http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: “School pupils issue fake parking tickets to tackle pollution“ en Sun, 31 May 2026 13:26:37 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19455#post-301504 Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:50:43 +0000 crowriver 301504@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"The only solution is to ban cars"</p> <p>FTFY </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19455#post-301502 Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:41:43 +0000 gembo 301502@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks CHdot. </p> <p>There is an interesting clip on YouTube where Mr Bowie is being laughed at, I think by Paxman for predicting The Internet, </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19455#post-301500 Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:09:45 +0000 chdot 301500@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“five years, that's all we've got”</p> <p>Fake news from 1972... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19455#post-301497 Fri, 15 Feb 2019 17:52:21 +0000 gembo 301497@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The kids were out in Glasgow today. </p> <p>Pushing through the market square so many mothers sighing</p> <p>Checking the time left, not 12 or 11 years,but five years, that's all we've got. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19455#post-301482 Fri, 15 Feb 2019 14:27:19 +0000 chdot 301482@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“would invest in renewables rather than rely on importing energy in case supplies would be disrupted”</p> <p>Yes, but also increases ‘demand’ for fracking. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19455#post-301480 Fri, 15 Feb 2019 14:20:48 +0000 sallyhinch 301480@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oil and gas expert on the Today programme this morning was saying that Trump's trade war with China would cut demand for oil and gas because of economic slowdowns but also because countries would invest in renewables rather than rely on importing energy in case supplies would be disrupted. So, Donald Trump, ecowarrior. Who knew? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19455#post-301454 Fri, 15 Feb 2019 10:52:04 +0000 chdot 301454@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Congestion is very bad for the environment so we need to build more roads, HS2 et cetera.”</p> <p>Yep and said various other bits of nonsense (R4 Today) - keen on electric cars too. </p> <p>BUT still talking about <em>2050</em> targets.<br /> ya<br /> Also mentioned that recession would be good for carbon reduction. Wasn’t quite advocating it, but could be inevitable result of Brexit. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19455#post-301445 Fri, 15 Feb 2019 10:22:08 +0000 gembo 301445@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We need to get extinction rebellion on to the case for motor cars being banned. Sadly the minister who is supporting XR school pupil strike today ( Interesting strategy) has only picked up half the story. Congestion is very bad for the environment so we need to build more roads, HS2 et cetera. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19455#post-301441 Fri, 15 Feb 2019 10:10:05 +0000 dougal 301441@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wow, great find @amir. All that behaviour clearly on display and identifiable to make a film about it in 1950. Clearly we have made exactly no further progress; indeed nowadays drivers don't bother with parking spaces per se but make their own wherever they want to abandon the vehicle. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19455#post-301390 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 13:16:39 +0000 amir 301390@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Psychology of car drivers captured by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdgVcGjzgR4">Disney</a><br /> Should be part of the driving training along with cycling on a busy main road, and VR shock therapy </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19455#post-301388 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 13:04:25 +0000 gembo 301388@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@dougal, some people seem to develop a temporary form of autism when in their cars. Such that any slight touch is perceived as an assault but they can knock you off your bike as it does not hurt them or indeed their car.</p> <p>Never touch the vehicle. For sure. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19455#post-301386 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 12:52:39 +0000 dougal 301386@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The well-embedded notion of vehicle as "extended body" fascinates and appals me. Touching someone's car really is seen as aggressive by people. You slap a passing vehicle to let them know that they are too close and they will scream til they're sick. And any driver hitting a cyclist is just a "nudge", as if the driver was bumping shoulders with you. The vehicle itself isn't seen as a huge, unyielding piece of metal but as the person that occupies it. If you touch that piece of metal you're really assaulting that person. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19455#post-301379 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 11:37:26 +0000 EdinburghCycleCam 301379@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Interestingly, for a while I put fake tickets that look exactly like that (I think they're from Amazon or something, I got them as a gift) on vehicles double parked on Leith Walk (they're blank on the back, it's obvious they're fake once you pick them up), and then when a van driver got pissed off at me, screamed and shouted in my face, and then kicked and buckled my rear wheel, the police said that my placing the fake ticket on his van would be considered instigating the situation, and if I wanted to report the driver, they'd also prosecute me for "aggressive behaviour". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19455#post-301365 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 10:22:08 +0000 gembo 301365@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Interesting from the CHdot linkee to Stop de kindermoord the journalist who coined the phrase was initally pushing for children to be bussed to school. Other campaigners then joined and altered it to banning cars. Bobs yer Dutch uncle. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19455#post-301364 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 10:13:19 +0000 neddie 301364@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sadly, just tinkering around the edges with token gestures without dealing with the elephant in the room. The "adults" will go back to their old habits after a couple of weeks when it will all be forgotten.</p> <p>The only solution is to ban cars near schools </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19455#post-301360 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:16:42 +0000 chdot 301360@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://usa.streetsblog.org/2013/02/20/the-origins-of-hollands-stop-murdering-children-street-safety-movement/" rel="nofollow">https://usa.streetsblog.org/2013/02/20/the-origins-of-hollands-stop-murdering-children-street-safety-movement/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19455#post-301355 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:01:13 +0000 paulmilne 301355@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Time for a 'Stop murdering our children' campaign. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19455#post-301354 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 01:31:50 +0000 chdot 301354@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/feb/13/primary-school-pupils-issue-fake-parking-tickets-to-tackle-pollution" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/feb/13/primary-school-pupils-issue-fake-parking-tickets-to-tackle-pollution</a> </p>