http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Cars in Meadows - Recent Posts en Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:41:31 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561&page=2#post-201460 Fri, 09 Oct 2015 10:14:27 +0000 LaidBack 201460@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks to everyone else that has contributed, including Earthowned with some background as to why the car was there.<br /> But we can't let facts get in the way of (gentle) humour... !</p> <p>So this year's Golden Bollard Award goes to Crowriver for his funny and empathetic comment....</p> <p><strong>"Cycle? In this weather? No chance! I'll take the soft top."<br /> </strong><br /> <em>Pm me if you are Crowriver or you think you should have won!<br /> </em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561&page=2#post-201304 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 20:28:53 +0000 neddie 201304@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think most likely she steered on to the cycle path to avoid getting a parking ticket to add to her misery.</p> <p>And modern cars very rarely breakdown. More likely it ran out of petrol.</p> <p>No wait, that's sentient...</p> <p>More likely the operator failed to ensure there was adequate fuel on board. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561&page=2#post-201300 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 19:25:23 +0000 LaidBack 201300@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Crowriver...that's good. Sure driver would find that amusing too! At least car was away after an hour. Can a moderator judge please? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201288 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 17:32:32 +0000 Charlethepar 201288@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I do hope that this <em>it's okay to make a stupid and dangerous decision if you're a little stressed</em> position doesn't apply to doctors, firefighters, nuclear station operators, soldiers, etc </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201284 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 17:07:38 +0000 crowriver 201284@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Cycle? In this weather? No chance! I'll take the soft top." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201268 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 16:02:08 +0000 LaidBack 201268@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Look what I started!</em></p> <p>I think people here are generally quite gentle on the forum. Earthowned asked the driver what problem was and knows she was in a stressful situation. I did see on way to shop that she was ok - she was on her phone at that point.<br /> The car was probably pushed out of the way by pedestrians so naturally they wouldn't block 'their' walking side. Melville Drive does have a bike lane so could have parked on that - as everyone does on a Sunday.</p> <p><ul><em>Good points were:<br /> </em>- stopped other vehicles getting onto Meadows (although Army were there already)<br /> - reminds cyclists to slow down (as supported by Friends of The Meadows)<br /> - makes cyclists feel even more smug on a soggy day<br /> - provided a topic for forum and will let someone have a free copy of Velo Vision<br /> - was a non-polluting VW<br /> - was a considerate driver that didn't want to inconvenience other drivers or the nice pedestrians that helped her off the road</p> <p><em>Bad points were:<br /> </em>- blocked cycleway<br /> - might give other drivers ideas<br /> - caused differences on the forum<br /> - made debate too serious (we now need a tasteful empathetic funny comment)<br /> - had no hazards on and no warning triangle (!)<br /> - turned out to be considerate driver- and that stifles humour!<br /> </ul><br /> Unlike the ones featured below (blurry pic of a parked car with hazards and an army landrover moving out at 3pm)<br /> <a href="https://flic.kr/p/zvyqDU"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5796/21994278246_daf3bfaf05.jpg"></a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zvyqDU">More cars than bikes today</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/66067108@N08/">LaidBackBikes</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201259 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 15:15:00 +0000 condor2378 201259@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"So if Road Tax doesn't pay for just roads but everything, then that means I can drive anywhere? You get to use my roads, it's only right I get to use your cyclepaths!"</em></p> <p>Also, I think it clearly shows the hierarchy of transport that a broken down car will be pushed <em>out the way</em> of other vehicles, and this is OK, rather than it not being OK to push it <em>in the way</em> of cyclists and pedestrians. How depressing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201248 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:51:30 +0000 wingpig 201248@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I once broke down on Charlotte Square in my flatmate's car which would only start from cold. Fortunately it was light enough to easily push to the side of Hope St with one foot whilst maintaining braking/steering control so that it was slightly less in the way whilst I waited for it to be restartable. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201245 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:47:19 +0000 steveo 201245@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If it was broken down why not just leave it at the side of the road, she must have steered on to the path. It's typical of the park on the pavement mentality so's not to obstruct the road despite the relative vulnerability of the various users. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201241 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:37:30 +0000 amir 201241@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I can understand this. She would have been quite stressed about the whole thing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201240 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:37:16 +0000 Baldcyclist 201240@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I am sure in law she remained in charge of the vehicle."</p> <p>Given where the car broke down, where should it be pushed to? How far would be acceptable. back to her house?</p> <p>Must admit some of the caption stuff is pretty humorous, but given we know the context of the infringement. The 'outrage' that it somehow landed on a cycle lane seems beyond the original joke. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201239 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:36:19 +0000 algo 201239@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Charlethepar I can completely understand the stress the driver might have felt at breaking down, and that in that situation might not have chosen the best possible option (whatever that is) - indeed may not even have been completely aware it was a cycle lane. I'm with earthowned on not being overly judgemental of the driver.