http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: dangerous - Recent Topics en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:05:35 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21538#post-374996 Thu, 16 May 2024 16:55:01 +0000 pringlis 374996@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>At the end of my tether with drivers on mobiles. I walk or cycle from Blackford Pond to Comiston Road to Canaan Lane and back on the school run most days and every single day I see at least one person on their phone while driving, usually more. I've gotten into a shouting match with drivers a few times, including yesterday with someone on Comiston Road who was using their phone AND smoking while edging up the queue outside the school, each time leaving the classic "WhatsApp gap" and then coming perilously close to the car in front as they accelerated forward, all just as they got to the traffic lights where kids at SMPS cross. I usually let it slide but when it's in front of a school I often feel I should say something. Probably shouldn't, especially as the kids are with me... though they're used to it now!</p> <p>It's all fruitless though, I know it, as very few drivers would change their behaviour based on a random man in the street telling them to stop, and the chances of them being caught by the police are incredibly low. Without a reporting portal, what can I actually do?</p> <p>Is it worth filming them and reporting to the police, or is that unlikely to result in any action? I feel like with the scale of it there's little point... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12182#post-142096 Fri, 07 Feb 2014 15:58:17 +0000 Radgeworks 142096@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/police-looking-for-sleeping-van-driver-posted-video-on-facebook-135429744.html?vp=1#LR4vvbm">clikeelinkee</a></p> <p>Dear all, a reminder of just how safe our roads are, especially with these high standards being set.<br /> I am just gobsmacked at this one.<br /> Radgeworks </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12087#post-140534 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 14:00:37 +0000 Radgeworks 140534@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So, after about 6 weeks of waiting for the taxi's that are parking illegally on the junction of Rosebery Crescent and Haymarket Terrace to get moved on for breaking the law....., i then rang the council 7th Jan to ask them to "enforce" the 3 different no parking no loading no stopping signs there, for taxi drivers who are parking on the double yellow lines, obscuring line of sight for anyone trying to see the oncoming vehicles, and also forcing traffic round them at a dangerous angle.<br /> No change after 8 days, i rang them again and repeated the story, no change again after a week so i rang them again yesterday and spoke to a nice Scottish lady in the parking enforcement section.<br /> She basically told me theres very little they can do. Great news isnt it.<br /> So from what i gather from the council, "we" all just have to get used to it basically, i thought it would be helpful to share this with everyone.<br /> As when the now {sadly likely} inevitable accident occurs there, I want to say i tried to prevent it, and also I told you so to the council. RJ </p>