Coronavirus outbreak

[mjr]

I disagree. Anything that makes cycling a normal, safe activity that is to be encouraged has to be good as far as I am concerned. Bring it on.

It's certainly a step on from basically making adverts shouting at people to cycle while doing nothing to stop building obstacle course roads.

Is the £2bn being spread over the country with requirements to spend it sensibly, or is it yet another sort of competition bidding thing which means idiots like Lancashire County Council's leader can ignore it and his residents get to suffer? https://road.cc/content/news/tory-council-leader-calls-safe-cycling-space-childish-273275

 

[kingrollo]

The Ice-cream just been down our road FFs!!!!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The horror.

Lockexit?

 

[randynewmanscat]

Lockexit?

Worse, I think it needs more syllables to describe the true horror.

 

[randynewmanscat]

The Ice-cream just been down our road FFs!!!!

Did he have a chime going and if so which tune was it?

 

[mjr]

Did he have a chime going and if so which tune was it?

Ring a Ring o' Roses, one hopes.

Food delivery businesses are allowed to continue operating.

 

[Tanis8472]

I thought it was introduced long ago (1980s Construction and Use Regulations) and it's only enforcement that is lacking because waah waah we can't expect the old men in limos that run local government to sit in cars without air con running all the time. It'll literally decimate council leaderships with them dissolving.

Edit: I was wrong about which law and the current fines are a joke but it is in there: https://www.confused.com/on-the-road/driving-law/fines-for-idling

Afaik, that only applies to parked cars, not cars in traffic.

 

[Tanis8472]

View: https://mobile.twitter.com/fastcarspete/status/1259050338096644096

 

[MarkF]

MD in Private Eye talks a lot of sense, we've over reacted and non reacted in other ways.

Whilst all this clapping and back slapping is going on, many NHS staff are actually doing FA apart from clapping themselves on a Thursday evening. Nurses, porters, health cares assistants etc should have been deployed to care homes, right now it has huge labour capacity that could provide a bit of help and professionalism to those poor frontline bods on the minimum wage.

 

[MarkF]

There’s a national petition to scrap tuition fees this year for nurses/paramedics and midwives.

https://www.change.org/p/government...ed_by_id=9d14f2a0-9084-11ea-aef8-f56739770e12

They sign up for good working conditions, 6-8 weeks paid holidays, a guaraneed income and gold plated pensions that are a dream for most private sector workers. Tough times but not every day is sunny when you enjoy such advantages.

 

[tom73]

The Ice-cream just been down our road FFs!!!!

We’ve had one coming around of and on for weeks. I Checked with the council got told by the head of environmental health they are allowed. Classed as takeaways if People are not social distancing as they wait that’s a matter for the police. A bit of a joke really

 

[tom73]

View: https://mobile.twitter.com/fastcarspete/status/1259050338096644096

Difference is ones talented

 

[midlife]

MD in Private Eye talks a lot of sense, we've over reacted and non reacted in other ways.

Whilst all this clapping and back slapping is going on, many NHS staff are actually doing FA apart from clapping themselves on a Thursday evening. Nurses, porters, health cares assistants etc should have been deployed to care homes, right now it has huge labour capacity that could provide a bit of help and professionalism to those poor frontline bods on the minimum wage.

Yep, I agree. Most NHS staff (me included) volunteered to be placed on a redeployment register. We take the King's shilling and we expected to be on wards and nightingale hospitals and what was called "the wider NHS"

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

They sign up for good working conditions, 6-8 weeks paid holidays, a guaraneed income and gold plated pensions that are a dream for most private sector workers. Tough times but not every day is sunny when you enjoy such advantages.

I'd get an application form if it's so great. Unless you're talking about politicians.

 

[mjr]

Afaik, that only applies to parked cars, not cars in traffic.

No, it's any stationary vehicle except "owing to the necessities of traffic", vehicles being examined and vehicles with gas plant. So it seems it would need a minor amendment to require switching off in gridlock.

Oh and I was right about which law. The bit of RTA cited by confused just gives legal force to the Construction and Use Regs