Don't ride in groups or we will be stopped cycling completely.

[HLaB]

What's wrong with bbqs and Easter eggs?

Genuine question.

They tend to melt

 

[rogerzilla]

Modern slums, then. Lovely.

 

[matticus]

Of CCOURSE it is cyclists who will bring on the tigher lockdown rules:

https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/06/friends-crashed-driving-10-miles-walk-dog-12514164/

A group of friends were criticised by police for making an ‘avoidable journey’ after they survived a nasty car crash. Disturbing pictures show the extent of the crash which was caused by a giant bug flying in and distracting the driver, officers in Berkshire said. The Vauxhall Corsa was left badly damaged with the front end completely smashed in and side and rear damage. Thames Valley Police’s road unit tweeted to say the three friends were travelling ‘ten miles from their home’ to walk their dog.

 

[lane]

Had a similar thing in the next village to where I live. Police were also removing bottles of alcohol from the vehicle. It is a hot hatch I have often seen driving round here at speed.

 

[lane]

France bans jogging in Paris.

 

[vickster]

Of CCOURSE it is cyclists who will bring on the tigher lockdown rules:

https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/06/friends-crashed-driving-10-miles-walk-dog-12514164/

A group of friends were criticised by police for making an ‘avoidable journey’ after they survived a nasty car crash. Disturbing pictures show the extent of the crash which was caused by a giant bug flying in and distracting the driver, officers in Berkshire said. The Vauxhall Corsa was left badly damaged with the front end completely smashed in and side and rear damage. Thames Valley Police’s road unit tweeted to say the three friends were travelling ‘ten miles from their home’ to walk their dog.

Vauxhall Corsa...nuff said

 

[lane]

I went out on Sunday night for a ride at 8pm. About a mile from where I live at a T junction I could see blue lights on the road I was joining and stopped even though the police car was on opposite carriageway and I was turning left - just to be safe. Anyway it was really odd the car had blue lights on but was travelling really slowly. I watched it pass me then pulled out but looked back to see what was happening and it did a U turn and started coming in my direction. It then disappeared so I think it must have turned up the road I had come out off. All the while blue lights but travelling very slowly. My wife saw it still in the village a couple of hours later and said it looked like they had told a couple of young people to go home. Think it was just driving round checking if people were not obeying the rules - but all the while I was out for over two hours I don't think I saw more than 3 people.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Vauxhall Corsa...nuff said

Oi! I used to drive a Corsa.

 

[vickster]

Oi! I used to drive a Corsa.

You have my sympathies Was it a tatty underpowered old one in black, beloved of the boy /girl racer yoof and yoofette round here. Seatbelt wearing extremely optional

 

[matticus]

Oi! I used to drive a Corsa.

What happened to it??

 

[Deleted member 26715]

What happened to it??

He grew up & bought an Audi/BMW

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Oi! I used to drive a Corsa.

Till you crashed it...

 

[Dogtrousers]

You have my sympathies Was it a tatty underpowered old one in black, beloved of the boy /girl racer yoof and yoofette round here. Seatbelt wearing extremely optional

It was silver. I it had enough power for me to tootle around.

I never crashed it. It was the first of the two cars I've ever owned, and I wish I'd kept it.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

It was silver. I it had enough power for me to tootle around.

I know we are now way off topic but yesterday I went to the vets to pick up some medicine for the cat, I went in the Beetle, when I had it rolling roaded a couple of weeks ago it's peak power was 56bhp. It's a completely different experience, to driving a standard car with over 100bhp which nearly everything has these days.

 

[mjr]

France bans jogging in Paris.

Along with all other exercise, but only between 10am and 7pm. https://www.france24.com/en/20200407-paris-bans-daytime-jogging-in-bid-to-slow-spread-of-coronavirus

France's lockdown rules seem to be going from debatable to completely ridiculous. Has there been any attempt to justify this morning-to-evening ban, because I don't see it in the news?

Edit To Add: the official announcement is https://cdn.paris.fr/paris/2020/04/07/d899f45552428ad6043f698043091f15.pdf which says it's "Pour accompagner ce mouvement," "la responsabilité, l’auto-régulation et la discipline collective que les Parisiennes et les Parisiens" ("To accompany the movement" of "responsibility, self-regulation and collective discipline of Parisiennes and Parisiens") although it does seem to imply that the streets have been too busy and people are using exercise as an excuse to go outside. No numbers given, though.

Now why might people have gone outside last weekend? Maybe they'd seen Friday's article from the Paris mayoralty on how pretty the flowers are now! I wouldn't make up shoot this absurd. Tell people how beautiful things are outside, then punish everyone for some people maybe going to look.