http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: rubbish - Recent Posts en Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:18:16 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=386#post-386234 Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:20:52 +0000 chrisfl 386234@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Turns out there is more to this story <a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/man-arrested-after-firearms-officers-called-to-restalrig-crescent-9302700">Edinburgh motorbike theft sparks police pursuit before van hits cyclist</a></p> <p>It sounds like the van got onto the Blackhall Path around DMains/Silverknowes.</p> <p>Then went down Blackhall Path, swerved around the bollards at the path junction near Craigleith, and the cyclist was hit right before Ravelston Dykes.</p> <p>Not somewhere where we normally need to worry about getting hit by a van </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7059&page=153#post-386134 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:44:14 +0000 mcairney 386134@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm starting to feel like an endangered minority in my adherence to traffic lights on the bike.<br /> Going along Queen Street yesterday I saw a Voi biker go through 3 red lights in a row until our paths diverged at Picardy Place. Then going down Portobello Road the older gentleman on a rather nice Van Nicholas Titanium bike with a trailer appeared to be completely oblivious to the red light at the Scottie junction.<br /> Rather than "road tax" and insurance maybe drivers should be howling at the moon about eye tests especially checks for colour-blindness! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=386#post-386113 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:29:50 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 386113@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A bit further afield...</p> <p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwr5yde0rndmo">Drivers urged not to use cycle path 'shortcut' during roadworks</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=386#post-386108 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:49:26 +0000 gembo 386108@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was it a white merc? I was crossing street today which was empty except a white merc in distance, but it started speeding up so I pointed at it and said to my relatives watch out for this white Mercedes. The driver starts Do yo7 have a problem but I was able to tell him I didn’t but 8 did have right of way. He then pulled up and gesticulated wit( his arm out the window some way behind us now as we were in that wee snicker towards the cafe royale. I was able to assert to him that we still had right of Way </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=386#post-386105 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:26:49 +0000 Frenchy 386105@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A driver failed to give way as I was about to cross a side street into which they were turning.</p> <p>In fairness to them, it would have been difficult for them to see me, as that would have required them to be looking out of their windscreen instead of at their phone. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=386#post-386006 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:12:35 +0000 Frenchy 386006@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The "Cyclists - Stay Awesome" sticker on their car did nothing to lessen my frustration at the driver who parked in the protected cycleway in front of me this evening. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=386#post-385967 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 17:36:06 +0000 mcairney 385967@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>First time I've had to beep my horn at the same vehicle twice in separate incidents today. First was driving South through the Holy Corner junction and they were in the right-hand filter lane heading towards Napier before they decided they were in the wrong lane and wanted to head down Morningside Road. Classic no mirror, no signal just manouevre forcing me to emergency stop before I got crashed into. Then having went down Morningside Rd and up Comiston Rd they evidently decided that their local WhatsApp group was more interesting than the traffic lights as they sat at the green light without moving for over 10 seconds.<br /> If you need to guess the type of car it was indeed an oversized SUV (25-plate Hyundai Tucson).<br /> Although this is a cycling forum bad driving is bad driving... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=386#post-385817 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:38:51 +0000 wingpig 385817@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A pillock in a nippy wee red car with an unmuffled exhaust going well over thirty in the middle of the road heading east under the bridge just before the Abbey Lane junction seemed an ideal candidate to have "SLOW DOWN" bellowed through his window as he whooshed past. Despite his speed, he couldn't have been in a rush as he found time to turn round, pursue me back along Abbeyhill and ask me if I'd shouted at him ("Yes, I shouted that you should slow down, as you were driving really dangerously") as he pulled abreast just before Croft-an-Righ. As I was on a VOI and therefore limited in agility and speed, I escaped down Croft-an-Righ as I didn't think he'd want to risk his wheels on the lumpy surface and knew there was a bollard where it joins the parade ground, but he didn't follow. Hopefully he scraped his side skirts' paint on some of the speed humps when he headed back eastwards as it looked like he'd been planning on going along Spring Gardens rather than up Abbey Lane. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=386#post-385816 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:24:57 +0000 Morningsider 385816@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ambling on foot down Newbattle Terrace earlier with Mrs Morningsider when a scaffodling wagon passes so close, and at such speed, with horn blazing that an unbidden stream of rule 2s slipped out. The guy continued to barrel down the road, continually honking the horn - all followed by a huge gust of dope smoke (although classic coked up behaviour).