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Blackford Safe Routes @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk · 3h

Hit someone with a car inside the workplace and a Health & Safety investigation is launched, to ensure it doesn’t happen again

Hit someone with a car in the street…
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“Just a little whoopsie, just something that ‘happens’, nothing we can do to prevent it” 🙄

The Edinburgh Reporter @edinreporter.bsky.social · 6h

Health and Safety investigation launched after man injured within car showroom

A man is currently in 'serious condition' in hospital after being struck by a vehicle within Arnold Clark's Kia garage showroom on Seafield Road The incident took place around 3pm on Tuesday October 14. The man was…

Health and Safety investigation launched after man injured within car showroom

A man is currently in 'serious condition' in hospital after being struck by a vehicle within Arnold Clark's Kia garage showroom on Seafield Road The incident took place around 3pm on Tuesday October 14. The man was taken by ambulance to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh where staff describe his condition as serious. The Health and Safety Executive have been informed and their enquiries into the incident are continuing…

theedinburghreporter.co.uk

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Paul Luton @paulluton.bsky.social · 6h

Hard to imagine any collision that could not have been averted by lower speeds. The consequences would certainly have been less .

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 10h

Sure a car can do this, but the goal of good urban design is to give people the freedom to choose a better tool for the trip.

That's not always a huge cargo bike, it can be walking, a simple bike with panniers, or even public transit. In the end, each choice helps evaporate car traffic in cities.

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Paul Luton @paulluton.bsky.social · 8h

Brexit surely is a lesson in not making big changes without overwhelming support.
If you get 70% support for succession then good luck to you but better together applies to UK and EU. (And Ireland and NI now Ireland is more secular).

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 9h

In #Switzerland, fine for a speeding driver is based (1) on how far over the limit the driver is going
(2) on how much the driver earns.

One man caught driving his Ferrari at 137 km/h the in an 80 km/h zone in a village near St. Gallen was fined 300,000 Swiss Francs (today, $375,000 US).

🇨🇭🧵

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Paul Luton @paulluton.bsky.social · 12h

Well - can be handy in low traffic environments to show how a route goes through a street network.
Agree that used on main roads they show failure to design properly.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21h

Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.

For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA

Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

usa.streetsblog.org

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Paul Luton @paulluton.bsky.social · 12h

Which is why a supermajority should be needed for quasi irriversible changes.

Paul Luton @paulluton.bsky.social · 14h

We could apply. It is up to EU to agree on admission.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 23h

album cover with sound of music biking scene and the text

Meet The radical Cyclists.
no helmets - no lights - no hi viz - riding in a pack - distracted - taking the lane.

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Paul Luton @paulluton.bsky.social · 15h

Speaking from London, Balkanisation , so cross city initiatives have to get buy-in from all the Boroughs en route.

Paul Luton @paulluton.bsky.social · 1d

October 23 gave it a big boost.
Eventually as in NI people have to recognise that history is what it was and look to achieve a tolerable future.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 1d

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Paul Luton @paulluton.bsky.social · 1d

Irresponsible not to go ahead with an alternative if cycling is to be banned from OS.

Paul Luton @paulluton.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed that in places like Australia solar looks a no-brainer with batteries for overnight.

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Paul Luton @paulluton.bsky.social · 1d

But blocked by cloud a mile up that can stick around for weeks.
A useful part of an energy supply strategy.

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Paul Luton @paulluton.bsky.social · 1d

We spotted work being done locally and asked the company to do ours.
Excellent job - the workers seemed to be Polish and finishing material imported from Germany.

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 1d

This chart doesn't say "don't wear PPE", it says PPE is the least effective control in a system of more effective safety controls and a culture of safety.

OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 2d

Don't make us tap the sign.

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Paul Luton @paulluton.bsky.social · 1d

There are rules about PoWs.

Paul Luton @paulluton.bsky.social · 1d

Netanyahu certainly doesn't want peace, that doesn't apply to all Israelis.

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Paul Luton @paulluton.bsky.social · 2d

Ranting is cheap. Cycle infrastructure costs political capital as space needs to be taken from cars.

Paul Luton @paulluton.bsky.social · 2d

UK standards are shared by EU and mean that e-bikes match typical bicycles on the cycle path.

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Paul Luton @paulluton.bsky.social · 2d

Which you get when a lot of people cycle - which you don't get if local cycling requires dressing for an extreme sport.

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👣COCA👣 🇺🇦 🐸 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 2d

A very happy birthday to AOC ....we all appreciate you so much....

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Paul Luton @paulluton.bsky.social · 2d

A bit further back from the old ( and still there) stands which I would be tempted to continue using.
Let's build a glossy new hub and make it inconvenient to use !

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