Social Media Posts Inciting Hate Toward Cyclists

[HMS_Dave]

"After experiencing a ‘near death experience’ with a cyclist with no lights, former Metropolitan Police Chief Lord Hogan-Howe..."

Yes, perhaps the cyclist should have done a better job of explaining that smoking the peace pipe is best done in the dark and this whole situation could have been avoided.

 

[mjr]

"After experiencing a ‘near death experience’ with a cyclist with no lights, former Metropolitan Police Chief Lord Hogan-Howe..."

Yes, perhaps the cyclist should have done a better job of explaining that smoking the peace pipe is best done in the dark and this whole situation could have been avoided.

Lord Ho-Ho is literally the police chief 2011-2017 who oversaw the collapse of London traffic policing that has allowed criminal drivers to bully many cyclists into riding on pavements instead of carriageways and cycleways. He's just upset now he's suffering the consequences of his inactions and trying to point the finger literally anywhere else.

"Lord Hendy, a former Commissioner of Transport for London, said: “I was interested to hear some suggestions from the noble Lord, Lord Hogan-Howe, about licensing and adding cycling to driving licences, and particularly about maybe making cycling offences endorsable on driving licences for motor vehicles. We will certainly look at that,” the Evening Standard reported."

Yeah, they'll certainly look at that, but I hope then go "ewwww, gross" and flush it into the Thames to join the rest of the turds.

Lord Hendy is a rail minister not a roads, policing or justice minister anyway so probably wanted to be non-committal about it because it's not his department. Also, Lord Hendy is already facing calls to resign (is that some sort of record?) due to apparently getting an expert rail engineer sacked for raising safety concerns about the "Euston stampede" working practice, which the regulator had already ruled needed to change: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/29/lord-hendy-rail-minister-sacking-engineer-gareth-dennis/

The article finishes with some nonsense about driving licence points being some sort of deterrent. I think it'll be irrelevant to anyone with a clean driving licence. The fine is already enough of a deterrent, but deterrents don't matter when people don't think there's much chance of getting caught and we know the police are overworked and traffic policing has collapsed, with far more dangerous driving being allowed to continue unchecked.

 

[Drago]

"After experiencing a ‘near death experience’ with a cyclist with no lights, former Metropolitan Police Chief Lord Hogan-Howe..."

Yes, perhaps the cyclist should have done a better job of explaining that smoking the peace pipe is best done in the dark and this whole situation could have been avoided.

Hogan Howe always was a bellend of the first water who was the first to believe his own hype.

 

[Poacher]

Hogan Howe always was a bellend of the first water who was the first to believe his own hype.

He also confessed that until recently he was unaware that cyclists weren't subject to speed limits. How in the name of raised trouser legs does someone with no knowledge of the relevant legislation attain the most senior post in uk policing and then have the brass neck to stand on his hind legs in the House of Lords and pontificate on a subject he knows FA about?

 

[mjr]

He also confessed that until recently he was unaware that cyclists weren't subject to speed limits. How in the name of raised trouser legs does someone with no knowledge of the relevant legislation attain the most senior post in uk policing and then have the brass neck to stand on his hind legs in the House of Lords and pontificate on a subject he knows FA about?

Appointed Commissioner under Mayor Boris Johnson.

 

[Drago]

He also confessed that until recently he was unaware that cyclists weren't subject to speed limits. How in the name of raised trouser legs does someone with no knowledge of the relevant legislation attain the most senior post in uk policing and then have the brass neck to stand on his hind legs in the House of Lords and pontificate on a subject he knows FA about?

He's not in the craft. We wouldn't have him.

 

[Badger_Boom]

What evidence is there that bad driving is the preserve of the poor?

None. I find that thugs are common in all levels of society.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I have no idea.

I'm just suggesting that is one possibility for the fact that in my area I see far fewer incidents of "aggressive" driving than many others seem to.

It may be local variation. I've noticed that in Stuttgart it's usually expensive Mercedes cars driven by older men, and flashy compacts driven by young women. Younger men are generally no problem.