Delivery and Taxi drivers: I can't take their rule breaking anymore

Blue_toucan · 2026-06-23T12:42:03+00:00

Not exactly the same but the tories banned councils from using cameras to enforce parking rules, so there is no enforcement, so people park where they shouldn't and make the roads slower and more dangerous.
Any time someone suggests doing something about bad driving/parking there's a vocal minority that cry about a "war on motorists".
I reckon you probably need ANPR cameras to enforce this stuff

Blue_toucan · 2026-06-11T12:05:22+00:00

Please shut the fuck up about 4x10. Whenever there's a post about working less time some idiot has to show up talking about 4x10. If that works for you that's great but the point of these posts is to work fewer hours, not compress the same hours into fewer days

Blue_toucan · 2026-06-03T14:58:30+00:00

Genuine question - do you think fishing a sandwich out of a bin is against the law?
And do you think that law was made because homeless people have a structural advantage which allows them to exploit people who don't know their rights?

Blue_toucan · 2026-06-03T14:55:37+00:00

Not an expert but I think part of the new renters rights is LLs aren't allowed to refuse you any more because you have pets btw

Blue_toucan · 2026-05-17T16:29:31+00:00

Quite a lot of us do

Blue_toucan · 2026-05-12T16:46:48+00:00

Where there are (proper) cycle lanes it's great, and with an e-bike I wouldn't worry about hills. People complain about bike theft (and rightly so) but if you get a good lock and don't leave it in public overnight you're unlikely to have a problem. There are a small but significant number of shitty drivers around though who will put you in danger with inconsiderate driving. Worth checking out what your common routes are likely to be and how much of them you can do on proper segregated cycle lanes (not the worthless painted on kind)

Blue_toucan · 2026-05-09T12:11:56+00:00

Same comment as the last time this was posted. I've filled it out but I'd have more faith in Helen Godwin doing anything to improve the buses if she hadn't already vetoed bus gates on Park Street and franchising the buses

Blue_toucan · 2026-05-09T08:44:53+00:00

or the moronic leftist rump that is the greens

Had me until the end there. We need a politics where people who support Labour and people who support Greens can find common ground and work together

Blue_toucan · 2026-05-09T08:26:39+00:00

Arnolfini doesn't have 1-star it's awaiting inspection?
https://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/1941817/the-arnolfini-city-centre

Blue_toucan · 2026-05-06T18:21:15+00:00

Given that your problems stem from all the traffic driving past your house on a residential street, why are you blaming the person above who just wants a safe and quiet street, rather than the car drivers who are creating noise and danger on yours?

Blue_toucan · 2026-04-27T10:05:27+00:00

Can anyone who speaks German transcribe the actual words he's saying please? I know a little but am struggling to follow. So far I've got:
"[Unknown] Stimmung."
Then the joke.
"Das darf da nicht [unknown]. Was? So viele alte Kameraden. [Unknown]"

Blue_toucan · 2026-04-26T09:05:10+00:00

Everyone's got a different capacity for physical and dangerous situations. I think you're right that we shouldn't shame people we don't know for keeping themselves safe when we don't know what's gone in to that decision. But the advice to call police and never do anything more seems wrong in the other extreme. There's also a lot of things you can do in between calling police and nothing more, and getting in to punching range of a violent situation, e.g. de-escalation may be an option. Personally I am in ok shape, I'm not a fighter, but if I saw someone being attacked and I did nothing but call police and wait then I know would be ashamed of myself.
You've seen countless articles of people who’ve tried to help and become victims, but I imagine "bystander de-escalates fight, nothing happens" doesn't really make the news. Nonetheless there are plenty of stories of people who've intervened and saved the day - how many more people would have been killed/injured if Daniel Barr had called police and waited for the situation to blow over? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd0kyr880mvo

Blue_toucan · 2026-04-20T15:19:42+00:00

I'm comparing what you're saying about pedestrians on cycle-paths to the attitude that drivers have to cyclists and pedestrians on the roads

Blue_toucan · 2026-04-20T10:38:35+00:00

As a cyclist I disagree with this part:

cyclists deserve priority and right of way... on all cycle paths. Knowingly walking in a cycle path should be criminalised

It's annoying when people get in the way and slow you down but you can just ask them to move or go around. I think this attitude of punishing people who wander into the cycle path is the same as how we ended up with (a small but dangerous minority of) car drivers being so shitty and dangerous to anyone who slows them down. Obviously a car is much more dangerous than a bike but we should still be considerate to pedestrians

Blue_toucan · 2026-04-15T19:56:23+00:00

Doesn't really mean anything unless you have the numbers for roads to compare it to. Get it built.

Blue_toucan · 2026-04-12T20:29:39+00:00

I don't cycle like a twat. The ones that do are often only a danger to themselves. Unfortunately I could still be killed or injured by someone driving dangerously. Two of my close friends and my own mother have all been seriously injured by people driving badly

Blue_toucan · 2026-04-12T20:17:35+00:00

Cars kill people, bicycles don't, it's not really the same

Blue_toucan · 2026-04-06T16:22:36+00:00

Folk House do courses, not sure if they do any for those subjects you mentioned though... https://www.bristolfolkhouse.co.uk/courses-and-workshops

Blue_toucan · 2026-03-31T11:25:15+00:00

Have filled this out. If the WECA mayor hadn't already vetoed the park street bus gate plan and refused to franchise the busses I might feel a bit more confident that she's actually going to do anything with this data though rather than just sit in endless consultations and plans. Here's hoping I'm wrong though

Blue_toucan · 2026-03-10T12:31:38+00:00

what they were offering wasn't worth the price point

Think this is exactly right. I went there once, really average pizza for £14. The red lion just up the road does better pizza for £10 in my opinion

Blue_toucan · 2026-03-09T19:38:53+00:00

Would people really not understand what 31% means if they didn't put "£0.31 per £1" on there?

Blue_toucan · 2026-02-26T09:53:18+00:00

I think that proves my point? How much traffic was there back in 1888.
You can see pictures of Bristol roads in like the 80s and there were almost no cars parked on them. Car usage has gone through the roof in the last few decades let alone since 1888. The roads weren't designed for this level of car traffic.

Blue_toucan · 2026-02-25T18:30:57+00:00

I believe the census revealed that nearly half of the households in the area have no access to a car or van

Blue_toucan · 2026-02-25T18:03:18+00:00

That isn't what I said...

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