http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Cognitive dissonance en Thu, 14 May 2026 05:57:09 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15918#post-211119 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 16:48:18 +0000 jonty 211119@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fair enough. Probably true of most city driving too (scarily?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15918#post-211118 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 16:38:51 +0000 acsimpson 211118@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's undoubtedly true but my comment was specifically aimed at the picture of the what I take to be stationary traffic on a freeway. Other than running the aircon at full blast and a few blaring radios they're unlikely to be making much noise. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15918#post-211117 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 16:30:56 +0000 jonty 211117@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm fairly sure the roar I can hear from the bypass when I'm halfway up the Pentlands is the tyres and not the engines. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15918#post-211115 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 16:04:03 +0000 acsimpson 211115@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The dangerous thing about toxic polution from most cars is that's it invisible. What the picture doesn't tell you is that in the middle of the bottom road you can hear birdsong and smell freshly cut grass in the park alongside. OK electric cars may not be perfect but they are (in my eyes) hugely preferable to the alternative. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15918#post-211094 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 13:48:11 +0000 Min 211094@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ha yes, very good. See also:-</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35399212">Everyone should buy an electric car</a></p> <p>and</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33527967">How on earth can we keep the lights on?</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15918#post-210934 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 15:51:07 +0000 crowriver 210934@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZ0cdPVWcAAAFzp.jpg:large"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15918#post-210932 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 15:46:05 +0000 crowriver 210932@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaTLmOFWIAEtJc7.jpg:large"></p> <p><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaUB35OWEAQsNlw.jpg:large"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15918#post-208485 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:42:30 +0000 dougal 208485@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Stickman that's brilliant. I think "situational awareness" is my new punchline. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15918#post-208479 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:28:30 +0000 Stickman 208479@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He's right about situational awareness:</p> <p><a href="https://waronthemotorist.wordpress.com/2015/12/31/cyclists-need-more-situational-awareness-and-training/" rel="nofollow">https://waronthemotorist.wordpress.com/2015/12/31/cyclists-need-more-situational-awareness-and-training/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15918#post-208473 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:15:51 +0000 crowriver 208473@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Almost as if Sugar the driver and Sugar the cyclist were different people, he then appeared to laud dedicated cycle paths when asked whether cyclists should be ordered to use them." </p> <p>See, cognitive dissonance as schizophrenia. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15918#post-208471 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:13:02 +0000 dougal 208471@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Situational awareness and the ability to levitate. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15918#post-208469 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:11:01 +0000 crowriver 208469@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lord Sugar says 99 per cent of cycling 'accidents' in London could be avoided with more ‘situational awareness’ from cyclists </p> <p><a href="http://road.cc/content/news/171914-lord-sugar-says-99-cent-cycling-accidents-london-could-be-avoided-more-#sthash.2S47MUjo.dpuf" rel="nofollow">http://road.cc/content/news/171914-lord-sugar-says-99-cent-cycling-accidents-london-could-be-avoided-more-#sthash.2S47MUjo.dpuf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15918#post-208465 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 13:56:24 +0000 threefromleith 208465@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And Alan just took delivery of a new, custom-built Pinarello.</p> <p>Mind you, the plebs can't afford to fly to the US or Spain just to ride their bike like his Lordship (who doesn't appear to ride in the UK at all). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15918#post-208444 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 12:10:56 +0000 PS 208444@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I thought Noel had a helicopter? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15918#post-208382 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:33:23 +0000 Stickman 208382@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How about Alan Sugar complaining about London congestion, using the example of him taking an hour to drive what could be covered in 10minutes on the tube? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15918#post-208380 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:26:53 +0000 acsimpson 208380@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wr'd better start rationing space then.<br /> Rule 1 only 1 car per household<br /> Rule 2 cycle paths are smaller than roads so each mile of new road requires 2 miles of old road to be converted to cycle path. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15918#post-208379 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:21:25 +0000 Stickman 208379@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Doesn't he believe in some "cosmic ordering" BS? Maybe he could ask nicely for his own private car lane and the universe may deliver. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15918#post-208378 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:11:09 +0000 crowriver 208378@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I propose an occasional thread for snippets of dunderheided opinions, anecdotes, etc. from folk who just can't see what the <em>real</em> problem is with transport in the UK.</p> <p>First up, that giant of broadcasting and the multi coloured swap shop:</p> <p>@Telegraph<br /> Noel Edmonds says 'Britain is full' after getting stuck in traffic jam </p> <p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/12098240/Noel-Edmonds-says-Britain-is-full-after-getting-stuck-in-traffic-jam.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/12098240/Noel-Edmonds-says-Britain-is-full-after-getting-stuck-in-traffic-jam.html</a> </p>