</p> <p>I don't think however that any of the jokes made in regard to the image itself, depersonalised as it is, have been directed at the driver themselves... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201238 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:29:42 +0000 Charlethepar 201238@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@earthowned</p> <p>I am still confused as to how the driver got her car pushed off the road onto a cycle path against her will, or outside her control. What sort of pushy passers-by would do that? Surely she would have had to steer the car, unless the passers-by were really beefy and managed to lift the car and place it in its new location.</p> <p>I am sure in law she remained <em>in charge of the vehicle</em>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201236 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:23:42 +0000 earthowned 201236@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lampoon away - don't let me stop you. But it feels like a cheap shot to raise a laugh out of someone's genuine mistake which they had no control over and which they were genuinely horrified about. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201235 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:22:41 +0000 Chug 201235@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's not the broken-down-ness that's the issue, more the choice to block one of the prime cycle routes into the city centre. I wouldn't expect a cyclist to fix a p******* in the middle of one of the Melville Drive driving lanes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201232 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:15:58 +0000 Charlethepar 201232@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@earthowned</p> <p>I can assure you that next time something unfortunate happens to me, as on previous occasions of mishap, I shall be making so much fun of myself that others will have to work hard to get a look in. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201231 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:14:08 +0000 cc 201231@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That car's presence there is unacceptable. That people here reacted with gentle humour rather than rage shows how nice they are. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201230 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:08:31 +0000 algo 201230@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@earthowned - I'm sorry if the comments seem in bad taste to you. You met the person so it seems more personal to you, whereas I hadn't associated the picture with any particular person, rather treating it akin to the caption competition from Have I Got News for You. If anyone was the butt of my attempt at a joke it was VW in my eyes.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201229 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:05:35 +0000 kaputnik 201229@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm not sure anyone is making fun of the person concerned, given that they are not identifiable or even referred to as an individual. The scenario of a car being left/abandoned/parked on a cycle lane is being mocked however in a fairly light hearted manner. I'm not sure there's anything particularly harsh with that?</p> <p>Pushing a car off the road onto a cycle lane to get it "out the way" is I think is a scenario that's perfectly valid for lampoonery. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201228 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:04:49 +0000 Charlethepar 201228@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/superheroes/images/8/88/Phooey_Mobile.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140624005552"></p> <p>Maybe the driver was over-influenced by watching Hong Kong Phooey, and was sitting there banging on a gong hoping for a transformation </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201225 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:01:25 +0000 LaidBack 201225@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We should maybe have thread removed then you mean?</p> <p>I've pushed the odd car myself so know it does happen. What is quite funny is that the bike way was chosen as the best place to put it. We are of course used to cars parking in bike lanes and at the playground in Meadows. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201224 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:59:13 +0000 earthowned 201224@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm sorry, I find some of these comments distasteful. Let's just hope that next time you have something bad happen to you that no-one takes a picture of it, posts it on the internet and then makes fun of you. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201218 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:47:28 +0000 fimm 201218@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>...<em>but the satnav said</em>... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201217 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:44:41 +0000 Charlethepar 201217@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Driver embarrassed at exposure of their misunderstanding of the meaning of a <em>convertible</em> car. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201212 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:35:10 +0000 jdanielp 201212@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@steveo sorry! A double-whammy with VW emissions as well! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201210 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:33:09 +0000 Chug 201210@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>VW takes emissions-test cheating to a new level</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201209 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:32:59 +0000 algo 201209@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>VW's emissions deception more serious than first thought </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201208 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:32:45 +0000 steveo 201208@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Car, leaves, road. The next exciting instalment of what's on the path. </p> <p>Edit: ninja'd! by 19 seconds!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201207 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:32:27 +0000 jdanielp 201207@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@dougal alternatively <em>car, leaves, road</em> ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15561#post-201205 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:30:31 +0000 jdanielp 201205@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The traffic light says no left turn. The fact that the driver has resisted the urge to turn left (up until the time at which the photo was taken at least) is admirable. </p>