Dr Robert Davis
@chairrdrf.bsky.social
Chair of Road Danger Reduction Forum www.rdrf.org.uk
Posts on RDR, transport, #ClimateCatastrophe. Some other serious matters e.g. #Ukraine, some fun stuff e.g. cycle sport.
Posts on RDR, transport, #ClimateCatastrophe. Some other serious matters e.g. #Ukraine, some fun stuff e.g. cycle sport.
Surely Putin has paid off Witkoff
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Check this from @nickcohen.bsky.social out.
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Check this from @nickcohen.bsky.social out.
Surely Putin has paid off Witkoff
The Kremlin’s man in Washington
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November 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Surely Putin has paid off Witkoff
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Check this from @nickcohen.bsky.social out.
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Check this from @nickcohen.bsky.social out.
Reposted by Dr Robert Davis
This is an absurd situation: my driving licence must be renewed every 10 years, but there's absolutely no requirement to prove that I'm still competent to drive a potentially lethal piece of machinery.
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
This is an absurd situation: my driving licence must be renewed every 10 years, but there's absolutely no requirement to prove that I'm still competent to drive a potentially lethal piece of machinery.
As feared, the Chancellor has not raised the financial costs of driving to drivers.
I note that media commentary indicates that to do so would be "political suicide" - which reminds me of my mentor Professor John Adams saying that the alternative was actual suicide - or at least serious
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I note that media commentary indicates that to do so would be "political suicide" - which reminds me of my mentor Professor John Adams saying that the alternative was actual suicide - or at least serious
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November 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
As feared, the Chancellor has not raised the financial costs of driving to drivers.
I note that media commentary indicates that to do so would be "political suicide" - which reminds me of my mentor Professor John Adams saying that the alternative was actual suicide - or at least serious
1./
I note that media commentary indicates that to do so would be "political suicide" - which reminds me of my mentor Professor John Adams saying that the alternative was actual suicide - or at least serious
1./
Happy Birthday Billy!
(photo by Phil O'Connor)
(photo by Phil O'Connor)
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Happy Birthday Billy!
(photo by Phil O'Connor)
(photo by Phil O'Connor)
When cycling up a lane in the Chilterns...it's not a nice road/lane unless there's green in the middle...
November 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
When cycling up a lane in the Chilterns...it's not a nice road/lane unless there's green in the middle...
Think of the public spending we could spend £s on. My personal favourite is £5 bn. p.a. on social care (amongst other benefits easing pressure on hospitals) - what's yours?
For reasons why the Chancellor should raise the cost of driving to drivers, see rdrf.org.uk/2025/11/17/d....
For reasons why the Chancellor should raise the cost of driving to drivers, see rdrf.org.uk/2025/11/17/d....
“Dear Rachel Reeves…”: An open letter to the Chancellor on why she should increase the price of driving in her Budget 2025.
Dear Chancellor, Please consider the increases in the financial costs of driving described below in your Autumn Budget 2025 for the following reasons: Raising significant much-needed revenue for th…
rdrf.org.uk
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Think of the public spending we could spend £s on. My personal favourite is £5 bn. p.a. on social care (amongst other benefits easing pressure on hospitals) - what's yours?
For reasons why the Chancellor should raise the cost of driving to drivers, see rdrf.org.uk/2025/11/17/d....
For reasons why the Chancellor should raise the cost of driving to drivers, see rdrf.org.uk/2025/11/17/d....
What if Trump hands victory to Putin?
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...and do check out @nickcohen.bsky.social's Substack.
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...and do check out @nickcohen.bsky.social's Substack.
What if Trump hands victory to Putin?
How the West dies
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November 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
What if Trump hands victory to Putin?
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...and do check out @nickcohen.bsky.social's Substack.
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...and do check out @nickcohen.bsky.social's Substack.
Your 🧵for today from @psimonk.bsky.social :
"...the Mayor's bold & brave Transport Strategy targets & Net Zero 'ambition' increasingly look like bad jokes. "
I've some queries re-danger measurement, but the fact is that TfL + Mayor are not doing what is required to cut car usage and road danger.
"...the Mayor's bold & brave Transport Strategy targets & Net Zero 'ambition' increasingly look like bad jokes. "
I've some queries re-danger measurement, but the fact is that TfL + Mayor are not doing what is required to cut car usage and road danger.
Lack of political will in London is perhaps most starkly visible in inaction around London's most #DangerousJunctions
1. We have 3 years in a row highlighted ratrun cluster in Wandsworth as the most dangerous in London, where ratruns cross main road cycle tracks. The same Cycle Superhighway, CS7...
1. We have 3 years in a row highlighted ratrun cluster in Wandsworth as the most dangerous in London, where ratruns cross main road cycle tracks. The same Cycle Superhighway, CS7...
NEW: INACTION CONTINUES ON DANGEROUS JUNCTIONS
📊The latest data published today, shows a picture of inaction from @mayoroflondon.bsky.social, TfL and local councils, when it comes to making junctions safe for cycling...
