Bristol Traffic

In which we explore the options for getting round Bristol (*), and the consequences of those decisions. (*) Excluding Fishponds.

Thursday, 18 December 2014

Tablets in the car are the new status symbol

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Anyone can text and drive; here on Arley Hill on a weekday you see about 1 car in 4 texting. What do you do if you want to show that you a...
Monday, 8 December 2014

Brunel 150

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Sunday saw a fantastic display on the Downs. And a confirmation that engineering really does work. After 150 years the Downs were opened...
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Saturday, 20 September 2014

Bristol: cycling discriminates against the obese and the unfit

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There's a bit of an upset in Birmingham currently, where (conservative) councillor came out and accused cycling of being discriminatory ...
Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Scotland: a nation once again

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It's in the balance right now: which way will Scotland vote? It's time we stopped being impartial and stated our preference: Yes ...
Monday, 15 September 2014

At Last. Reclaim that Illegal Road Tax.

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Yes. We're sick to death of the endless phone calls reminding us we can claim for mis-sold PPI we bought years ago*. Yes. We're si...
Friday, 29 August 2014

Scandal: Britain's rulers, judiciary and media are a clique of art and law graduates

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There's been lots of press this week, rightfully noting that Britain's rulers are an elite clique of a few schools and two universit...
Friday, 1 August 2014

Clifton: riot of the self-entitled

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The Economist has discovered the Clifton Popular Front in their article Four wheel Fever . This shows what press a tank in a city can have...
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Thursday, 10 July 2014

What are the cyclists building? Surveillance State 2.0

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Out in Twitter Land, one of those paranoid characters accused the cyclists of "building a police state". They are, but not the toy...
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Friday, 4 July 2014

Is is a good text?

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Now that summer is here, the car windows are down and people can engage in spontaneous conversation. Here, we can see a tax dodger having ...
Monday, 30 June 2014

Get your tanks off my lawn!

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As d-day for the Clifton RPZ rollout approaches, already tempers are getting hot. What will happen? Will it be tanks up Whiteladies road a-...
Sunday, 29 June 2014

First Self-Driving car seen in Bristol!

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There's lots of hype about "Autonomous Cars", the UAVs of the tarmac, but who in the UK has seen one? Bristol-Resident RedVee ...
Tuesday, 3 June 2014

Questions for anyone claiming RPZs devalue houses

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There's a 3500+ petition up on the council web site demanding a rethink to RPZs in Bristol. This shows how effective the Clifton people ...
Saturday, 17 May 2014

A&S Police: this is not a crime. Move along now

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Some people ask if a 20 mph speed limit is bringing the city to its knees. The answer is no: all you have to do is overtake any car driving ...
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Monday, 28 April 2014

Yes but who will think of the children? (part 1)

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Say what you like about Tank Commander "Wolfie" Miles and his right-to-commute-to-work campaigners, call them "lost in time...
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Saturday, 26 April 2014

Press Complaints Commission: it's OK to propose assaulting cyclists in a newspaper

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A few days ago, we covered how the Western Daily Press -the "provincial" sibling to the evening post, printed an article advocati...
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Wednesday, 23 April 2014

Regional Press advocating violence against cyclists

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We have mixed opinions of the Bristol Evening Post, and mourn the fact that whenever it tries to be more forward thinking -as in its coverag...

Clifton : bring out your dead

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After the Tank visit, we felt that a trip to Clifton was in order. We took our stolen bicycle to the area. Just as there is no tank parkin...
Friday, 11 April 2014

Clifton and 4X4s

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After our post on the Clifton Popular Front , we got a complaint by way of Twitter from one LittleGibbo . We were told not to be so rude :...
Wednesday, 9 April 2014

The Clifton Popular Front: parking or war!

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Clifton has always had a reputation for being Bristol's 4x4 country, indeed, one of our first ever photograph was someone being forced t...
Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Clifton Parking or Death

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There's a web site, Tufton or Death , where campaigners are trying to save the lives of people that use a turn-off on the A34 "Chi...
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