empty bins, let alone lead a Council. He thinks PRIDE displays in libraries makes them unwelcoming to some people. That PRIDE which is about inclusion. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Labour party is worse than the Tories...prove me wrong

Full fascism by the British state. Destroying weaponry being used to commit genocide is an act of humanity, not terrorism. All solitary with the Filton 4 and their families 🇵🇸

"Network Rail there were 1,666 reported bridge strikes between 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. A spokesperson said most of the vehicles that hit railway bridges were lorries and buses, at a cost of about £13,000 each time – costing about £23m in a year in repairs"