🧑💻 Email the mayor and demand action: bit.ly/47QcmUF
📊The latest data published today, shows a picture of inaction from @mayoroflondon.bsky.social, TfL and local councils, when it comes to making junctions safe for cycling...
🧑💻 Email the mayor and demand action: bit.ly/47QcmUF
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Your 🧵for today from @psimonk.bsky.social :
"...the Mayor's bold & brave Transport Strategy targets & Net Zero 'ambition' increasingly look like bad jokes. "
I've some queries re-danger measurement, but the fact is that TfL + Mayor are not doing what is required to cut car usage and road danger.
"...the Mayor's bold & brave Transport Strategy targets & Net Zero 'ambition' increasingly look like bad jokes. "
I've some queries re-danger measurement, but the fact is that TfL + Mayor are not doing what is required to cut car usage and road danger.
Interesting short 🧵here. Maybe other factors (the immigration policies we hear so much about), but if @carltonreid.com and @colville-andersen.com are right...serves the losers right!
When I was in Copenhagen last week, Mikael Colville-Andersen (founder of Copenhagenize; coiner of “cycle chic”) said ruling Social Democrats were unpopular partly cos of new pro-motoring policies. Duly wiped out in elections.
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Interesting short 🧵here. Maybe other factors (the immigration policies we hear so much about), but if @carltonreid.com and @colville-andersen.com are right...serves the losers right!
There were some difficulties with reading this when it was first posted, it should be easier now:
How and why Rachel Reeves should increase the price of driving in her forthcoming Budget. rdrf.org.uk/2025/11/17/d...
Do repost if you think it's worth reading!
How and why Rachel Reeves should increase the price of driving in her forthcoming Budget. rdrf.org.uk/2025/11/17/d...
Do repost if you think it's worth reading!
“Dear Rachel Reeves…”: An open letter to the Chancellor on why she should increase the price of driving in her Budget 2025.
Dear Chancellor, Please consider the increases in the financial costs of driving described below in your Autumn Budget 2025 for the following reasons: Raising significant much-needed revenue for th…
rdrf.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
There were some difficulties with reading this when it was first posted, it should be easier now:
How and why Rachel Reeves should increase the price of driving in her forthcoming Budget. rdrf.org.uk/2025/11/17/d...
Do repost if you think it's worth reading!
How and why Rachel Reeves should increase the price of driving in her forthcoming Budget. rdrf.org.uk/2025/11/17/d...
Do repost if you think it's worth reading!
Only posted this a few hours ago, but Mr Dashboard says only c.50 of you have read this rdrf.org.uk/2025/11/17/d... and we do think it's important: not just because we need to raise £s, but because it's important to show that motorists do NOT "pay their way".
So do read and share!
So do read and share!
“Dear Rachel Reeves…”: An open letter to the Chancellor on why she should increase the price of driving in her Budget 2025.
Dear Chancellor, Please consider the increases in the financial costs of driving described below in your Autumn Budget 2025 for the following reasons: Raising significant much-needed revenue for th…
rdrf.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Only posted this a few hours ago, but Mr Dashboard says only c.50 of you have read this rdrf.org.uk/2025/11/17/d... and we do think it's important: not just because we need to raise £s, but because it's important to show that motorists do NOT "pay their way".
So do read and share!
So do read and share!
How and why Rachel Reeves should increase the price of driving in her forthcoming Budget.
Post is here rdrf.org.uk/2025/11/17/d....
Do repost if you think it's worth reading!
Post is here rdrf.org.uk/2025/11/17/d....
Do repost if you think it's worth reading!
“Dear Rachel Reeves…”: An open letter to the Chancellor on why she should increase the price of driving in her Budget 2025.
Dear Chancellor, Please consider the increases in the financial costs of driving described below in your Autumn Budget 2025 for the following reasons: Raising significant much-needed revenue for th…
rdrf.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
How and why Rachel Reeves should increase the price of driving in her forthcoming Budget.
Post is here rdrf.org.uk/2025/11/17/d....
Do repost if you think it's worth reading!
Post is here rdrf.org.uk/2025/11/17/d....
Do repost if you think it's worth reading!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies."
"It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies."
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies."
"It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies."
"...undermine the case for airport expansion...". www.thetimes.com/article/e12e....
Sounds good to me!
Sounds good to me!
Raise flight tax and we may move planes abroad, says easyJet boss
Kenton Jarvis warns Rachel Reeves higher air passenger duties will hit demand and undermine the case for airport expansion
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"...undermine the case for airport expansion...". www.thetimes.com/article/e12e....
Sounds good to me!
Sounds good to me!
Reposted by Dr Robert Davis
Bicycles - Why you might need more than one
Artist: Dave Walker
Artist: Dave Walker
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Bicycles - Why you might need more than one
Artist: Dave Walker
Artist: Dave Walker
Reposted by Dr Robert Davis
Even A-listers worry about getting their shoelace wrapped around their pedal
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Leonardo DiCaprio!
