Pablo
@pablosquire.bsky.social
Cyclist. Commuter. Ironman. Dog owner. Advocate for active travel & mental health.
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Remember: Alex Pretti was a cyclist.
This is simply the appropriate reaction to a gigantic SUV bring driven recklessly.
This is simply the appropriate reaction to a gigantic SUV bring driven recklessly.
January 29, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Remember: Alex Pretti was a cyclist.
This is simply the appropriate reaction to a gigantic SUV bring driven recklessly.
This is simply the appropriate reaction to a gigantic SUV bring driven recklessly.
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@oxfordshirecc.bsky.social : 'We're making streets safer for children'
@theoxfordmail.bsky.social 'Won't you think of how much it is costing dangerous and illegal drivers?'
@theoxfordmail.bsky.social 'Won't you think of how much it is costing dangerous and illegal drivers?'
January 29, 2026 at 10:46 AM
@oxfordshirecc.bsky.social : 'We're making streets safer for children'
@theoxfordmail.bsky.social 'Won't you think of how much it is costing dangerous and illegal drivers?'
@theoxfordmail.bsky.social 'Won't you think of how much it is costing dangerous and illegal drivers?'
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Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
January 27, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
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The Health Secretary Wes Streeting says the decade's delay on building a GP surgery in Didcot's Great Western Park is 'completely shocking'.
Unusually, he's leaning in to accelerate progress due to pressure from local MP Olly Glover, who he described as being 'like a dog with a bone' on the issue.
Unusually, he's leaning in to accelerate progress due to pressure from local MP Olly Glover, who he described as being 'like a dog with a bone' on the issue.
January 25, 2026 at 8:36 AM
The Health Secretary Wes Streeting says the decade's delay on building a GP surgery in Didcot's Great Western Park is 'completely shocking'.
Unusually, he's leaning in to accelerate progress due to pressure from local MP Olly Glover, who he described as being 'like a dog with a bone' on the issue.
Unusually, he's leaning in to accelerate progress due to pressure from local MP Olly Glover, who he described as being 'like a dog with a bone' on the issue.
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Me returning from the pub aged 18: "I'm stealing these traffic cones for the sheer fun of it." Me returning from the pub tonight aged 45: "I'm stealing these traffic cones to put them on the double yellows by my kids' school to stop people parking dangerously."
January 25, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Me returning from the pub aged 18: "I'm stealing these traffic cones for the sheer fun of it." Me returning from the pub tonight aged 45: "I'm stealing these traffic cones to put them on the double yellows by my kids' school to stop people parking dangerously."
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Twats.
I bet the cycle lane is only dangerous due to inattentive drivers.
I suspect none of them have actually cycled it.
I'll also bet that the best you would get is you asked them for alternative proposals would be a shrug, because they don't care for anyone other than drivers.
I bet the cycle lane is only dangerous due to inattentive drivers.
I suspect none of them have actually cycled it.
I'll also bet that the best you would get is you asked them for alternative proposals would be a shrug, because they don't care for anyone other than drivers.
Local tories out leafleting in Hammersmith. You can see their dazzling election pitch on the leaflet, which can be summarized as: DEATH TO CYCLISTS
January 17, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Twats.
I bet the cycle lane is only dangerous due to inattentive drivers.
I suspect none of them have actually cycled it.
I'll also bet that the best you would get is you asked them for alternative proposals would be a shrug, because they don't care for anyone other than drivers.
I bet the cycle lane is only dangerous due to inattentive drivers.
I suspect none of them have actually cycled it.
I'll also bet that the best you would get is you asked them for alternative proposals would be a shrug, because they don't care for anyone other than drivers.
Spoke to @ollyglover.bsky.social about #pavementparking and it’s hard to not be frustrated, when you see the likes of @nathanley.com & @emilykerr36.bsky.social.
He hasn’t commented (to my knowledge) about PP but here is Emily saying how so many of us feel.
@badlyparkedox.bsky.social
He hasn’t commented (to my knowledge) about PP but here is Emily saying how so many of us feel.
