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I find the replies here quite interesting. A lot of people saying things like 'my nearest supermarket is 2 miles, it would take 40 minutes to walk there so of course I drive'. I wonder if any of them have even considered cycling? 2 miles is 10-12 minutes each way.
This has blown my mind. How can you even avoid walking 5000 steps a day?! 🤯 that’s like to my local Tesco and back for milk
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@AdamRutherford
One of my favourites on here was when someone said 'I don't understand people who think teaching children about homosexually will turn them gay. When I was at school we learned about the Nazis, but I've never wanted to invade Poland!'
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@bmay
I voted Brexit and I honestly regret it every day. It was one of the worst decisions I ever made and I don't know what I was thinking. I'm so sorry everyone.
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@AndyGJBurge
@LBC
@LozzaFox
I always thought he was rubbish in Lewis, and I've no idea how Kevin Whateley, who by all accounts is an absolutely lovely guy, put up with him.
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I've only gone and done it! Land's End to John O' Groats in 3 weeks! Start and finish pictures 😀
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@KTHopkins
@LozzaFox
'What happens when it's you?'
Well, personally I'm not planning on calling someone a paedophile when they aren't, so I don't think I need to worry.
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@HungryHatter
Famous quote from Benny Hill:
'Last night I went to a party where I met Jim Davidson, a fine comedian and a gentleman. And I had a drink with all three of them.'
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@Photofeature
@carolvorders
@JeremyClarkson
I remember reading an interview with Clarkson in the Sunday Times a while ago where he railed against the internet trolls who'd targeted his daughter. I just thought 'you weapons grade hypocrite!'
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@theJeremyVine
He was a great man. He was unlucky to come up against a very strong candidate in Obama, but I think he would have been a fine president.
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@cove_ranger
@JuliaHB1
She genuinely believes the pollution in London isn't something to be concerned about. Despicable attitude.
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@richardmarx
You mean the one guy in the massive polluting SUV who's taking up the same amount of roadspace as the 15 zero emission cyclists? Yes, I agree entirely.
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@robbeckettcomic
@MikeyCycling
Hi Rob, 99% of the time I'm riding my bike I'm really happy - I'm getting fresh air, endorphins, it's keeping me slim and healthy, plus I'm saving a shedload of money. The 1% I'm not happy is when I get cut up or close passed by angry, impatient motorists. I hope this helps.
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@SoVeryBritish
On the other hand, when you wait to let someone out and they don't thank you, you of course respond in the correct British way, which is to sarcastically mutter 'you're welcome' under your breath.
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@ladyhaja
So, not 'I'm sorry for what I said', but 'I'm sorry if anyone was offended'. Basically, a classic not-actual-apology.
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My bus ride into work, from my village to central Oxford, usually takes about 20 minutes. This morning - first day of half term - it took 12 minutes. Amazing what proportion of rush-hour traffic is parents doing the school run!
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@thomalexday
@willnorman
They're charts of anomalies, not absolute temperatures. It's saying that the Sahara was 1-2c cooler than average in 1976. Which probably means it was an average of something like 38c as opposed to the normal 40c...
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@theJeremyVine
Wow. Let's assume he would have kept to the law and driven at the 20mph limit if you hadn't been there, rather than 14mph behind you. He would have got to the junction with the big road maybe, what, about 30 seconds later? The impatience and entitlement is amazing.
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@CharlotteCGill
So, you've now realised that it's cars that make places noisy, polluted and dangerous. Good to hear!
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@JuliaHB1
Hi Julia, please read this excellent thread from an intensive care doctor, i.e. someone who (unlike you) actually knows what they're talking about:
Situation in London continuing to deteriorate as expected. Many doctors are worried that other parts of the UK will follow. A lot of misinformation around, so some fairly blunt observations here, for which I apologise. But we all need to understand the equation. 1/10
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@doctor_oxford
Yes, because being asked to wear a facemask for 10 minutes in Sainsburys is exactly the same as a medieval to theocracy that forces women to cover their entire bodies whenever they're in public. Jeez, even by your usual standards this is painful...
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@Councillorsuzie
@LBC
As opposed to you *still* wibbling on about ULEZ after you made it the main point of your mayoral campaign and lost convincingly.
Pot, kettle much?
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@unionlib
Haha! My favourite dyslexia joke is the one about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac, who used to lie awake at night wondering if there really was a dog!
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@ChrisC000000
@AyoCaesar
Maybe it's time you looked up how roads and other infrastructure are actually funded. It would stop you making a fool of yourself on a public forum.
