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Quick cake for my son's 17th birthday. He loves me testing out new cake flavours on his birthday cakes - and I understand this champagne and strawberry flavour was a huge hit!!! Wishing my first-born baby (because my boys will ALWAYS be my babies!!) a very happy birthday. x x x
Roadside Tai Che is a metaphor for semaphore, to put more simply it’s an interpretation of the road signs as found in the highway code. The man you see here is in the “no right turn” position, and all being well he’ll be representing his country in the 2012 Olympics. He really is in a class of his own [literally].
One for the AssHat group.
There's an advanced stop line under there somewhere...
An all-too-common sight in Brighton.
Despite having a dedicated 2 way cycle lane alongside the Promenade these selfish cyclists still ignore the signs and cycle 3 abreast along the Promenade where cycling is not permitted for the safety of pedestrians.
Why did I take these photos?
Because a selfish cyclist actually hit my backpack as he cycled past.
He was going so fast and was so close to me that the first I knew was that I felt I had been punched hard in the back. The force of the blow actually spun me to one side.
I never heard him coming and he never even shouted a warning or rang a bell to warn me. He just hit me in the back, wobbled and cycled off.
I was so angry that as well taking some photographs of the pier I then took some random shots of the cyclists who ignore all the warning signs and their dedicated cycle lane 10 feet away, to cycle in the pedestrian only zone.
Ignorant, lazy, selfish people all of them.
The local cyclists campaign for dedicated cycle routes and then chose to ignore using them and cycle where cycling is not permitted.
So here is a selection of the morons cycling in the pedestrian only seafront zone taken whilst I was there to photograph the pier.
I very politely asked the driver of this truck if he realised he had parked in a cycle lane.
He said, very politely, "yes, I know. But I've got my hazard lights on!" He said that he couldn't park on the double-yellow lines as that would be illegal. Clearly the cycle lane was fair game, despite it being just as illegal to park here.
Some background: this is a contra-flow cycle lane in James St. West, Bath. In other words, anyone cycling round the truck would have been faced with two lanes of traffic, including buses as this street forms part of several bus routes.
240
You MUST NOT stop or park on:
* ...
* a tram or cycle lane during its period of operation
* a cycle track
* ...
-- www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_06...
(By the way, CEVA Logistics' tagline is "Making Business Flow". Presumably right through cyclists.)
The UK Highway Code is brimming with common sense. So much so that even someone who isn't familiar with every rule knows roughly how to behave.
Rule 239 says that, If you have to stop on the roadside, do not park facing against the traffic flow.
Rule 240 is firmer. It says "You MUST NOT stop or park on a pedestrian crossing, including the area marked by the zig-zag lines (see Rule 191)..."
In case you're wondering, Rule 191 is very similar. It says: "You MUST NOT park on a crossing or in the area covered by the zig-zag lines."
Breaking three rules simultaneously is quite an achievement.
Way down in the small Cumberland hamlet of Highbridge, lost from the map of the Highways Department, stands this forgotten traffic sign.
A manly sign written in bold capitals (no namby-pamby touchy-feely lower case here!), meaning what it says and saying what it means, it shows the stranger to these parts the best way to leave...
Sorters filling sacks with parcels that contain material on the Highway Code. The sacks are labelled ready for despatch.
Date: 1935
BPMA reference: POST 118/430
I swear this is a lethal combination, especially when used by people with no road sense or regard for the highway code.
I also blame the highways department for this particular roundabout and the lack of traffic management.
I decided to drive into town on my lunch break - it would take me 10 minutes if the roads were clear, but today, as usual, I had only just got to these traffic lights in that time - and these are less than a mile from my work.
There are two problems here - the lights change after approximately two cars have gone through, and the worst problem in my eyes (and probably a reason WHY only two cars - sometimes none - get through) is that the drivers don't use the box junction as they should.
