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lollercake.bsky.social
53 minutes ago: "Your anticipated wait time is between 5 and 10 minutes"

101's estimation of time is even worse than mine...
A screenshot of a phone with an ongoing call to 101, the police non-emergency number. The call has been going on for 53 minutes and 5 seconds.
February 9, 2026 at 7:25 PM
lollercake.bsky.social
Very good, well done. Neither me nor the driver in lane 2 whom you also nearly hit by undertaking appreciated that overtake very much...

(Yes that's a cycle lane on my left - crossing over the mouth of a 60 mph dual carriageway slip road; you can guess why I'm not in it)
A red car driver overtaking a cyclist on a cargo bike, with around 0.5-0.75 metres between them. The road is a 2-lane (in each direction) dual carriageway and there is a slip-road on the left leading away and onto the city bypass. The cyclist is in lane 1 and the red car driver is straddling lane 1 and 2. There is a cycle lane passing over the mouth of the slip road, which the cyclist is not using as this would risk drivers trying to turn left across them. Around 0.25 seconds after the first image. The red car is now in front of the cyclist. The vehicle registration reads SM20WBK.
February 9, 2026 at 7:20 PM
lollercake.bsky.social
@ghostbellsofficial.bsky.social at Ivory Blacks tonight were very good. Very Ladytron-y vibes. Can recommend!
February 6, 2026 at 12:49 AM
lollercake.bsky.social
Closest pass I've had in years. Outside a school just before 5pm, oncoming traffic, fairly high speed, less than 5cm from my handlebar to their wing mirror.

Reported, I hope they lose their (at least private hire) license.
A silver Hyundai with a private hire sticker on the door, passing the camera (A cycle helmet mounted camera) very closely. The pass happens on yellow zig-zags outside of a school, towards oncoming traffic.
January 30, 2026 at 5:27 PM
lollercake.bsky.social
Excellent use of half of the ~60cm (~2 feet) wide pavement.

(Yes, I moved them off the pavement and into the road)
A temporary "roadworks ahead" sign, placed to block half the width of the already narrow pavement, instead of any more of the perfectly wide two lane so l road. In the distance there is a "narrow lanes" temporary sign similarly placed to block half of the pavement.
January 26, 2026 at 2:28 PM
lollercake.bsky.social
A caption with a screenshot of a player's name in a game. The game has censored it to "N***er". The caption reads: "My name is 'Nasser'. The game is censoring the word 'ass' and its making it worse.
December 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
lollercake.bsky.social
Fucking sigh.
A car parked in a parking bay next to a bollarded cycle lane, with another car visible in front of it, completely blocking the cycle lane A car parked in a parking bay next to a bollarded cycle lane, with another car visible in front of it, completely blocking the cycle lane
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
lollercake.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
lollercake.bsky.social
What the fuck is wrong with taxi and private hire drivers on the Canongate, post 2/2.
A private hire car overtaking a cyclist. The vehicle registration is SL20VPA 20 metres up the road. The driver has stopped at the side of the road, forcing the cyclist to pass them, making their overtake 2-3 seconds earlier completely pointless. A cyclist approaching a zebra crossing in primary position (middle of the lane), around 8 metres away. There are pedestrians crossing. The front left wing of an overtaking taxi is visible in the lower right of the image. The same taxi, being driven across the zebra crossing while pedestrians are still crossing. The taxi driver has decided to drive up the middle of the road to overtake the cyclist. The vehicle registration is LK16VYZ.
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
lollercake.bsky.social
What the fuck is wrong with taxi and private hire drivers on the Canongate, post 1/2.
A zebra crossing around 10-15 metres away. There is a pedestrian waiting to cross. The same zebra crossing now about 5 metres away. The pedestrian has started to cross. A red private hire driver has overtaken the cyclist who took this video still and has started to drive over the zebra crossing. The same zebra crossing. The cyclist has not moved from the last image, the pedestrian has continued crossing and is staring in disbelief at the driver of the private hire car, now driving into the distance.
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
lollercake.bsky.social
Incredible that @support.bsky.team say that the only way to get rid of this unread DM notification is to delete my account (because I refuse to do the age verification though a third party site for security reasons).

I struggle to see what the "security measure" is here, since I can't see the DM...
Bluesky Chats section of my account, showing that I have no way to view the one unread DM, nor see who it's from. An email from Bluesky Support which reads "As a security measure, we are unable to delete DMs from our end. Instead, we encourage users to follow the account deletion process from their end. Users who haven’t completed the Age Assurance flow cannot access direct messages (DMs) or adult content, and cannot edit their moderation settings to enable things like adult content."
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
lollercake.bsky.social
Just as well I'm not on a 1m wide cargo bike, or else I'd be forced to stop, push up onto the pavement around that ticket machine, and stick a @yplac.bsky.social @therealyplac.bsky.social sticker on the driver's side window while I was at it.

