paks
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- Comment on MP groped breasts of two women, trial hears 2 weeks ago:
Your take doesn’t really fit with the timeline described in the article. If the police hadn’t screwed up, it would have come out before he became MP (and presumably he wouldn’t have).
- Comment on Train driver dies and 89 people injured after two trains collide near Bedford 5 weeks ago:
Here’s the initial statement from the RAIB gov.uk/…/collision-between-two-passenger-trains-n… - pirc_lover had it about right
One train developed a fault which caused it to stop. The second one, as seen on its dashcam, drove through a red signal (which it should have stopped at) and into the back of the first. They are still investigating why the second one didn’t stop at the signal and whether that might include brake failure, safety system failure, driver error, and/or any other factors.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Is that not the profile picture of whoever’s post you were trying to view?
- Comment on Nearly 500 seriously injured in e-scooter collisions in Great Britain last year 2 months ago:
Completely agree, treat them broadly like e-bikes. Limited speed and use only on roads and bike paths, not footpaths.
That said, I see a lot of people riding e-bikes which don’t comply with the existing e-bike speed limits, so perhaps better enforcement is needed as well. There’s definitely a place for these faster e-bikes, but they’re basically e-mopeds and should act like it (roads only, driving licence, number plate, MOT, insurance etc.).
- Comment on Birmingham Crowned The Least Walkable City In The UK 4 months ago:
A very tourist centric metric when day-to-day living and commuting is much more relevant