Posts Tagged ‘ car ’

There’s no doubt about it, the car industry is very successful at marketing. It sells us a dream of driving along the open road… The Dream: The Reality: The Alternate Reality (do watch this one ’till the end!): They tell us about the sporty playfulness to be had in towns and cities: The Dream: The Reality: The Alternate Reality: The tell...
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Yep - Electric cars are here to save us all. And to celebrate, we have a picture of one for you to caption. Apparently this driver, “…was involved in an accident at a nearby intersection. For some reason, the driver was unable to control the speed of the car, crossed the substation property, went airborne...
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On Thursday morning I had a breakfast meeting in Gosforth, so I was driving to work. There’s a stretch of road leading out of Tynemouth where the speed limit is 60mph: I was doing a bit less than this, watching the cyclist in the lay-by… who then rode straight out and diagonally across the road...
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Want to ride a bike to look cool? Want rolled up trouser legs, cycling cap with the bill flicked up, a bad-assed courier bag, and fixed-wheel bike with tiny handlebars? Want to ride your bike like you’re taking part in some sort of alley cat race? What do you think might be the result...
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Do you trust the occupants of a parked car to look before they fling a door open? And How wide does a car door open? But it’s not all one sided - sometimes I see riders doing things that are just plain asking for trouble. A good example of this is filtering through traffic -...
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