Arsehole.
A BMW (Of course) parked half in a parking bag and half overlapping a segregated cycle lane. The cyclist recording this is on a cargo bike which can't fit in the space left in the cycle lane, and there's a parking meter on the pavement, meaning the cyclist would have to stop and push the cargo puke along the pavement to get around the absolute arsehole's shite parking.
November 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
lollercake.bsky.social
Online reporting when, Police Scotland?
November 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
lollercake.bsky.social
Why I don't use this cycle lane, reason #423.
A poorly lit cycle lane, after dark, in the rain. The same cycle lane, a little closer. Wands along the edge of the lane are visible in the distance. The same cycle lane, closer still. A wand is in the cycle lane, with the "foot" at 45 degrees to the cycle lane, completely blocking it. The wand and "foot" are still almost invisible, despite being around 2-3 metres away. The same as the previous photo, with the "foot" circled in red to make it more obvious to the viewer.
November 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
lollercake.bsky.social
I love that you can see the point on the Strava speed graph that my lunch fell out of my bottom.

(I saw the HGV driver flash his headlights and slammed on the brakes - just as well...)
A cyclist is in lane 1, with an HGV to their right in lane 2. Headlights of an oncoming car in the opposing carriageway are visible. The oncoming car has turned across lanes 1 and 2, to make a right turn into a road end. The cyclist has come to a complete stop. A Strava speed graph, showing the speed drop sharply from 46 km/h (28.5 mph) to 4.9 km/h (3 mph)
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
lollercake.bsky.social
Green pedestrian lights and red traffic signals don't apply to the driver of the white van YR70FTZ.
A black car driver stopped at a pedestrian crossing with the green man showing. A white van driver is approaching from the opposite direction. The white van driver has now driven completely through the crossing and her started to make a right hand turn, still on a red light. The white van driver completes the right turn through the red light. The registration is YR70FTZ.
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
lollercake.bsky.social
Thanks for that.
A driver turning across a cycle lane containing 4 cyclists, all of whom have to slow to avoid the car. A driver turning across a cycle lane containing 4 cyclists, all of whom have to almost stop to avoid the car. The car from behind, after the driver has gotten out of the way. It is a dark blue / black Vauxhall, registration ST67YJC.
October 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
lollercake.bsky.social
Double yellows, entirely blocking a mandatory cycle lane with bollards, half on the pavement. A trifecta of cuntishness.

Stickered, of course.

@yplac.bsky.social
A liveried Probuild Contracts van, entirely blocking a cycle lane and partially blocking the pavement, next to an empty 4 lane road
October 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
lollercake.bsky.social
I don't think that's putting me first.

I'd usually be another metre to the right here to avoid the awful road surface.
A clear road with a wide cycle lane and narrow general traffic lane, on the approach to a traffic island. Alongside the traffic island. The front of a vehicle is visible to the right, between the cyclist and traffic island. The car alongside me, with "Charles White, Putting you and your property first" written on the passenger door.
August 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
lollercake.bsky.social
A positive response from the company at least!
Good afternoon, Please note we are in receipt of your email and our management team are also aware of the issues / circumstances you have raised. We have reviewed the footage uploaded, and read your concerns (as have our management team) and would firstly like to offer our apologies on behalf of the driver in question, and confirm that this style of driving, lane jumping and horn use is not our expected driving standards, nor the type of style we want any of our drivers to exhibit. Our operation director will be meeting with the driver in question on her return to the office to discuss this incident in full and to review this footage with her. The matter will be dealt with internally, and we would again wish to apologise, and also to thank you for raising this with us. We hope any future interactions you may experience with our driving team are a lot more positive. Kind Regards Adele
July 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
lollercake.bsky.social
Another fantastic @edcriticalmass.bsky.social !
June 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
lollercake.bsky.social
A @therealyplac.bsky.social story in 3 chapters.

He said - I shit you not - "I'm a bin man, where am I meant to park?"
I dunno man, but the completely empty parking bay right next to you - and closer to the bins you're collecting - might be a good place to start.
A Short Self Drive van, parked completely blocking a mandatory cycle lane, right next to an empty parking bay A YPLAC sticker applied to the passenger side window of the van The driver, giving a "what the hell" expression with both his face and arms
June 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
lollercake.bsky.social
@therealyplac.bsky.social Sticker dutifully applied, but the angle of it meant I didn't catch it on the camera, sadly.
A white van, parked half on the pavement, half in a protected cycle lane, next to a 15 metre wide road.
June 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
lollercake.bsky.social
Why does this driver keep veering into the oncoming traffic lane? Oh, because she's on her fucking phone, that's why.
A white car, registration SO24JZR in slow moving traffic, partly in the oncoming traffic lane The same white car, registration SO24JZR in slow moving traffic further down the road, again partly in the oncoming traffic lane The car again. The traffic in front has started to move off, and the driver is slowly moving forward, with both hands on their phone.
June 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
lollercake.bsky.social
Holy juxtaposition, Batman!
June 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM