http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Lords' Debate on Cyclists Following Highway Code en Mon, 18 May 2026 00:23:16 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1540#post-14750 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:11:18 +0000 steveo 14750@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Take your pick ;).</p> <p>I prefer the Lords discussions as they tend to have some factual basis and have less politicking with attempts to score cheap points with the disinterested voter since they don't have to worry about the (in general) the mood of the country and as such tend to bat down stupid laws which are rushed through the lower house to be seen "to do something" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1540#post-14746 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:58:29 +0000 spitfire 14746@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@steveo - which being which? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1540#post-14745 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:50:45 +0000 steveo 14745@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Its interesting reading the difference between an unelected house and an elected house. One reads like the daily mail the other an educated discussion. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1540#post-14744 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:30:05 +0000 kaputnik 14744@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I wonder if cycling Lords err towards being Bromptoneers? Personally I imagine they chain their bling fixed track bikes up outside the House. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1540#post-14740 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:19:33 +0000 wingpig 14740@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>Noble LORDS: Oh!<br /> <em>(Exeunt omnes. Lights down. Curtains. Applause.)</em><br /> </blockquote></p> <p>It needs a little follow-up confirming that the appropriate request was formally (and doubtless nobly) made to the appropriate (and appropriately-addressed) Noble Baronesses (the Noble Ladies Sharples and Trumpington) and perhaps a sort of reference-tracking system to see what happens to the request as it passes into the mire of the invisible back-room workings. What after this discussion, will actually take place? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1540#post-14738 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:11:57 +0000 chdot 14738@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Lord Haskel: Does the Minister accept that most cyclists abide by the Highway Code purely out of a sense of self-preservation from the motorists who do not?</p> <p>Earl Attlee: My Lords, it is most important that every one reads the Highway Code from time to time, in order that they understand their obligations as road users.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldhansrd/text/101013-0001.htm#10101325000358" rel="nofollow">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldhansrd/text/101013-0001.htm#10101325000358</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1540#post-14737 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:08:17 +0000 chdot 14737@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No prob. </p> <p>We have no rivals... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1540#post-14736 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:03:44 +0000 kaputnik 14736@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sorry to link to a "rival" forum (chdot, please remove this if I'm overstepping the mark) but amongst the usual sillyness there's a good thread on bikeradar <a href="http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12735741">about a question asked in the House of Lords about cyclists complying with the Highway Code.</a></p> <p>I didn't just want to regurgitate the contents here, but it's worth a read, if only for those Lords that spoke up rather eloquently in defence of cyclists </p>