SillyDriver III

31/08/2010 I have just got back from my holidays. Cycled 260 miles north on our touring bicycles and only had two incidents, where only one of them was outside London. An overtaking taxi who was very close to me on way back from the station, a nice welcome back. Anywho, there I was cycling in front of my partner who is 2-3 metres behind me. We are coming to a hill where ... read more ...

SillyDriver II

23/06/2010 Why is it that you as a driver are more than happy to drive behind a other motor vehicle at 2mph or sit and wait in a queue that is going nowhere fast. But for the life of you, you can't drive behind a cyclist. You just HAVE to get past that cyclist in front of you, when ... 1/ they are doing more than 10/15 or even 20mph, quite often ... read more ...

What are the odds ?

21/12/2009 Humans really baffle me. If I were an betting man I wouldn't put money on us lot passing our 30th year. And yet we quite often pass the average age of 70-odd years. The amount of stupid things I see people do, on the roads when they are rushing to and fro in their daily grind, really shocks me. Cyclist : - Red light jumping, is against the law and not even ... read more ...

SillyDriver I

10/11/2009 Well since I have the SillyCyclist and SillyCyclelLanes going I thought that it would be a good idea to also have a SillyDriver section. And I will start this section off with a small pop quiz. Q: Picture this, you are driving in your car down a residential road with speed bumps. And you come upon two adults wearing orange tabards, with 6 young kids standing next to them by the side ... read more ...