CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
IT’S TRUE!
CCE is 16years old!
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It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
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SUVs are now one of the biggest emerging threats to road safety in Scottish cities.
A new paper by Professor Adrian Davis warns that the surge in SUV ownership is making Scotland’s streets more dangerous, congested, and polluting. Transform is publishing this paper during this year’s Road Safety Week, 16th-22nd November.
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https://transform.scot/2025/11/20/too-big-for-our-streets-the-harms-of-suv-use-in-scottish-cities/
Very true. Friends of Mrs LB were driving through a light controlled junction in city when an SUV hit their VW saloon side on. Obviously police are investigating so I can't say anything on right and wrong of incident here. Fire brigade had to release VW driver and both he and his partner taken to A&E. VW Driver had burns from rapid airbag deployment. SUV had solid bumper frame (bull bars?) Occupants of SUV were unscathed.
Probably quite a common story tying up hours of police and NHS time. Sadly some that are on receiving end of a 'tank' hit often conclude they need to go bigger and higher. (Not saying that's the case here but in the 'autochat universe' these views may exist unless costs of going bigger and heavier are a lot more).
Interesting WRT front of SUV - hope Police & insurers are closely checking ironmongery WRT C&U compliance ^ after market alterations
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