http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: safety - Recent Topics en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:56:44 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=988#post-9027 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:31:36 +0000 spytfyre 9027@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Somebody was on their MTB on the pavement and hit my colleague leaving a shop, he felt not a lot of pain at the time but it got progressively worse until he was admitted to hospital last week and operated on, he is not sure yet what was wrong as he has to wait to speak to his GP but as far as he was aware the bull bars of the bike that dug into his abdomen may have twisted his stomach<br /> nice </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10716#post-118056 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:56:27 +0000 Accendino 118056@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hello everyone,</p> <p>I am a keen biker, but I am experiencing some issues with parking my bike.<br /> I recently moved to Lauriston Gardens, where there are no facilities for parking the bike.<br /> In the internal space towards my flat there are several parking slots for cars, but nothing for bicycles, apart from a small bike rack that is not attached to anything and is abandoned in a corner, unusable.</p> <p>This means, the only secure storage space I have for my bike is to leave it at work in the bike shed, but that way I can't ride it to work.</p> <p>Last night I left it, for the first time, locked to a house fence on my street, as that was the only thing I could lock my bike to. The bike was attached to the side, completely out of the way, both for people accessing the flat and for pedestrians. While picking it up this morning I have been verbally abused by the flat occupier, who shouted at me from behind the curtains of their open window "she's finally f***ing taking the stupid bike!" and more along the lines, with so much hathred and anger in their voice, that I left literally shocked and scared about someone like that damaging my bike or becoming aggressive.</p> <p>Why does it need to be so difficult? Why can't I just lock my bike to a secured bike rack where it shouldn't bother anyone? What can I do if I want to continue riding and stay safe?</p> <p>Thanks,<br /> Silvia </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10018#post-108603 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:25:30 +0000 cc 108603@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> (Edinburgh) University is hosting a roadshow tomorrow to highlight a very important road safety message to cyclists about avoiding being caught in the blind spot of large vehicles. The roadshow organised by the City of Edinburgh Council's Road Safety Team will be between 11am and 2pm, by Bristo Square. With the help of a 20 tonne lorry (which will be stationary!) cyclists will be invited to sit in the driver's seat to experience first-hand just how extensive the blind spot of a heavy goods vehicle is. I understand there will also be bike related freebies!</p> <p>Please spread this message far and wide to encourage as much participation as possible.</p> <p>I was recently sent the link to this blog, which includes some life-saving advice on this topic:</p> <p><a href="http://ibikelondon.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/advice-for-us-all-cycling-safely-with.html">http://ibikelondon.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/advice-for-us-all-cycling-safely-with.html</a><br /> " </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5923#post-63303 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:13:14 +0000 spytfire 63303@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was out for a drive last night (no I was not topping up my tank)<br /> As I drove and was passing cyclists I had a good hard think.<br /> <strong>Is there an easy way to tell how much room I have in the lane to know how far out I can be?</strong><br /> Then the thought struck me - the white line in the road is where I want to be keeping my driver side wing mirror within. If I know where my mirror is in relation to the white lines I will know the line to take to leave as much space <em>at all times</em> so I lined the car up on a parking space white line (nice and long, no moving traffic. Noted where the line was along the bottom of the windscreen and looked out the window, repositioned car until I found the sweet spot (somewhere halfway between the edge of the wiper and the corner of the screen)<br /> Now this will work for any driver in any car (obviously taking into account driver/seat height/position and different srivers in the same car) and could be easily marked on the screen with a tiny bit of tape (maybe one colour for each driver's setup)</p> <p>Once drivers know this position on the road they can leave as much space as possible for cyclists when passing them or being passed when cyclist filtering </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1509#post-14372 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:40:22 +0000 Smudge 14372@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was somewhat confused this morning, sat on the Glasgow Edinburgh train when a nice young lady got on the train (at Linlithgow iirc).<br /> She had an Apollo 21spd mountain bike, and had ensured she had a decent h****t and a hi-vi waistcoat.</p> <p>What I found amazing was that despite spending probably around £30 on a plastic bunnet and sourcing the waistcoat she had no lights at all! (and the rear reflector though fitted was pointing at the sky)</p> <p>I know we don't all travel in the dark, but even when we got off at Haymarket (about 0720) it was sufficiently dark I had both lights on. Surely fifteen/twenty quid on some led's would be money well spent? Or is it me that's missing the point?!? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=820#post-7110 Thu, 20 May 2010 10:31:16 +0000 spytfyre 7110@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8692359.stm">BBC News</a></p> <p>"Sheriff Douglas Small has suggested that a traffic island be built at the spot where he died to slow vehicles.</p> <p>He also recommended that all cyclists wear helmets and high visibility gear."</p> <p>Mrs MacIntyre added: "I can see why he made the recommendation that all cyclists wear high visibility clothing and helmets.</p> <p>"But the evidence was very clear that no helmet in the world would have saved Jason, and I believe he was perfectly visible, and MacTaggart would not have seen him, whatever he was wearing." </p>