Born November 11, 1974
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Leonardo DiCaprio!
Born November 11, 1974
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Even A-listers worry about getting their shoelace wrapped around their pedal
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Leonardo DiCaprio!
Born November 11, 1974
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Leonardo DiCaprio!
Born November 11, 1974
Reposted by Dr Robert Davis
How often do the police object to new or upgraded works because it makes illegal driving easier?
I appreciate tackling illegal motorcycling isn't easy, but the police shouldn't be just objecting like this.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I appreciate tackling illegal motorcycling isn't easy, but the police shouldn't be just objecting like this.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thornaby cycleway plans stall over off-road bike concerns - BBC News
Cleveland Police says it is against plans for a new path footpath and cycleway.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
How often do the police object to new or upgraded works because it makes illegal driving easier?
I appreciate tackling illegal motorcycling isn't easy, but the police shouldn't be just objecting like this.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I appreciate tackling illegal motorcycling isn't easy, but the police shouldn't be just objecting like this.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Worried about the increasing %age of cars that are SUVs? You should be!
Take a look at this BMJ Editorial www.bmj.com/content/391/....
Also check out the SUV Alliance, which RDRF is a member of.
Take a look at this BMJ Editorial www.bmj.com/content/391/....
Also check out the SUV Alliance, which RDRF is a member of.
Reducing the harms from ever larger cars
Parking policy, taxation, and regulation could help curb sales and health risks
Sports utility vehicles (SUVs) are passenger cars that have a chassis with extra ground clearance and are generally tal...
www.bmj.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Worried about the increasing %age of cars that are SUVs? You should be!
Take a look at this BMJ Editorial www.bmj.com/content/391/....
Also check out the SUV Alliance, which RDRF is a member of.
Take a look at this BMJ Editorial www.bmj.com/content/391/....
Also check out the SUV Alliance, which RDRF is a member of.
Your quick listen for today : About 7 minutes of good sense from @kevinclimate.bsky.social here on COP 30 etc.
HT @leedstours.bsky.social
HT @leedstours.bsky.social
Climate crisis is an *equity* crisis.
Strong main message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social
Professor of Energy & Climate Change, University of Manchester
#R4Today: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
at 2:36:35 in the 3-hour programme
Strong main message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social
Professor of Energy & Climate Change, University of Manchester
#R4Today: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
at 2:36:35 in the 3-hour programme
Today - 07/11/2025 - BBC Sounds
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Your quick listen for today : About 7 minutes of good sense from @kevinclimate.bsky.social here on COP 30 etc.
HT @leedstours.bsky.social
HT @leedstours.bsky.social
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Lovely 6-min video by @streetfilms.bsky.social, showing how great Low Traffic Neighbourhoods can be!
Let's reclaim our streets - and let's also reclaim the term "Low Traffic"! It's hugely desirable for loads of reasons and, despite what some media voices want us to believe, it's hugely popular too.
Let's reclaim our streets - and let's also reclaim the term "Low Traffic"! It's hugely desirable for loads of reasons and, despite what some media voices want us to believe, it's hugely popular too.
November 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Lovely 6-min video by @streetfilms.bsky.social, showing how great Low Traffic Neighbourhoods can be!
Let's reclaim our streets - and let's also reclaim the term "Low Traffic"! It's hugely desirable for loads of reasons and, despite what some media voices want us to believe, it's hugely popular too.
Let's reclaim our streets - and let's also reclaim the term "Low Traffic"! It's hugely desirable for loads of reasons and, despite what some media voices want us to believe, it's hugely popular too.
Nice short explanation of geo-engineering techniques (SAI and marine cloud brightening) and what's potentially wrong with them by @dpcarrington.bsky.social on BBC World at One just now.
November 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Nice short explanation of geo-engineering techniques (SAI and marine cloud brightening) and what's potentially wrong with them by @dpcarrington.bsky.social on BBC World at One just now.
Reposted by Dr Robert Davis
It's possible we might not need billionaire opinions on absolutely everything all the time
billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...
Climate Gates
Maybe we don't need billionaire opinions on everything
billmckibben.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It's possible we might not need billionaire opinions on absolutely everything all the time
billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...
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Whilst I do appreciate the effort to make this street more inviting, the new hopscotch on Downham Road is just no substitute for a scheme that would’ve eliminated traffic or enabled safe cycling. We need to be much more ambitious.
November 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Whilst I do appreciate the effort to make this street more inviting, the new hopscotch on Downham Road is just no substitute for a scheme that would’ve eliminated traffic or enabled safe cycling. We need to be much more ambitious.
"Business as usual"!
A great defiant slogan.
A great defiant slogan.
October 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"Business as usual"!
A great defiant slogan.
A great defiant slogan.