They're not supposed to enter the grid until their exit is clear. However they pile in, block all the other exits and entrances, find they have nowhere to go and the lights change. Then we can't move because they are blocking the lanes, and more cars pile up behind them and make it worse. And so it goes on. It's made worse because there are 3 lanes in this roundabout - all three used by people wanting to swerve around cars that aren't moving due to the other cars and then blocking lanes they shouldn't even be in.
It makes me mad. Even on the box junctions further on, on the straight road, the drivers pay no attention and go through the lights then come up against a car that isn't moving, and block the lanes for everyone else.
highway code and box junctions
For those of you who don't know, don't care, or can't remember, click above.
This photo was taken just as my lights were about to turn green.
Berkshire Aviation Museum, Woodley 9-10-2010 - An Original road sign back from the days when the aerodrome at Woodley was active.
I was pushing our younger daughter in her buggy. It wouldn't fit through the gap, so I had to walk out in the road.
I have an idea: people caught doing this sort of thing should have their car keys confiscated for a week and made to walk, cycle or use public transport. You know, to give them a bit of empathy.
Because, I tell you, once the scales come off your eyes and you realise just how car-dominated we've allowed our culture to become, you can never go back.
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You MUST NOT wait or park on yellow lines during the times of operation shown on nearby time plates (or zone entry signs if in a Controlled Parking Zone) – see 'Information signs' and 'Road markings'. Double yellow lines indicate a prohibition of waiting at any time even if there are no upright signs.
244
You MUST NOT park partially or wholly on the pavement in London, and should not do so elsewhere unless signs permit it. Parking on the pavement can obstruct and seriously inconvenience pedestrians, people in wheelchairs or with visual impairments and people with prams or pushchairs.
-- www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_06...
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This sign indicates “No Cycling”. When the Department of Transport is asked why the sign is not a picture of a cycle with a red line through it, the reply given is that cyclists are deemed to know that a circular sign denotes prohibition. These are the same cyclists many of whom do not know what a red light means. It also does not explain why the sign for “no right turn” is a representation of a right turn with a red line through it.
Fun:
If you are being asked, what is wrong in this picture, what should someone answer to pass the driving license test?
I have some ideas:
- the granny on the right is not allowed to park there
- the guy on the bike ist overtaking without setting the turnlight
- the guy on the bike is obviously breaking the speed limit of 30 km/h
- The bag on grannies bike is not fastened enough and carries no red flag to show it's a long vehicle
- both bikers don't have turned lights on in this dim time of day
- the person in the car on the left is using a mobile phone
So, this were just a few possibilities. Do you suggest more?
152: You MUST NOT move forward over the white line when the red light is showing. Only go forward when the traffic lights are green if there is room for you to clear the junction safely or you are taking up a position to turn right. If the traffic lights are not working, proceed with caution. Allow cyclists and buses time and space to move off when the green signal shows.
Laws RTA 1988 sect 36 & TSRGD regs 10 & 36
www.highwaycode.gov.uk/16.htm#152
Deansgate, 13/08/2006
On roundabout of Powell Dyffryn Way and Hood Road, both roads partly closed for the festival, this car and its young female driver came around the corner at speed and sounded her horn at the people - including my disabled son - who were already crossing the road before she rounded the bend. Highway code rule 170 states that we have priority, in case anyone is in doubt.
The PCSOs tutted but then studiously walked off as it would have been too much paperwork, but I hope posting this here and on Facebook will at least garner some opprobium from her friends - if she has any.
The fact she has a child herself looking at the back window if anything makes the behaviour worse in my view.
caveat emptor: xmas is coming...
n.b. to be fair this is actually a road sign warning located on the edge of Drøbak, a fjordside town in Norway, just south of Oslo. Traditionally the town claims a history of 'nisse' (santas helpers) and one can find the odd roadsign warning locals (well, tourists) to beware and mindful of 'nisse' crossing the streets in the town. So, not just a case of them knowing if you've been naughty or nice, but speeding or not it would seem...