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@sthirdcousin
@krishgm
@GazNorris15
Yes, I remember Warren Mitchell saying that someone once came up to him in the street and said 'I love your show mate, I love how you take the piss out of those n*****s.' And Mitchell replied 'Actually mate, we're taking the piss out of arseholes like you!'
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@fesshole
Show us your heating bill please, then we can work out if you're actually saving money...
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@Taxi_Point
A vigilante is someone who dispenses their own justice. Cyclists with cameras merely film lawbreaking and pass the film to the police, it's up to them if they take any further action.
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@JeremyClarkson
Hmm, if only there was an alternative way of travelling around London that avoided the roads altogether - such as some magic kind of railway that went underground?
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@CharlotteCGill
Given that your latest contribution to public discourse consisted of making a list of people you don't like and calling it 'the wankerati', I'd sit this one out if I was you...
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@piersmorgan
In a perfect piece of serendipity, this tweet appeared in my newsfeed directly below your one!
NEWS! Man who couldn’t handle pressure of being questioned by a weatherman accuses teenage girl of not handling pressure of Wimbledon
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@TheUKDemocrat
@theJeremyVine
Yeah, imagine caring about grown men shouting at young kids just for riding bikes...
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@pzwarne
@nedboulting
There's a strong argument that every learner driver should also have to ride a bicycle for a few hours as part of the process.
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@CharlotteCGill
Do you genuinely think that having more cars zooming around everywhere makes a neighbourhood more 'liveable'?
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@anon_opin
I'm not condoning it and I don't do it myself, but we could ask *why* some people cycle on the pavement. Could it be because our roads are so hostile to cyclists? In countries like Denmark and the Netherlands, pavement cycling isn't really a thing.
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@JuliaHB1
Isn't it weird how Brexit has been a complete and utter disaster so it looks like the clever people were right all along?
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@GBNEWS
In case Dr Yeadon hadn't noticed, we've just passed 150,000 recorded deaths from Covid in this country, in less than 2 years of the pandemic. A very bad flu year might result in 30,000 deaths. So it's clearly MUCH worse than flu.
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@BristolMoves
Not judging, I just find it interesting. There's a form of transport that's great for short journeys as it has very low running costs and keeps you fit at the same time, but for many people it's not even on their radar.
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@thfc_realist
@DailyMailUK
In 2019, 43 pedestrians in the UK were killed on pavements. Every one of them was killed by a car.
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A guy at work has just sent an email round moaning about being caught at 35mph in a 30 zone, he's saying it's 'not a big deal'. I'd love to send a reply explaining the extra danger from every 1mph above the limit, but I have to work with these people. I feel sad I'm not braver...
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@anon_opin
Daftest post on here ever.
If you live in an area with reasonable public transport, and you enjoy walking and/or cycling as well, why would you automatically need the expense/hassle of a car? Perhaps you prefer not to clog up the streets and pollute the atmosphere?
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@MikeyCycling
@AndyatAuto
@BlueWizzard
'43 years in the auto business' apparently, but he still doesn't understand how roads are funded. Jeez...
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@adamtranter
Driving over 3 times the speed limit and then leaving the scene of a fatal accident doesn't fit my definition of 'good character'...
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@theJeremyVine
Sorry that happened, I never jump lights on my bike and cyclists who do really annoy me. But at least this might finally shut up the 'Jeremy never posts footage of bad cyclists' brigade who comment on your posts all the time...
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@TheMrLoophole
@talkRADIO
@Iromg
Luckily for you, the government looked into this a couple of years ago and concluded (rightly) that it would be a stupid idea, as it would be very expensive and time consuming but give no tangible benefits for road safety.
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@toryboypierce
I'd be interested to know how often you actually visit the Daily Mail offices, as opposed to just emailing them your articles?
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@parimalkumar
@theJeremyVine
With Embankment S/highway, young children feel safe enough to cycle in central London.
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@SkyNews
Waiting for all the comments saying that the driver who filmed them with his dashcam and reported them was a 'grass' or a 'snitch', like you get on any thread where a cyclist films lawbreaking drivers.
Hmm....
Still waiting...
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@JuliaHB1
@s8mb
@allisonpearson
New Zealand is now in a similar position to Wuhan, i.e. they've pretty much eliminated the virus. Would you call New Zealand a 'totalitarian police state' Julia?
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@GBNEWS
I don't know which is more tragic - Liz Truss endorsing GB News, or the fact that you think her endorsement is something worth boasting about...
