Amazes me how often this happens in London! And thanks for the intel :)

It does look great - and will make such a difference connecting to Stratford from the north and Cycleway 6. It's just a shame they've 'closed' C6 for the last month or two, on Leyton Road, during roadworks. I've had to 'bunny hop' that kerb, and navigate parked vans, more than I'd like 🙌

Clever dog!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I didn't know that was a thing. Like a lot around motoring, regulation and compliance is very lax. Additional work/requirements for MOT centres, I understand, is avoided due to cost to businesses, but the result is this. And we all probably hear of centres that routinely overlook important stuff

Hopefully Alagna is on the mend - what a phenomenal voice and an amazing production (even from the cheap standing seats!). My friends and I had to make do with YouTube instead www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHyY...

Exactly - and why there's general concern in the road safety world about the hundreds of thousands of these modifications passing drivers' MOTs each year. At night you drivers can barely see out, including side windows lauralaker.substack.com/p/hundreds-o...

*accelerator bash* is the policy equivalent of *hulk smash*?

I.e. an accelerator could maybe "unlock" a door if it hit it hard enough...

Awful. I did a Substack post on this topic a while back lauralaker.substack.com/p/hundreds-o...

I heard a voice from inside but couldn't see the driver, the windows were dark. They didn't get out, and I was worried about what they might do tbh, it's a dark road at night

Agree! Those tints are so dangerous

I didn't, I'm basically Iron Man. Amazingly they hit me just hard enough only to ping in the wing mirror using my hand/ handlebar, and I came to a stop on my feet

Thanks Gary, it appears so, thankfully 🙏

Drivers at the junction with Abercrombie Rd are usually pretty clear that the big, brand new bright blue painted bike lane requires them to give way but not this person, apparently 🤷‍♀️ luckily there's no apparent damage to me or the bike

Thanks for your efforts on this - it's much appreciated. The previous setup was an absolute nonsense!