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

[lane]

I avoid cycle paths etc. At the moment. But had hardly left home yesterday when 3 cyclists stopped together two on one side and one on the other on a narrow road leaving me a narrow gap through the middle. Some people just don't get it and never will.

 

[Low Gear Guy]

Does the 2m rule apply to people in open top cars? Two blokes went past in a vintage open top car at the weekend and I doubt if they were a sufficient distance from the pavement or each other.

 

[matticus]

The 2 metre rule should only be seen as guidance. You should keep the maximum distance possible in the situation. The risk of transmission decline with separation. It is not 100% at 199 cm and 0% at 201 cm.

 

[Drago]

T'is reckoned that 6M is the minimum distance that you're pretty much guaranteed not to catch it by airborne means, but 2M is considered the best compromise between effectiveness, practicality, and people actually attempting to stick to it.

 

[vickster]

Does the 2m rule apply to people in open top cars? Two blokes went past in a vintage open top car at the weekend and I doubt if they were a sufficient distance from the pavement or each other.
...
you’re assuming they don’t live together

 

[I like Skol]

Does the 2m rule apply to people in open top cars? Two blokes went past in a vintage open top car at the weekend and I doubt if they were a sufficient distance from the pavement or each other.

I think there is an element of hysteria and paranoia creeping in here?
I know it's serious and people are dieing but if you are really concerned about this situation then you need help, and if you are just asking to score debate points on the internet then you are belittling what is an important campaign to reduce the Covid19 transmission rate!

 

[the snail]

Turkey has banned all under twenty and over 65 from leaving home.

According to sister in law in Turkey, they announced a two-day curfew a few hours in advance, so hordes of people rushed out to buy petrol and cigarettes. She saw tv interviewing elderly looking folks on the street, but apparently they were all 64.

 

[DaveReading]

Does the 2m rule apply to people in open top cars? Two blokes went past in a vintage open top car at the weekend and I doubt if they were a sufficient distance from the pavement or each other.
...
you’re assuming they don’t live together

And also assuming that two people can actually be 2 m apart in the average car.

 

[hoopdriver]

And also assuming that two people can actually be 2 m apart in the average car.

It certainly works that way with my stretch Rolls limousine. My chauffeur, Old Clinker, drives and I sit six metres away in the back, the little virus bugs, if there are any, are most unlikely to find their way through the alcoholic haze...

 

[Ming the Merciless]

And also assuming that two people can actually be 2 m apart in the average car.

I find putting the dead body in the boot means it's more than 2m away.

 

[vickster]

I finding putting the dead body in the boot means it's more than 2m away.

Or the kids...

 

[snorri]

Does the 2m rule apply to people in open top cars? Two blokes went past in a vintage open top car at the weekend and I doubt if they were a sufficient distance from the pavement or each other.

Depends.
It's ok if they were wearing long scarves which flapped in the wind as they sped along, as these would break up any nasties they might have expelled.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

It certainly works that way with my stretch Rolls limousine. My chauffeur, Old Clinker, drives and I sit six metres away in the back, the little virus bugs, if there are any, are most unlikely to find their way through the alcoholic haze...

You really shouldn't let the chauffeur drink.

 

[hoopdriver]

You really shouldn't let the chauffeur drink.

Haven’t the heart to take it away from him. Old Clinker does love his absinthe. And he’s such a good driver. I’m lucky. Every other driver we see is screeching their brakes, tooting their horns, driving off into the hedges or plunging into ravines but Old Clinker just purls right on through...priceless chap.

 

[ColinJ]

It's ok if they were wearing long scarves which flapped in the wind as they sped along...

Tell that to the ghost of Isadora Duncan!

On the night of September 14, 1927, in Nice, France, Duncan was a passenger in an Amilcar CGSS automobile owned by Benoît Falchetto, a French-Italian mechanic. She wore a long, flowing, hand-painted silk scarf, created by the Russian-born artist Roman Chatov, a gift from her friend Mary Desti, the mother of American film director Preston Sturges. Desti, who saw Duncan off, had asked her to wear a cape in the open-air vehicle because of the cold weather, but she would only agree to wear the scarf. As they departed, she reportedly said to Desti and some companions, "Adieu, mes amis. Je vais à la gloire !" ("Farewell, my friends. I go to glory!"); but according to the American novelist Glenway Wescott, Desti later told him that Duncan's actual parting words were, "Je vais à l'amour" ("I am off to love"). Desti considered this embarrassing, as it suggested that she and Falchetto were going to her hotel for a tryst.

Her silk scarf, draped around her neck, became entangled around the open-spoked wheels and rear axle, pulling her from the open car and breaking her neck. Desti said she called out to warn Duncan about the scarf almost immediately after the car left. Desti brought Duncan to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.