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Re: [brighton_area_cyclists] Dangerous cycle lanes

> Bricycles has been campaigning for ages to get something done about it!

Fred, do you know what are they campaigning to be done?

Toby

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Hi Today I came home from work via the promenade as it was such a sunny day. I was rather surprised to see one of the police cyclists riding along the...
Patrick James
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May 19, 2004
9:48 pm

... I was on the 'official' Hove cycle lane on Sunday heading back to Brighton when i spotted 2 of our cycle bobbies leaving the esplanade where they had...
Fred Pipes
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May 20, 2004
9:17 am

... I've put up some cycle bobby photos on my website http://www.weirdcyclelanes.co.uk/ fred -- Alan (Fred) Pipes pipes@... www.fred-pipes.com NUJ...
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May 20, 2004
11:20 am

... Is the Coombe Terrace cycle lane the southbound lane on Lewes road by the Bus Depot? Normally when I see a row of parked cars I ride well to the right of...
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May 21, 2004
9:06 am

... Bricycles has been campaigning for ages to get something done about it! fred -- Alan (Fred) Pipes pipes@... www.fred-pipes.com NUJ member since...
Fred Pipes
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May 21, 2004
9:53 am

... Fred, do you know what are they campaigning to be done? Toby -- Toby Champion toby@... Flat 1, 14 Port Hall Street, Brighton, BN1 5PJ Home:...
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May 21, 2004
10:04 am

... To remove it or widen it? All I could find on the Bricycles site was a letter from Tony about inconsiderate parking on the lane. Ironically, cars parked...
Alex Farran
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May 21, 2004
10:06 am

... Coombe Terrace from the Bricycles archive Tony Green emailed Peter Bloxham of Brighton and Hove City Council about this issue, as we had heard nothing...
Fred Pipes
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May 21, 2004
10:15 am

... I agree. I, too, never cycle in cycle lanes where there are cars parked immediately adjacent; nor where I'm going to have to go right and left and fart...
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May 21, 2004
11:04 am

Thanks for agreeing with me Toby. I remember reading that article in CTC magazine, and it made a lot of sense to me at the time. It's really not an us vs...
Alex Farran
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May 21, 2004
11:33 am

... I did that unconsciously on Lewes station late at night once when a bloke came up to me and a woman friend being provocative and looking like he wanted to...
Fred Pipes
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May 21, 2004
11:41 am

Is there really this much polarisation between cyclists and drivers? I don't own a car and I mostly cycle, but I used to, and I still drive the university vans...
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May 21, 2004
12:41 pm

... It seems there is more polarisation, yes, and perhaps not even just amongst drivers that don't also cycle. I just phoned the nice people at CTC, who said...
Toby Champion
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May 21, 2004
2:12 pm

Dear All, As a cyclist who spends a fair amount of time driving - mainly to pick up and deliver other cyclists bikes, thus enabling them to maximise their own...
Paul @ South Coast Bi...
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May 21, 2004
3:19 pm

... yes! I have a car but rarely use it, except to go to Asda every couple of weeks!! (parking in Brighton is such a nightmare) -- i always give the masochists...
Fred Pipes
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May 22, 2004
4:20 am

... I have no opinion on this, but perhaps the same could be said of pedestrians. Muppetlike pedestrians cause me grief as a cyclist. Maybe they, too, need...
Toby Champion
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May 22, 2004
2:43 pm

... very interesting! I can't quite make out the url at the end for the pdf -- could you type it out? ta fred -- Alan (Fred) Pipes pipes@... ...
Fred Pipes
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May 22, 2004
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Fred, ... I've added a link to the PDF at the bottom of the page. Toby -- Toby Champion toby@... Flat 1, 14 Port Hall Street, Brighton, BN1 5PJ ...
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May 22, 2004
2:41 pm

... I found that very interesting, although I confess I don't know who Derren Brown is :) But, about six months ago I started practising Vipassana meditation...
Patrick James
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May 21, 2004
6:50 pm

... Hi Yes, I read the article and I thought it very good indeed. ... I find that hand signals are hugely good method of communication on the roads. I find...
Patrick James
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May 21, 2004
7:49 pm

... Yes, I very much agree with you :) I feel that the best way to increase the number of cyclists on the roads and to improve their safety would be for the...
Patrick James
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May 21, 2004
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