Does the BBC weather app realise what 0% chance of rain actually means?

Are you sure you want to overtake right now?

Be interesting to see if TVP do anything about this one. Usually they require evidence of a thumb or finger pushing on a phone screen. I only have ~2 minutes of holding, rolling forward and speaking into the phone.

But surely this won't be as effective as TVP giving a friendly warning to phone drivers?

Forget the 1.5m at 30mph or 2m above nonsense. Keep it simple. Get all four wheels across the line, or get six points and a fine. Drivers struggle to judge distance, especially at speed. The line is a clear marker.

Like any good doctor or dentist, DCS Cox knows that prevention is better than cure, even though he does a lot of the latter.

Apropos of Paul Doyle, here's what the sentencing council has to say about lifetime driving disqualification "Lifetime disqualifications will be rare, in particular because of the increased risk of breach...". Wrong priorities anyone? sentencingcouncil.org.uk/guidelines/d...

This article genuinely had the line: "A study... found that casualties dropped by 22% three years after 20mph speed limits were introduced - a fall, but not a statistically significant one." Presentation of stats at its finest. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Horrendous case once again. But how can someone plead guilty to causing death by dangerous driving but also be charged for causing death by careless driving when over the limit for alcohol for the same offence? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fab stuff from xkcd once again. My family will only be safe with Boudicca-style implements on my car's wheels. xkcd.com/3167/

@profkyd.bsky.social Not sure if you'd seen this. Not expecting you to comment on a live case, but strange (to me) that the charge is causing death by dangerous driving but prosecutor says to jury: "...the prosecution say he was driving carelessly at that point". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I was worried that the congestion charge was toothless and easily avoided. Turns out that all the scare-mongering by the council opposition may have unwittingly misinformed people that they can't drive within the ring road at all. Which is fine with me!

If I should fry, think only this of me

This is really good and hope the government take notice/action! I'm not totally convinced by the definition of negligent driving yet: mainly b/c there are so few 'must/must not' rules in the HC.

Exactly this. It's a particularly horrible way of extracting money from the vulnerable and concentrating into those who prey upon them.

Filling out TVP's online form for being close passed to find out it has changed again to ask even more questions. Who do they think is towing a caravan with a pedal bike?

More tedious law-misunderstanding from TVP. Apparently this doesn't show evidence of interaction, so would fall down in court. The law doesn't talk about 'interaction'. It says 'using' and that using includes holding a phone with an illuminated screen.

Back to school, back to traffic, back to reporting phone drivers...

Slightly strange from the BBC: why is this former police detective using the word accident throughout rather than incident or collision? This is basic stuff and rather undermines the author's authority in the area. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Shall I use the free car park on the same side of the road as the shops (see red arrow)? No, I'll park half on the junction half on the pavement, blocking viewing of the pedestrian crossing for other drivers. For some reason this is a trend. @badlyparkedox.bsky.social

“If drivers had to pay the full and true costs of motoring the only people who could afford to drive would be multi-millionaires.” My letter about the hidden costs of motoring is in the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social

Andy's rule strikes again. Trump promotes classical architecture apparently... he hides it well. I can only assume Sir Simon actively enjoys trolling everyone. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

After some chasing and more chasing, the driver apparently got a warning. So, for TVP, driving while using your mobile phone then trying to run down the cyclist that saw you (while close passing another cyclist to get to them) is pretty much fine. I've submitted a complaint (first time ever).

99p is an outrageously good deal. That's £1.98 in the last couple of months on @barristersecret.bsky.social books for me. Best bit: the seller takes the hit from this promotion, so the author doesn't lose out.

This is not the story: I don't care about Wimbledon being hot, I care about our planet being hot and very few people in power being remotely interested in that fact. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Another one from memory lane when TVP actually actioned some phone driving reports. This driver went to court. I didn't hear anything else so assume they pleaded guilty and took the 6 points.

Reported this guy on his phone and it turned out he was on a suspended sentence (don't know what for though guessing driving-related from the police asking if I had more of him driving). I wasn't informed what happened past then. Probably best for everyone that he was taken off the roads though...

That moment when someone is so desperate to swear at you for being a cyclist that they reverse back after a close pass...

I can't imagine wanting to have my name attached to the quotations in this piece revealing how bad some drivers are. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There is an optimum in any law enforcement: spend just enough to make sure that people will be fairly sure that they'll be caught. Then you'll see a drastic increase in law-abiding. We're doing the opposite as a society: pretending law-breaking is too difficult to solve, when it really isn't.

Just found out that this driver got 6 points for this. I kept alongside as they drove for 1min22s on their phone. After they put it away, they then tried to drive into me as I passed. I just found out, a mere 17 months after the initial offence.

You can't just break the law! Cuts to cycling and walking in 2023 were unlawful. So, let's have the money for small scale infrastructure and stop diverting it to road building. @transportaction.bsky.social @cohsat.bsky.social @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social transportactionnetwork.org.uk/treasury-cut...

From the below: "This should mean more and longer disqualifications, and the use of electronic tags (e.g. monitoring disqualified drivers)." Finally: it makes no sense for someone to be given a custodial sentence, but then allowed to drive 6 months later.

I assumed it was a WhatsApp gap, but no...

Exactly this. Lots of drivers are safe and conscientious, but it really doesn't take very many to make a very large difference. We have a lot of careless and dangerous drivers on the road because we don't value proper education and enforcement.

The BBC news website has a slightly irritating habit of putting quoted words in headlines, which gives the appearance of them being sarcastic. Most of the time this is harmless, but sometimes it comes across as crass. Perhaps more likely is that I'm the only person who notices...

A city councillor saying there's no representation for the ordinary resident in the ward they represent... thanks IOA for confirming what we already knew.

Robert Davis giving more excellent wisdom. The fun bits of cycling are brilliant - and it's (normally) the best way to get around. The horrible bits of cycling are certain drivers and it's silly to deny that.

Whoever would have guessed that this vehicle with its four-character numberplate would have a driver on the phone? Apparently they received a written warning from the police.

Mrs Daniel, the widow in this very sad case, really has behaved with dignity and graciousness given the appalling thing she's been through. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

First and possibly only response from TVP this year. They gave a warning to this taxi driver for this close pass. I'm sure that will have the desired effect...

The UK car industry contributes £22bn to the economy and employs c 35k people. Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much. Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.

POV: it's your priority, you're going 20 mph, but car drivers think playing chicken is fun.

No parking outside the school, eh? I think I know a way round that... @badlyparkedox.bsky.social

Apparently according to TVP this is not an example of someone 'using' their phone, just holding it. Of course, tapping away at a lit up screen showing their messages is definitely not an example of 'using' their phone...

For goodness' sake.

I was made to wait in court until long after he'd left as this defendant was super angry and badly behaved. Even I got a bit worried by his behaviour. youtu.be/LcOGdVAMuGg

Change of online reporting form. No longer an option for cyclist: we now fit into 'witness' or 'other'. Feels like a bit of a motornormative step, lumping pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders into one category.

Sense prevails! Oxford City Council has withdrawn its application for advertising boards at the Plain (reference 24/03019/CT3) 👍 The proposed renewal had 225 objections on safety grounds. Congratulations to @bookllyfr.bsky.social for leading the campaign against the ads 👏🙌💪 plainview.carrd.co

Please support the campaign for Presumed Liability which shifts the burden of proof to the insurance company in a collision, and is intended to compensate vulnerable road users more quickly and effectively petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... @edinburghgravel.cc