@badlyparkedox.bsky.social
100% agree with our Green Party candidate for Carfax & Jericho on Pavement Parking. It is a key thing we need to address. Government should have come with an outright ban, but as it didn't, we need to work on possible options.
January 16, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Spoke to @ollyglover.bsky.social about #pavementparking and it’s hard to not be frustrated, when you see the likes of @nathanley.com & @emilykerr36.bsky.social.
He hasn’t commented (to my knowledge) about PP but here is Emily saying how so many of us feel.
@badlyparkedox.bsky.social
He hasn’t commented (to my knowledge) about PP but here is Emily saying how so many of us feel.
@badlyparkedox.bsky.social
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Love this quote...
Christian Prudhomme, Tour de France director, said: “Stage Two was not meant to be this long (223km) but after seeing the Lake District National Park from above, in a helicopter, we thought ‘we need that’."
www.nwemail.co.uk/news/2577006...
Christian Prudhomme, Tour de France director, said: “Stage Two was not meant to be this long (223km) but after seeing the Lake District National Park from above, in a helicopter, we thought ‘we need that’."
www.nwemail.co.uk/news/2577006...
Cumbria to host Tour de France in 2027 as iconic race comes to UK
Live coverage of the announcement of the route of the 2027 Tour de France Grand Depart which will pass through Cumbria and the Lake District
www.nwemail.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Love this quote...
Christian Prudhomme, Tour de France director, said: “Stage Two was not meant to be this long (223km) but after seeing the Lake District National Park from above, in a helicopter, we thought ‘we need that’."
www.nwemail.co.uk/news/2577006...
Christian Prudhomme, Tour de France director, said: “Stage Two was not meant to be this long (223km) but after seeing the Lake District National Park from above, in a helicopter, we thought ‘we need that’."
www.nwemail.co.uk/news/2577006...
Go. On. Andrew!
OCC Didcot Councillors not supporting it 👀
Come on @andrewgant.bsky.social !!!
#pavementparking
OCC Didcot Councillors not supporting it 👀
Come on @andrewgant.bsky.social !!!
#pavementparking
“Pavements are for pedestrians, not vehicles,” says Oxfordshire County Council’s Cllr Andrew Gant as the Government introduces new rules on pavement parking where councils will be allowed to introduce and enforce a ban: “We welcome the opportunity to apply for the powers to enforce this.”
January 12, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Go. On. Andrew!
OCC Didcot Councillors not supporting it 👀
Come on @andrewgant.bsky.social !!!
#pavementparking
OCC Didcot Councillors not supporting it 👀
Come on @andrewgant.bsky.social !!!
#pavementparking
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Let alone their future driving permissions…
Why is road crime treated differently to other crime? IMO complacency and acceptance of road danger as inevitable have dulled accountability. Strategy isn’t enough — we need a fundamental root & branch cultural reset.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Why is road crime treated differently to other crime? IMO complacency and acceptance of road danger as inevitable have dulled accountability. Strategy isn’t enough — we need a fundamental root & branch cultural reset.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Nearly 630 drivers dodge jail over their role in death crashes
An average of ten a month are given community service orders, suspended sentences or fines instead of being sent to prison for triggering killer car crashes.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Let alone their future driving permissions…
Why is road crime treated differently to other crime? IMO complacency and acceptance of road danger as inevitable have dulled accountability. Strategy isn’t enough — we need a fundamental root & branch cultural reset.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Why is road crime treated differently to other crime? IMO complacency and acceptance of road danger as inevitable have dulled accountability. Strategy isn’t enough — we need a fundamental root & branch cultural reset.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Meanwhile with the year not even 2 weeks old, we already had 2 pedestrians hit by cars in Oxford, one suffered life threatening injuries, the other killed. bsky.app/profile/oxfo...
“And Mark Curtis said he recently drove into Oxford and claimed that while doing 30mph, an e-bike came past him on the inside "travelling at least 45 mph".” … at least!
