Lockdown - has it made driving slower and drivers more courteous?

[Hot Flatus]

No wing mirrors on that dozer.

You'll be safe from our absent friend.

[ian]

As you may know, I have an alter ego named Jess*. I really think she's going to have to drive that with extreme prejudice through Croydon.

*She'd post here, but she doesn't ride a bike.

[davelodwig]

I live near Biggin Hill. Pick me up at 0800 hours (actually make it 1300, I'm not an early riser). I'll bring the napalm.

Tis ok I won't be here, I'll be busy bulldozing London into the sea.

Will probably take a while might need to borrow one of these,



D.

Can you bulldoze all the cars while you're at it?

It's pretty much all getting wet, the tube might be troubling but nothing one of these beasts can't sort



Mwahahaha.

[Cudzoziemiec]

It's a popular American sport for popular Americans.
https://youtu.be/nTBErBng16I

[Jaded]

Rather sorry I started this thread...  I meant well.

I apologise for my participation in its derailment. I’ll back off for a while myself. After thinking about it for a little while, I’m quite upset by how things developed, and not proud of how I reacted.

Don’t.

There were countless posts suggesting and recommending an approach that would most likely
a) keep this cycling and not pro-motoring forum on side
b) make real changes in a campaign to reduce car use
c) make PistonHeads blink

He chose none of these.

He chose to wind you up.
 

[Greenbank]

I live near Biggin Hill. Pick me up at 0800 hours (actually make it 1300, I'm not an early riser). I'll bring the napalm.

Tis ok I won't be here, I'll be busy bulldozing London into the sea.

Will probably take a while might need to borrow one of these,



D.

Can you bulldoze all the cars while you're at it?

I'm sorry but as a form of a car that bulldozer would also be banned.

[Cudzoziemiec]

The Independent has just published an article on how to cycle to work as the lockdown is lifted. For newbies, obvs. Some good advice, some less, but if it helps people feel confident, it's got to good overall.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/cycling-bikes-lockdown-public-transport-fear-phobia-commute-a9516221.html

[sg37409]

Rather sorry I started this thread...  I meant well.

I apologise for my participation in its derailment. I’ll back off for a while myself. After thinking about it for a little while, I’m quite upset by how things developed, and not proud of how I reacted.

Don’t.

There were countless posts suggesting and recommending an approach that would most likely
a) keep this cycling and not pro-motoring forum on side
b) make real changes in a campaign to reduce car use
c) make PistonHeads blink

He chose none of these.

He chose to wind you up.

There was a lot of people trying to wind up others on this thread.   Tims quiet reflection on how the thread went is a good idea

[Jaded]

Looking at the traffic today I am not sure the public understand Be Alert.

[Jurek]

Looking at the traffic today I am not sure the public understand Be Alert.

They don't.
Unlike 'Stay at Home' 'Be Alert' is vague, and not a clear message.
Expect a spike in deaths and hozzie admissions at the beginning of June.

[SteveC]

We can hear traffic noise from our garden for the first time since all this started.

[DuncanM]

Mercedes indicating out of the bus stop this morning - I flashed my lights to let it out. It pulled out rapidly, braked sharply for the person on the zebra crossing (halfway across already) beeped at them, and then took off at mach 2 (in a 20 zone). It then turned right across someone coming the other way and disappeared down a residential side street at a similar pace. Sigh.

That's the first incidence of idiotic driving I've seen during lockdown (though I've hardly been out of the house). The little local centre I went to was fairly quiet (except for the giant queue outside Waitrose as I arrived).

[arabella]

Think we want some posters:

FRESH AIR SAVES LIVES

LEAVE YOUR MOTOR AT HOME

(aiui there's a correlation between poor air quality and poor COVID-19 outcomes)

[Cudzoziemiec]

Tuesday 8 o'clock, stamp your feet for pedestrian heroes.

[R_nger]

Out running today... Should car windows be shut to ensure social distancing ? (haven't seen any reports about studies into this... Strangely)

[Asterix, the former Gaul.]

Think we want some posters:

FRESH AIR SAVES LIVES

LEAVE YOUR MOTOR AT HOME

(aiui there's a correlation between poor air quality and poor COVID-19 outcomes)

Walking in York I was amazed how crystal clear the air was a week ago.

It occurred to me that it might have been centuries since it was so clear.

[ScumOfTheRoad]

We can hear traffic noise from our garden for the first time since all this started.

More aircraft noise early on in London too.  I am sad, I love the silence in the morning.
Aircraft noise starts around 6am. But I fly for work, so I am a hypocrite.

[Cudzoziemiec]

We can hear traffic noise from our garden for the first time since all this started.

More aircraft noise early on in London too.  I am sad, I love the silence in the morning.
Aircraft noise starts around 6am. But I fly for work, so I am a hypocrite.

Acknowledging your own hypocrisy is the first step to change. Or so they like to say.

[Jurek]

We can hear traffic noise from our garden for the first time since all this started.

More aircraft noise early on in London too.  I am sad, I love the silence in the morning.
Aircraft noise starts around 6am. But I fly for work, so I am a hypocrite.

The only reason you are hearing aircraft today is because today we have a westerly, so you are hearing the few incoming (mostly freight) flights in to LHR. For the last few weeks, what wind there was, was easterly. So any incoming air traffic would've had its final approach over Windsor.
LGW has had pretty much zero traffic over the last few weeks.
ETA - I have to say that I'm really enjoying the silence afforded me by no incoming flights to LCY. Ordinarily they overfly my house starting at around 04:30.

[rafletcher]

We can hear traffic noise from our garden for the first time since all this started.

More aircraft noise early on in London too.  I am sad, I love the silence in the morning.
Aircraft noise starts around 6am. But I fly for work, so I am a hypocrite.

What I’ve noticed (apart from private jets bringing (Allegedly) partygoing footballers back to Manchester airport) whilst observing Flightradar24 is the very greatly increased number of gliders and private light aircraft there are aloft. Last weekend hardly any, this weekend literally dozens.

[JonBuoy]

We can hear traffic noise from our garden for the first time since all this started.

More aircraft noise early on in London too.  I am sad, I love the silence in the morning.
Aircraft noise starts around 6am. But I fly for work, so I am a hypocrite.

What I’ve noticed (apart from private jets bringing (Allegedly) partygoing footballers back to Manchester airport) whilst observing Flightradar24 is the very greatly increased number of gliders and private light aircraft there are aloft. Last weekend hardly any, this weekend literally dozens.

The Department for Transport updated their guidance on recreational GA on 15th May and socially-distanced flights are now allowed in England.  From a gliding point of view - the conditions yesterday were very good.

[Hot Flatus]

Its sunday, and the noise from the A46 is remarkable.

Where are people going 

[Cudzoziemiec]

The same places they were going at the beginning of March?

[Hot Flatus]

Where were they going then, because it cant be pubs, restaurants and shops.

I think people are visiting their friends and family.

[Cudzoziemiec]

I reckon some might simply be driving round "just because they can" now. Or maybe they're going to admire Jaded's stone work. 

But probably a lot of them had equally ridiculous journeys back then.