http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Drivers need help with journey times... en Thu, 21 May 2026 03:43:44 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=944#post-8465 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:03:03 +0000 steveo 8465@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bull bars (SUV) or bar ends (MTB)?? I quite like my ped impaling mtb bar ends aka bull bars. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=944#post-8459 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:53:34 +0000 chdot 8459@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Was told they were illegal now as they had a habit of slicing any pedestrians you hit in half."</p> <p>Yep.</p> <p>Are bull-bars illegal yet? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=944#post-8456 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:49:01 +0000 Stepdoh 8456@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That would be cool-as! :/</p> <p>An ex flatmate of mine bought a retro-styled norton motorcycle and wanted to get one of those rego plates that bends horizontally along the front mudguard. Was told they were illegal now as they had a habit of slicing any pedestrians you hit in half. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=944#post-8454 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:44:54 +0000 chdot 8454@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Or we could just get registration plates - like some politicians/motorists think cyclists should... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=944#post-8452 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:24:02 +0000 Stepdoh 8452@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>2d barcodes on our backs could do it using the same tech as the n-plate readers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=944#post-8449 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:08:46 +0000 chdot 8449@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"ANYONE familiar with Edinburgh's roads will know that a journey that should take five minutes can sometimes go on for considerably longer."</p> <p><a href="http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Sign-of-the-times-for.6364703.jp" rel="nofollow">http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Sign-of-the-times-for.6364703.jp</a></p> <p>In view of the previous thread about <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=923">devious wind directions</a>, perhaps 'we' should demand some technology that will estimate 'today's wind delay factor'(?) </p>