</p> <p>Possibly the worst driving I have seen in years - the driver was clearly off his nut. Didn't get the reg number, as I got such a fright that he was away before I thought to look. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=386#post-385780 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:28:46 +0000 mcairney 385780@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>RIP, I've heard on the grapevine that of the other 2 cyclists injured one of them is in a bad way :(</p> <p>Not that changes the outcome in any way but there doesn't appear to be any discussion as to whether the collision was accidental or deliberate, or whether the driver has/will be charged with anything. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=386#post-385776 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:43:43 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 385776@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Man killed after car collides with three cyclists in Port Glasgow"</p> <p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjzm38pyyko" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjzm38pyyko</a></p> <p>ETA</p> <p>"The male driver of the Ford vehicle, aged 33, was also taken to hospital but has since been released. The A8 has reopened and enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances."</p> <p>In what other fashion can a human being kill another human being and still be allowed home in time for dinner??</p> <p><a href="https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/cyclist-dead-port-glasgow-crash-37642259" rel="nofollow">https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/cyclist-dead-port-glasgow-crash-37642259</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=386#post-385746 Sat, 05 Sep 2026 22:06:49 +0000 chdot 385746@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/05/police-seize-200k-lamborghini-under-tightened-antisocial-driving-laws" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/05/police-seize-200k-lamborghini-under-tightened-antisocial-driving-laws</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7059&page=153#post-385728 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:38:05 +0000 Arellcat 385728@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I watched I think eight members of the SRYT Massive this evening on Colinton bridge. They came in three groups, all in their safety balaclavas and Buffs, and demonstrating their mad wheelie skillz. They disappeared down the access road to the former Colinton station, whence they could have gone east or west.</p> <p>Probably ought really to put SRYT shenanigans in the rubbish driving thread. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=386#post-385727 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:15:27 +0000 mcairney 385727@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One side effect of the Summerhall crossroads revamp is cars are now treating it as an extra right-turn phase. They should’ve put cameras in </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7059&page=153#post-385591 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:35:25 +0000 chdot 385591@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Road safety statistics up to 2025 also show a trend in dangerous driving for young people, particularly young men, being on the rise, with 77 people aged between 16 and 20 dying last year, compared with 65 the year before and 55 in 2016, the largest rise of any age group. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/25/more-people-arrested-over-a66-crash" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/25/more-people-arrested-over-a66-crash</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=386#post-385556 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 18:44:32 +0000 Frenchy 385556@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I drove through Banff, which also has relatively recently-introduced 20 mph speed limits, several times a few weeks ago. I don't think the limits there are being particularly well observed, but I suspect a decent chunk of the people now doing 25/30 were doing 35/40 a year ago. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=386#post-385554 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 10:59:45 +0000 mcairney 385554@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Possibly the opposite but was up in Banchory seeing the in-laws which is now largely 20mph and....drivers actually follow the speed limits. Going at my usual 23-24mph indicated where I'd have cars behind me so close up my bumper I could see what the driver had for breakfast and I'm pulling away, requiring a minor adjustment to my driving habits.<br /> A welcome, if slightly unnerving experience. Also when out on the bike on the whole the drivers passed wide and safe, only one close pass of note. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=386#post-385533 Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:06:19 +0000 gembo 385533@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Mainly taxis and drivers who ignore the Closed signs as err it isn’t closed, there is one barrier at the Grassmarket end - I watched a car stopped at it but after a cyclist went round it so did the car. Two barriers at the Pleasance end but the guy in the van just moves it to let you through.</p> <p>There was one big transit van that was probably delivering theatrical equipment to sneaky Pete’s or other venue. Or maybe just driving through as it isn’t closed.</p> <p>Further FOI - how much did you spend on advertising saying the Cowgate is closed when it isn’t closed? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=386#post-385523 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:10:22 +0000 wingpig 385523@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote><em>"...Places at Festival. Time or whatever they are called..."</em></blockquote></p> <p>"Festival Streets"?</p> <p>I would also ask:<br /> Are there supposed to be some sort logistics-hub-style arrangements or delivery time restrictions for the loading and unloading of Fringe-related substances and paraphernalia, or were the six different angry psychopaths blocking various sections of Buccleuch Street/Potterow with their diagonally-slewn vehicles last Thursday all following official guidelines? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=386#post-385521 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:35:48 +0000 Arellcat 385521@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This morning I too encountered someone using their mobile phone whilst driving. I managed to remember the colour of the vehicle and the branding on the door, and vague details of the driver, but I was in disguise as a bus passenger so couldn't make out things like registration. Nonetheless I have written to the company to remind them of the law. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=386#post-385520 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:29:07 +0000 gembo 385520@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good to keep on top of these things @bakky</p> <p>Is there an FOI we can do to the Places at Festival. Time or whatever they are called.</p> <p>I would like to ask</p> <p>1 How closed is the Cowgate?<br /> 2. With this man6 cars being driven through the semi-permeable pedestrianism d space in the Cowgate are you not worried there is going to be an accident?<br /> 3. If you are closing a street why cant you close the street? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=386#post-385517 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:29:44 +0000 bakky 385517@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Driver of a 'DMG Services' white pickup reg DMG 2X was ahead of me through a busy grassmarket around midday. Failed to stop at a zebra crossing for someone about to cross, repeatedly and obviously looking at lap to use mobile phone, and then stopped fully in the bike box as I waited in it to turn right down Lady Lawson St.</p> <p>Oooooh weeee he did not take kindly to my patter of 'nice bike' and subsequent pointing out of the bike box. The kind of seething, bile-ridden "see you, you have a nice day pal" that barely masks a coke habit and a tendency to scale lampposts with a saltire to cable tie up there. Looked up their website and it turns out he's the founder, naturally. Still debating whether to review-bomb them on Google Maps.</p> <p>As he drove away I shouted "you're not coming to my birthday party". It's only fair he's warned now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7059&page=153#post-385479 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:36:18 +0000 wingpig 385479@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There are far too many instances of "I wouldn't have done that" to count these days, particularly if I'm heading south up Leith Walk past the end of London Road, but there was a fun moment a few weeks ago where a dingbat who was repeatedly skipping lights between Leith Walk and South Bridge (and casting no glances neither beside nor behind him at any point, including when wibbling blockingly up the middle of the Leith Street lane) claimed he was more safe doing what he was doing but had had to remove his earbuds to hear what I was muttering at him. I would have escaped him a lot sooner if I hadn't been on a VOI. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7059&page=152#post-385478 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:15:24 +0000 wingpig 385478@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote><em>"...and avoided shouting abuse at them..."</em></blockquote></p> <p>I can see only <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21645&amp;page=2#post-383333">one other</a> invocation of that name on here, but had wondered if he had been mentioned in this thread yet. I have recently been presented with a few of his videos on various Meta platforms, which I have observed with the sound off. I'd've thought he would be more likely to be someone at whom abuse would be shouted, or have I been missing a critical and possibly explanatory component of his activities by not listening to them? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7059&page=152#post-385475 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 06:34:11 +0000 gembo 385475@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>South Roslin Youth Team?</p> <p>[Admin edit: no, <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=165&amp;page=20#post-382155">Sur-Ron</a>] </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7059&page=152#post-385474 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:45:00 +0000 Arellcat 385474@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I encountered a lone crusader of the SRYT Massive at the weekend, wheelieing at high speed down Oxgangs Road North. He was accompanied in his derring-do by two minicrusaders on unbelievably quick e-scooters. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=385#post-385440 Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:43:01 +0000 mcairney 385440@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/edinburgh-cyclist-rushed-hospital-crash-103236778.html" rel="nofollow">https://uk.news.yahoo.com/edinburgh-cyclist-rushed-hospital-crash-103236778.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=385#post-385415 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:16:12 +0000 mcairney 385415@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You said, I merely thought it (though it's balanced out somewhat by the cannabis) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=385#post-385414 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:42:17 +0000 gembo 385414@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A lot of it is also cocaine driving </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=385#post-385409 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:40:24 +0000 mcairney 385409@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>2 hit-and-runs involving cyclists and white vans in 24 hours:</p> <p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3v06qxwpg2o">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3v06qxwpg2o</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.scotland.police.uk/what-s-happening/news/2026/august/appeal-following-crash-on-a822-near-dunkeld/">https://www.scotland.police.uk/what-s-happening/news/2026/august/appeal-following-crash-on-a822-near-dunkeld/</a></p> <p>Of course probably not a massive surprise that van drivers <a href="https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-3362388/White-van-men-likely-drink-drive-according-new-research.html">dominate drink and drug-driving statistics</a> </p>