Video - London mayor nearly buys the farm in freak riding accident
05-23-09, 04:57 PM
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Video - London mayor nearly buys the farm in freak riding accident
"One of Boris Johnson's missions as Mayor of London is to get more people out of their cars and on to their bikes.
But anyone who watches CCTV footage of the mayor's last outing on his own bicycle is likely to be put off for life.
On Friday morning Johnson headed out in London with transport minister Lord Adonis and Kulveer Ranger, his director of transport, to look at potential sites for new cycle "super highways". The routes are part of his plan for a "cycling revolution" in the capital.
Round a corner peddled the mayor and the minister, enjoying the ride, until a large lorry overtook them.
In what is being described as the mayor's "near-death experience", the lorry's back door then suddenly flew open, dragged a parked car into the street and smashed into another just feet from Johnson, Adonis and Ranger."
https://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2.../boris-cycling
But anyone who watches CCTV footage of the mayor's last outing on his own bicycle is likely to be put off for life.
On Friday morning Johnson headed out in London with transport minister Lord Adonis and Kulveer Ranger, his director of transport, to look at potential sites for new cycle "super highways". The routes are part of his plan for a "cycling revolution" in the capital.
Round a corner peddled the mayor and the minister, enjoying the ride, until a large lorry overtook them.
In what is being described as the mayor's "near-death experience", the lorry's back door then suddenly flew open, dragged a parked car into the street and smashed into another just feet from Johnson, Adonis and Ranger."
https://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2.../boris-cycling
05-23-09, 07:08 PM
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^probably because you aren't allowed to U-turn in that zone.
ah, what are the odds of that...
ah, what are the odds of that...
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That's not illegal in the UK unless you are not allowed to cross the center line.
No, as a Londoner I find it comforting.
No, as a Londoner I find it comforting.
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If you think that's creepy, you should try walking down the High Street in quite a few British cities, and drop a piece of paper or litter. A voice will boom out and instruct you to pick it up.
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it gets creepier
https://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/ma...system-privacy
think the figure is about 100 times a day, between the high street, public transport, outside private buildings, shops, etc. trying to find source for that, will quote when i do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnejN...eature=related
https://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/ma...system-privacy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnejN...eature=related
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The part I like best is the juxtaposition of Boris Johnson riding with Lord "Adonis".
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what causes that huge bump before the door comes open? The truck (lorry) looks like it almost comes completely off the ground. Didn't look like a safe place to be passing either, but it's really hard to tell what's going on from that video.
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a speed cushion, although from that video it didn't have its desired effect on the lorry driver
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You're the only one drawing comparisons between the two.
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No, London has among the best CCTV coverage of any city.
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