ASLs are for bikes, you know.
178
Advanced stop lines. Some signal-controlled junctions have advanced stop lines to allow cycles to be positioned ahead of other traffic. Motorists, including motorcyclists, MUST stop at the first white line reached if the lights are amber or red and should avoid blocking the way or encroaching on the marked area at other times, e.g. if the junction ahead is blocked. If your vehicle has proceeded over the first white line at the time that the signal goes red, you MUST stop at the second white line, even if your vehicle is in the marked area. Allow cyclists time and space to move off when the green signal shows.
-- http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070332
Windmill, Groesbeek, southeast of Nijmegen. DUTCH roundabout signs show CORRECT procedure; most UK ones are WRONG! ...They have TURN LEFT signs on them! (See roadsigns in Highway Code).
That sign does not mean End of Motorway. It means end of the world...literally; the end of the world.
Planet/moon from: starryskies.com/
Stars from: blogs.irishastronomy.org/
Foreground: Myself
On 1st July 2013 new legislation came into force requiring vehicles (i.e. by law) to travel in the leftmost lane possible on multi-lane carriageways, unless they are overtaking a vehicle in the lane immediately to the left. Failure to observe this rule is punishable by a fine and penalty points on the driver's licence.
There is ample room ahead of me for the drivers of these vehicles to move into lane 2, yet none of them did so, in spite of the huge gap.
The driver of the vehicle nearest to me also felt it appropriate to drive dangerously close to the car in front in an attempt to bully him/her into moving over.
Two wrongs do not make a right.
On 1st July 2013 new legislation came into force requiring vehicles (i.e. by law) to travel in the leftmost lane possible on multi-lane carriageways, unless they are overtaking a vehicle in the lane immediately to the left. Failure to observe this rule is punishable by a fine and penalty points on the driver's licence.
There is ample room ahead of me for vehicles to pull into lane 1 having passed me, yet none of those pictured here did so, in spite of the huge gap.
On 1st July 2013 new legislation came into force requiring vehicles (i.e. by law) to travel in the leftmost lane possible on multi-lane carriageways, unless they are overtaking a vehicle in the lane immediately to the left. Failure to observe this rule is punishable by a fine and penalty points on the driver's licence.
The driver of this vehicle came into view around half a mile behind me in lane 3 and had still not moved into any other lane before passing the vehicles visible well ahead of me in this image. I was in lane 1 the whole time.
Clearly this driver is ignorant of the new law. Or just ignorant.
With the hard shoulder being an active running lane at this time, perhaps all the morons stacked behind one another in (effective) lane 3 would make better progress (without repeatedly having to brake) if they all moved a lane or two to their left, as directed by the Highway Code.
Perhaps safely changing lanes is beyond their limited driving ability, so they are all hogging lane 3 to make the motorway safer for the few good drivers...
The UK Highway Code is brimming with common sense. So much so that even someone who isn't familiar with every rule knows roughly how to behave.
Rule 240 says "You MUST NOT stop or park on a pedestrian crossing, including the area marked by the zig-zag lines (see Rule 191)..."
In case you're wondering, Rule 191 is very similar. It says: "You MUST NOT park on a crossing or in the area covered by the zig-zag lines."
On 1st July 2013 new legislation came into force requiring vehicles (i.e. by law) to travel in the leftmost lane possible on multi-lane carriageways, unless they are overtaking a vehicle in the lane immediately to the left. Failure to observe this rule is punishable by a fine and penalty points on the driver's licence.
There is ample room ahead of me for vehicles to pull into lane 1 having passed me, yet none of those pictured here did so, in spite of the huge gap.
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More double-yellow/bike-lane combo parking.
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"No waiting at any time" as specified in the UK highway code.
"Fade away and radiate" from Parallel Lines, by Blondie
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Write to your MP to register your opposition to the dangerous proposed changes to the Highway Code..