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Archive for June, 2006

Making parking inspectors less popular

An innovative idea for making drivers hate parking inspector even more.

100 cars, 12 months, 69 crashes

A unique naturalistic study into driving behaviour found that in a year, 100 cars were involved in 82 crashes, 761 near-crashes, and 8295 incidents.

Cold commuters?

Non-cycling commuters – you can stop feeling sorry for me right now. I’m perfectly happy – and warm – on my bike, thanks.

Road visibility survey

The Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland is conducting an online survey on improving the visibility and safety of pedestrians, road workers, and cyclists.

No saddle required

Bike stunts video. How does he do that stuff?

Sinclair to release A-bike

Sir Clive Sinclair is about to release another bike innovation – hopefully it will have a longer life than the Zike and the C5.

More dark than light

It’s the shortest day today and more cyclists should be lighting up…

Too much “news” about bike deaths?

Does the media report cyclist deaths and injuries simply because they are novel?

Mud is gorgeous too

smc’s off-road commute is wet, muddy and slippery – and gorgeous!

Nigel Havers REALLY hates me

“They’re belligerent. Foul-mouthed. A danger to us all. But in a blistering attack on selfish cyclists, NIGEL HAVERS says it’s their smug self-righteousness that really drives him insane.” Yep, someone’s let Havers loose in the opinion pages. But you couldn’t accuse him of smug self-righteousness, could you?