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@grantshapps
Ah right, this must mean you've managed to stop motorists killing 1800 people on our roads every year, so you can now move on to cyclists, who kill less than 2 people every year? Oh wait, you haven't...
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@Mickwwfc
@theJeremyVine
Only bad drivers have a problem with cyclists. Good drivers realise that they spend far more time stuck in jams caused by other cars than they do stuck behind a cyclist for a few seconds sometimes.
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@artsyhonker
Exactly. People who mention 'the elderly' and 'the disabled' as though those are two homogenous groups who (a) all own cars, and (b) rely on those cars to go absolutely everywhere, are just opposed to any measures to reduce the amount of driving in our cities.
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@CharlotteCGill
Imagine thinking that making roads safer for vulnerable road users, many of whom are children or elderly people, is 'tearing up London'...
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@emmajones10
Imagine how much space they'd have taken up if they'd been 10 people each in a car...
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@HackneySave
@nickyJphoto
@BorisJohnson
@mayorofhackney
The danger is exclusively coming from the motor vehicles. If they drive safely around cyclists, as the terms of their driving licences dictate, there's no danger.
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@DavidPlatt14
I have a triple rear pannier set and I still find it surprising how much shopping I can fit in there - certainly more than a small basket's worth!
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@Crickwood
@theJeremyVine
Average car occupancy in the UK is 1.6 people. And the average car takes up 7 times as much road space as a bicycle. So bicycles are a much more efficient use of road space.
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@theJeremyVine
@JeremyVineOn5
There's a hugely expensive system of roads called Motorways that I help to pay for through my taxes but I'm forbidden by law from riding my bicycle on. But I don't moan about that because, unlike Sharon, I understand how the tax system works.
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@juneslater17
You see that dot to the left of Earth in that picture? That's Venus. Do you know what the surface temperature there is? It's 460c. Why? Because their atmosphere is mainly CO2. Our atmospheric CO2 has increased 50% since the Industrial Revolution.
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@its_life_jim
@RichardWellings
If there's actually a 'war' on any group of road users, it's people who use public transport. Fares have risen way above inflation over the past few years, whereas the cost of driving has pretty much tracked inflation and average wages.
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@theJeremyVine
Jeez, the comments from all the taxi drivers on that thread. And they wonder why their trade is dying...
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@thismorning
When cyclists start killing and injuring tens of thousands of people every year like motorists do, Lord Winston might have a point. But they don't, so he doesn't. It would be a costly, time consuming process for few (if any) actual benefits.
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@CharlotteCGill
@Layo_FH
@willnorman
Care to actually respond to any of the points he made rather than just spout abuse?
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@JonquilLucy
@LBC
She actually tried to cash in on her fame by launching a range of clothing with 'Range Rover Mum' on the front. Range Rover weren't amused however, and issued her with a cease and desist...
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@RichM1195
@PackedLunchC4
When people say that cyclists should have to have a license like drivers do, I usually reply 'why do you need a license for a shotgun but not a water pistol? Or for a JCB but not a spade?'
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@Councillorsuzie
Well, this is awkward! The government's own survey shows that LTNs are generally popular.
It's quite impressive how you manage to be consistently wrong about everything Susan.
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@TheNewEconoman
@mrcarterhistory
@SaferRoadsYorks
Roads are Public Highways, the clue is in the name. Cyclists, pedestrians and horses are there by right. Motorists, due to the vastly greater danger they pose, are only there under revocable licence.
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@theJeremyVine
@TfL
@jonburkeUK
@Jo_Earlsfield
@JKBartsHeart
@GreenJennyJones
@RnFat
@betterstreetskc
@gazza_d
@willnorman
@rhwilson83
@MayorofLondon
The Daily Mail letters page, literally from yesterday. We have *so* far to go...
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@tonyblackburn
Nobody 'pays to go on the roads', Tony, they're Public Highways, the clue is in the name. Motorists are taxed based on the external costs they impose - congestion, pollution, road wear, accidents etc. Cyclists impose almost none of those costs so are taxed accordingly.
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@theJeremyVine
But wait a minute, the argument I always here for why cyclists should have number plates is 'so we can report them when they go through red lights'. But most of the drivers on this thread are saying 'no point in reporting him, no harm was done'... ?
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@andypowell8
@theJeremyVine
Road Tax, red lights - well done! Just say something about lycra and you'll have the first line on the bingo card...
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@samuriinbred
@peterwalker99
Same here I'm not normally a Labour voter, but this is genuinely good enough that I might reconsider!
