theplanlessman

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bike Riders of lemmy, you okay with me riding my eScooter in the bike lane?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  For what it’s worth the UK uses mph and we’ve had the Internet for a little while now too, and here e-scooters are technically illegal to ride anywhere other than on private land, i.e. not on pavement, on bike lanes or on the road.

  The exception is if you’re in one of the cities which is operating a “trial” rental scheme, in which case the rental company will let you know where they think you should ride. But I believe even in those areas privately owned e-scooters remain illegal to use in public.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Free streaming platform with live TV from BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 launches next year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I seem to recall Nadine Dorries proposing an end to the TV license, which apparently would come about in 2027 if it happens. But with a complete roster change in the tory government since then and a likely loss in the next election, we’ll have to wait and see what Labour decide to do about that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Lib Dems will raze this place to the ground’: Mid Beds byelection duel could gift seat to Tories⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s English, but not as we know it, Jim.

  Translated it reads: “The Liberal Democratic Party will ruin everything” competition between two left-wing parties in mid-Bedfordshire by-election could split votes and result in a win by the Conservative Party.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Road casualties have become normal in Britain. But there is another way⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This reminds me of two recent posts that I got involved in here.

  The first was about Wales’ upcoming 20mph zone, where people were complaining that “they’re just trying to generate revenue”. Well, only if you decide to break the law, surely?

  The other was a discussion on the cyclists who were “caught” speeding in Devon. Drivers were outraged and wanted cyclists to adhere to the speed limits (good luck without a speedometer). But they would get apoplectic when you suggested that they should do the same.

  As a cyclist it always strikes me that we probably don’t need any new laws to make the roads safe, we just need the current laws to be enforced and obeyed. If every driver gave every cyclist 1.5m of space, priority at junctions, kept out of the cycle lanes, etc. as they’resupposed to then the roads would be a lovely place to cycle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Suella Braverman pushes for ban on American bully XLs after attack⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  As mentioned in the article the American Bully XL isn’t a recognised breed, so the name likely came from the owners themselves making it up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Eurostar: Petition for return of Kent services backed by 30,000⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Modern petitions seem pointless at the best of times, but petitioning a private company seems particularly futile. They have zero obligation to even recognise the petition, let alone act on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gillian Keegan tells schools to ‘get off their backsides’ to help fix concrete crisis⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  An incredibly tone-deaf choice of words just one day after her hot mic “sitting on their arses” comment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most motorists want noise cameras installed to clamp down on loud cars⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I read it as being a riff off of “speed” cameras, which are obviously cameras triggered by speed and not cameras that capture the concept of speed on film.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most motorists want noise cameras installed to clamp down on loud cars⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Just went down the legislation.gov rabbit hole, and it seems there are regulations on headlight height and angle that have been in place since 1989, but unfortunately no maximum power or brightness restrictions.

  Which means that although a driver could be fined for using excessively bright headlights, the manufacturer of the car could not be fined for making the car like that in the first place.

  Perhaps if things like these noise cameras gain in popularity it will encourage the lawmakers to look at other issues like this one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most motorists want noise cameras installed to clamp down on loud cars⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  There is already the regulation in the Highway Code:

  114: “You MUST NOT use any lights in a way which would dazzle or cause discomfort to other road users”

  The “MUST NOT” indicates that this is a legal requirement and so it is a criminal offense to disobey it. Now if we could get the police to actually ENFORCE the legal requirements in the Highway Code, then maybe things might improve on the roads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Junior doctors in England launch fifth round of industrial action⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You think losing thousands of highly trained doctors will improve the NHS?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saudi Arabia makes USB-C mandatory for electronic devices⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t find any more info on the Saudi law, but I believe the EU law at least has provisions for moving to a new standard in the future if a better alternative comes along. So when USB-D arrives, if it is seen to be a better standard, the EU can mandate that it becomes the new charging standard.