Red light jumping cyclists fined by police in Oxford
#Oxon #Oxfordshire
🔗: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/...
#Oxon #Oxfordshire
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January 10, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Meanwhile with the year not even 2 weeks old, we already had 2 pedestrians hit by cars in Oxford, one suffered life threatening injuries, the other killed. bsky.app/profile/oxfo...
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Just ban it. Stop this being socially acceptable FFS 🤬
January 10, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Just ban it. Stop this being socially acceptable FFS 🤬
Key sentence here - “why do the police spend time harassing cyclists?”
Culture. Simple as that. We need change top to bottom at TVP. If this doesn’t happen, then the paralysis continues and every day we are in danger.
#cyclinglife
Culture. Simple as that. We need change top to bottom at TVP. If this doesn’t happen, then the paralysis continues and every day we are in danger.
#cyclinglife
Of the people Killed and Seriously Injured in Oxfordshire in 2024, 1 serious injury (0.4%) involved a cyclist colliding with a pedestrian.
All 20 killings (100%) and the other 239 serious injuries (99.6%) involved motor vehicles.
Why do the police spend time harassing cyclists? It's not the data.
All 20 killings (100%) and the other 239 serious injuries (99.6%) involved motor vehicles.
Why do the police spend time harassing cyclists? It's not the data.
January 10, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Key sentence here - “why do the police spend time harassing cyclists?”
Culture. Simple as that. We need change top to bottom at TVP. If this doesn’t happen, then the paralysis continues and every day we are in danger.
#cyclinglife
Culture. Simple as that. We need change top to bottom at TVP. If this doesn’t happen, then the paralysis continues and every day we are in danger.
#cyclinglife
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Around 250 people a year in the UK are killed in drink-driving related road crashes. This headline below does a disservice to every victim and bereaved family, reflecting outdated and dangerous attitudes that still need to change.
Great post, Emily.
Great post, Emily.
Call me old-fashioned, but following evidence-based policy on reducing alcohol limits to reduce "killing off" pedestrians and other road users seems pretty sensible.
It's not actually obligatory to drink booze in a pub, plenty of modern non-alcoholic options.
Also let's improve walking routes!
It's not actually obligatory to drink booze in a pub, plenty of modern non-alcoholic options.
Also let's improve walking routes!
January 9, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Around 250 people a year in the UK are killed in drink-driving related road crashes. This headline below does a disservice to every victim and bereaved family, reflecting outdated and dangerous attitudes that still need to change.
Great post, Emily.
Great post, Emily.
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He's not interested. They've denied perfectly reasonable FOI requests about drivers on phones actually being prosecuted (apparently it would cost them too much to read their own database).
January 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
He's not interested. They've denied perfectly reasonable FOI requests about drivers on phones actually being prosecuted (apparently it would cost them too much to read their own database).
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Maybe the police could turn their mind to why people might cycle on the pavement here. Priorities!!!
January 9, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Maybe the police could turn their mind to why people might cycle on the pavement here. Priorities!!!
What has to happen before TVP actually support cyclists and other vulnerable road users?
The new PCC needs to effect cultural change within TVP, or we will remain in this paralysis.
@cycloxoxford.bsky.social @cohsat.bsky.social @nathanley.com @emilykerr36.bsky.social
#cyclinglife
The new PCC needs to effect cultural change within TVP, or we will remain in this paralysis.
@cycloxoxford.bsky.social @cohsat.bsky.social @nathanley.com @emilykerr36.bsky.social
#cyclinglife
An FOI about how many drivers have been prosecuted for driving on the pavement would be interesting. @ianloader.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 6:23 PM
What has to happen before TVP actually support cyclists and other vulnerable road users?
The new PCC needs to effect cultural change within TVP, or we will remain in this paralysis.
@cycloxoxford.bsky.social @cohsat.bsky.social @nathanley.com @emilykerr36.bsky.social
#cyclinglife
The new PCC needs to effect cultural change within TVP, or we will remain in this paralysis.