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@StuInNorway
@theJeremyVine
Exactly. In the Netherlands all the cycle lanes are full of people like this - equal amounts of both sexes, all ages from 8-80, normal clothes, not fancy bikes, just pootling about doing their normal day to day activities.
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@JuliaHB1
What a ridiculous and frankly offensive comparison. Even if you don't think face masks have health benefits (debatable), we're being asked to wear them for a tiny fraction of our waking hours. Women in Afghanistan will be forced to wear them 100% of the time.
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@theJeremyVine
About 100 cyclists are killed on UK roads every year. But an estimated 80,000 people die here every year from conditions linked to physical inactivity. With those odds, I'm going to carry on cycling...
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@adamtranter
Also, the line 'it cost more than our car'. I'm guessing they're comparing a brand new, top-of-the-range cargo bike with an old car, and also ignoring the large running costs of a car versus the very small running costs of the cargo bike.
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@lutherrotto
@Fromittowas
@AlexandruC4
@visegrad24
Yes, it reminds me of an old joke from the USSR:
A man walks into a shop. He asks the clerk, “You don’t have any meat?” The clerk says, “No, here we don’t have any fish. The shop that doesn’t have any meat is across the street.”
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@SurreyRoadCops
@cristo_radio
@rubin29312972
@SingleFilePlz
@MikeyCycling
Cristo getting owned by the actual police! Thank you - you've made my week! 😀😀😀
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@fesshole
Fair play. I imagine that being a delivery driver is a pretty thankless job, so if you wanted to cadge a few minutes of free wi-fi from me I really wouldn't begrudge you!
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@MikeyCycling
'They strongly reject the term 'vigilante''.
Er, of course they do - because it's factually incorrect. The definition of a vigilante is someone who takes the law into their own hands. Not someone who just reports law breaking to the authorities, to do as they see fit.
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@amandajplatell
You pay him to comment on football, which he does - very well.
You don't pay him for his personal opinions, which - along with you and everyone else in the country - he's entitled to both hold and express.
Happy to help.
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@theJeremyVine
, not quite as exciting as last week when I was in Private Eye, but I've made the Oxford Times this week!
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@eddiemarsan
52%, yes, a MAJORITY, of motorists are breaking 30mph speed limits at any time. And law-breaking motorists are vastly more dangerous than law-breaking cyclists. So, please give the divisive and untrue 'cyclists are a bunch of scofflaws' rhetoric a break.
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@PiersUncensored
@theJeremyVine
@jkyleofficial
@TalkTV
Imagine getting this angry about normal people just trying to get from A to B using a healthy, low impact, non-congesting and non-polluting form of transport. How utterly pathetic.
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@Rendel_Harris
@Pplspitbull
The whole reason of the points system is that it gives you several chances. Anyone who gets to 12 points is a serial offender who's multiple chances to become a better driver. By that stage they deserve everything they get IMO.
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@Haggis_UK
@BenPBradshaw
Yes, I remember thinking at the time that it would be impossible to have a worse Home Secretary than Priti Patel - and amazingly, I was wrong...
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@EvilSLASHER69
@JeremyVineOn5
@MikeyCycling
@theJeremyVine
@mikeparry8
At least we don't have to recycle our jokes from Jeremy Clarkson...
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@theJeremyVine
@tomflood1
@AndyCoxDCS
@HounslowCycling
@LBofHounslow
@MikeyCycling
@feckitdotcom
@Jo_Earlsfield
@RealOneChiswick
@bike_rogers
@drewsonix
Yes, it's me, well spotted Jeremy! Getting published in the Eye was a huge thrill!😀
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@roadcc
It's great to hear a committed petrolhead like James come out with this.
I also loved it when he said he cycles in London partly because he enjoys it, but also just because it's practical - he finds it's the quickest way of getting from A to B.
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@Councillorsuzie
'If people had wanted quiet areas they would move to the countryside.' So, you think people living in cities should just have to accept illegal and dangerous levels of air pollution as a fact of life?
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@spectator
Imagine 'hating' an entire, diverse group of people united only by the fact they sometimes use a healthy, non-polluting form of transport. Utterly pathetic.
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@JuliaHB1
Why not cycle? Alternatively, London has an excellent underground rail system - why not use that? If you insist on using the most congesting form of personal transport in a busy, crowded city, you're part of the problem.
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@JeremyVineOn5
You only have to look at what happened in Australia when they made bike helmets compulsory. Cycling rates plummeted (most of those cyclists would have got in cars instead, increasing congestion and pollution) but with no noticeable improvement in cycling injuries and deaths.
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