@cycloxoxford.bsky.social @cohsat.bsky.social @nathanley.com @emilykerr36.bsky.social
#cyclinglife
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1967: 'Three thousand publicans marched against the breath tests' for drink driving
2026: 'Pubs blast new drink-drive limit' - front page of motonormative local rag @theoxfordmail.bsky.social today
If your pub needs drink drivers to survive, your pub needs to close NOW.
2026: 'Pubs blast new drink-drive limit' - front page of motonormative local rag @theoxfordmail.bsky.social today
If your pub needs drink drivers to survive, your pub needs to close NOW.
January 9, 2026 at 9:26 AM
1967: 'Three thousand publicans marched against the breath tests' for drink driving
2026: 'Pubs blast new drink-drive limit' - front page of motonormative local rag @theoxfordmail.bsky.social today
If your pub needs drink drivers to survive, your pub needs to close NOW.
2026: 'Pubs blast new drink-drive limit' - front page of motonormative local rag @theoxfordmail.bsky.social today
If your pub needs drink drivers to survive, your pub needs to close NOW.
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A big moment for @livingstreets.bsky.social! After years of campaigning it’s good to finally see movement on plans to prevent pavement parking. But leaving action to local authorities, not a nationwide ban, risks inconsistency and continued harm to those just trying to get around.
“These new powers do not go far enough to protect pedestrians. It’s disappointing not to see a nationwide prohibition.”
Our @charitycat.bsky.social responds to the news that local authorities will receive legal powers to restrict pavement parking. https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/pavement-parking
Our @charitycat.bsky.social responds to the news that local authorities will receive legal powers to restrict pavement parking. https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/pavement-parking
“These new powers do not go far enough to protect pedestrians | Living Streets
bitly.livingstreets.org.uk
January 8, 2026 at 2:54 PM
A big moment for @livingstreets.bsky.social! After years of campaigning it’s good to finally see movement on plans to prevent pavement parking. But leaving action to local authorities, not a nationwide ban, risks inconsistency and continued harm to those just trying to get around.
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The only target for the number of people killed on the road should be zero.
With its Road Safety Strategy, the Government has massively overlooked key actions to cut traffic and achieve safer and slower vehicle speeds, which are truly effective at saving lives and essential to reaching this goal.
With its Road Safety Strategy, the Government has massively overlooked key actions to cut traffic and achieve safer and slower vehicle speeds, which are truly effective at saving lives and essential to reaching this goal.
The Road Safety Strategy is an opportunity to address the dangers pedestrians face every day, but the vision should be for zero people to lose their lives. We should not accept that a certain number of people will die on our roads.
livingstreets.org.uk/RSScomment
livingstreets.org.uk/RSScomment
“The vision should be for zero people to lose their lives”
Living Streets comments on the Government's first Road Safety Strategy in over a decade, released today (7 January).
livingstreets.org.uk
January 7, 2026 at 2:41 PM
The only target for the number of people killed on the road should be zero.
With its Road Safety Strategy, the Government has massively overlooked key actions to cut traffic and achieve safer and slower vehicle speeds, which are truly effective at saving lives and essential to reaching this goal.
With its Road Safety Strategy, the Government has massively overlooked key actions to cut traffic and achieve safer and slower vehicle speeds, which are truly effective at saving lives and essential to reaching this goal.
@matthewbarber.co.uk 👀
Please can you sign post me to your view on the Govt road safety strategy as I cannot see it anywhere?
#pavementparking @badlyparkedox.bsky.social
Please can you sign post me to your view on the Govt road safety strategy as I cannot see it anywhere?
#pavementparking @badlyparkedox.bsky.social
Commenting as Govt launch a road safety strategy.
Every death on our roads is unacceptable. We need a Vision Zero ethos: no deaths or serious injury. Change driving culture, reject speeding, use speed-limiting tech, strengthen sentences, end ‘accident’ language. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
Every death on our roads is unacceptable. We need a Vision Zero ethos: no deaths or serious injury. Change driving culture, reject speeding, use speed-limiting tech, strengthen sentences, end ‘accident’ language. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
January 8, 2026 at 7:34 PM
@matthewbarber.co.uk 👀
Please can you sign post me to your view on the Govt road safety strategy as I cannot see it anywhere?
#pavementparking @badlyparkedox.bsky.social
Please can you sign post me to your view on the Govt road safety strategy as I cannot see it anywhere?
#pavementparking @badlyparkedox.bsky.social
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Finally. It's only taken 5-6 years.
And they've utterly fudged it by passing the buck to local authorities.
The key question is enforcement.
I'd like to hope that LAs will allow photos to be emailed or submitted via a portal and fines issued, but somehow I suspect most will just not bother.
And they've utterly fudged it by passing the buck to local authorities.
The key question is enforcement.
I'd like to hope that LAs will allow photos to be emailed or submitted via a portal and fines issued, but somehow I suspect most will just not bother.
DfT press release on footway parking.
They've bottled a national ban and so will rely on local action with new powers (which are not explained, but area-based).
A postcode lottery as now then? I await actual details.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
They've bottled a national ban and so will rely on local action with new powers (which are not explained, but area-based).
A postcode lottery as now then? I await actual details.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
New local powers to keep pavements clear for those who rely on them most
Local councils will be given the power to crack down on problem pavement parking.
www.gov.uk
January 8, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Finally. It's only taken 5-6 years.
And they've utterly fudged it by passing the buck to local authorities.
The key question is enforcement.
I'd like to hope that LAs will allow photos to be emailed or submitted via a portal and fines issued, but somehow I suspect most will just not bother.
And they've utterly fudged it by passing the buck to local authorities.
The key question is enforcement.
I'd like to hope that LAs will allow photos to be emailed or submitted via a portal and fines issued, but somehow I suspect most will just not bother.
So it’s out - the response to #pavementparking consultation and it’s going to land with OCC?
If ever there was a time for the OCC councillors in #Didcot to stand up and take action, it’s now.
I can’t help but think we will be left behind the rest of Oxfordshire.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
If ever there was a time for the OCC councillors in #Didcot to stand up and take action, it’s now.
I can’t help but think we will be left behind the rest of Oxfordshire.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Pavement parking consultation: government response
Announcing the publication of the government response to the consultation on pavement parking.
www.gov.uk
January 8, 2026 at 7:06 PM
So it’s out - the response to #pavementparking consultation and it’s going to land with OCC?
If ever there was a time for the OCC councillors in #Didcot to stand up and take action, it’s now.
I can’t help but think we will be left behind the rest of Oxfordshire.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
If ever there was a time for the OCC councillors in #Didcot to stand up and take action, it’s now.
I can’t help but think we will be left behind the rest of Oxfordshire.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Oxfordshire's Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (COHSAT) has welcomed the Government's new Road Safety Strategy, saying that in Oxfordshire 270 people are killed or seriously injured on the roads every year. It questions if the plans are bold enough to achieve its targets.
![Cyclists on the High by traffic lights [image by Roger Close]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sehe5pdc7ptfh5ayttdusqpp/bafkreihup2brna3twdpv6tgtp6deigut6idpmm5v37xsg57wxamaop7u6e@jpeg)
January 8, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Oxfordshire's Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (COHSAT) has welcomed the Government's new Road Safety Strategy, saying that in Oxfordshire 270 people are killed or seriously injured on the roads every year. It questions if the plans are bold enough to achieve its targets.
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Pretty concerning that police are mentioned only once and that is to give them more powers which they won't enforce.
Enforcing the current laws would be a huge improvement on road safety.
Enforcing the current laws would be a huge improvement on road safety.
January 7, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Pretty concerning that police are mentioned only once and that is to give them more powers which they won't enforce.
Enforcing the current laws would be a huge improvement on road safety.
Enforcing the current laws would be a huge improvement on road safety.