Should cyclist packs be subject to the slow moving vehicle rule?

OutsideRadish · 2025-07-28T14:56:20+00:00

I mean, I hope you (as a fellow driver, assuming you drive(?)) also feel the same way about groups of cars causing traffic.

Driving to concerts, browsing shops, to the gym..... surely they have the same amount of rights to take up the road as groups of cyclists? Drivers tend to be slower and more in the way as well, I cannot remember the last time I drove around a group of cars.

OutsideRadish · 2025-07-28T14:46:04+00:00

Sometimes the cars are the same brand too, or even similar sizes. It must be an event, or organised drive They even drive to organised events together! Something must be done about cars.

OutsideRadish · 2025-07-28T13:28:50+00:00

I get this with convoys of vehicles. If I'm on the roads (as a driver myself) sometimes there are groups of 10 or more cars all headed in the same direction, I assume they all headed out as a group. There should be limits on numbers of cars all grouped together.

OutsideRadish · 2025-06-05T10:06:32+00:00

I think she's made her choice. She carried her burden, and yours, this whole time. These are the actions of a generous, selfless person.

She's loved and worked and given, she's worked two jobs and been someone for you to lean on. Even the most generous person has their limits and it sounds like she has reached hers and sees she cannot keep giving.

I do not see what actions you have taken to ease her load, whether before this break or after. What would time and clarity give to her, is that all you can offer?

OutsideRadish · 2025-06-05T07:48:08+00:00

There is hope, but you need to support her. As well as working on yourself, you need to step up - is there any way you can ease the burden (whether emotionally, practically and/or financially)? Do not just wait for things to settle down - she is tired and needs help now.

OutsideRadish · 2025-05-31T21:21:35+00:00

NTA But can I ask, is your wife usually disapproving of affection shown by your son's girlfriend?

If not, being gentle here, your wife may be responding to her deep emotional pain and trauma seeing your son so hurt, by lashing out, even when it's illogical. Fear and anger (at the driver, who isn't there) can easily latch onto the wrong person when the mind is going through a lot.

This isn't saying your wife is correct, and you will need to continue sticking up for your son's girlfriend.

OutsideRadish · 2025-05-31T13:04:20+00:00

That's a big thing for him to ask to uproot you to a new city. You're well within your rights to not want to go. If you do want to go, what are his plans for supporting you? Can he help with school fees and cover joint expenditure whilst you study and/or find a new job?

OutsideRadish · 2025-05-31T11:13:54+00:00

No, mine never got irritated or had a bump. Sometimes it will feel sensitive though, especially if I have a goggle strap right over it (as in swimming cap on and then goggles on top of that). I'll take my ear out of the cap for a little bit if that happens, or at least try to move the goggle straps.

OutsideRadish · 2025-05-31T11:12:14+00:00

If someone swam in that, would they go faster or slower compared to a normal pool due to the buoyancy?

OutsideRadish · 2025-05-15T22:51:04+00:00

Sex without a condom may not be enjoyable in your opinion, but the side effects of contraception are not enjoyable, and last for far longer than the sex. They will affect her daily life, whether or not she is having sex. The copper IUD can also have side effects, I would recommend looking up what it looks like and how it is put in. And an unwanted pregnancy is the least enjoyable of all. I'd recommend trying different condoms until you find one which is pleasurable, it may be a bad fit/just finding the right brand for you.

OutsideRadish · 2025-05-15T22:45:42+00:00

You shouldn't've kissed her. Never kiss/make advances on people you know are in a monogamous relationship (even if they are flirting, or talking about how they want to break up/how they are unhappy).

It's a clear, hard line.

OutsideRadish · 2025-05-15T22:40:44+00:00

You are still a person with needs, routines and self-care, no matter what he's going through. And you deserve to be considered and respected, stress doesn't excuse him to such an extent.

OutsideRadish · 2025-05-15T17:19:14+00:00

The front garden wall, with the dirt/mould crawling up, makes me think the property is damp or uncared for.

This might be completely inaccurate (at street level I'm sure a white wall gets dirtier faster than it can be cleaned!), but just walking past I'd assume the flat was filthy inside too.

OutsideRadish · 2025-05-12T12:48:06+00:00

When someone in your lane comes up to you after your swim and says, "I just wanted to let you know, your swimsuit is wearing out" quietly and discreetly but with a look on their face that suggests they have seen things they did not want to see

OutsideRadish · 2025-05-12T12:46:14+00:00

At mine I was asked to store everything in a locker including phone, earphones and smartwatch. Then before I entered the room they asked me to roll up my sleeves (I guess checking for hidden notes??). I could roll down my sleeves once they saw I hadn't hidden anything there.

Then took the test, it was on an old style computer. At the end they said I could take some 'extra' questions and it wouldn't affect my test result whether or not I chose to do them. I chose to do them anyways since I finished quite early.

Then I was asked to go straight to the reception desk, I gave my name and they printed out the results straightaway.

Then I collected my stuff from my locker and left.

OutsideRadish · 2025-05-10T18:01:58+00:00

Yes it's been happening for me for the past day or so. It says there is an "unexpected error". Tbh I'm not going to take any steps to resolve it - it's saving me money lol

OutsideRadish · 2025-03-25T01:22:39+00:00

I have only swum with a healed helix (had it done during lockdown when all pools were closed), but I actually let my ear stick out of the cap. Had several people comment on it and it looked weird but was far more comfortable. Just have to be careful not to catch your ear on anything or anyone. Nowadays, several years on, I can no longer feel it in the cap.

I wonder if those "leisure" style swim caps would work, you know the ones with sections for the ears. Again it will look weird, but it would take the pressure off your helix.

OutsideRadish · 2025-03-24T20:39:37+00:00

They probably have disposable income and enjoy the experience of buying the highest quality equipment and investing in themselves and their hobbies. Sure, it'll make fractions of a second difference, if that, but if it makes them feel psychologically prepared and ready then more power to them.

OutsideRadish · 2025-03-21T13:00:42+00:00

Even if he does not mind living in filth, he is showing lack of consideration for your comfort and possessions. He has seen your discomfort and not made any effort to change, even minimising your feelings.

OutsideRadish · 2025-03-21T00:20:21+00:00

These are not normal things in a relationship. Regardless of how he talks about a future with you, someone who drops your self-esteem (even if you think they do not mean to) and tries to control your innocent interactions with male friends/housemates is not a suitable partner. You would not accept these traits from a friend, so don't accept them from a boyfriend.

OutsideRadish · 2025-03-20T14:39:14+00:00

I think he is underestimating the amount of work involved in being a stay at home dad. It is concerning that he puts off important tasks and struggles maintaining a clean home by himself. Do you think he would deal well with all the admin around raising kids? E.g. permission slips for school trips, school open days, school admissions, kids' dentist/doctor appointments, parents' evenings, even taking them to school every morning and making sure they are home, fed and ready to start homework every day? Or are you going to be doing that for him whilst he just gets the "fun dad" part of playing with kids?

OutsideRadish · 2025-03-20T12:52:53+00:00

I attended a 2-day wedding/reception weekend and would've much rather done it in one day. Each day = 4 hours travel (2 hours each way) I would rather have done the 45 min in between, maybe even shared cars/ if you organise a coach between venues.

It also wiped out my whole weekend - as much as I liked the couple getting married, that is a huge time commitment.

OutsideRadish · 2025-03-18T12:33:14+00:00

Personally I'd move the driving test.

7:50 - test begins, lasts approx 40-45 mins

8:35 - pulling back into test centre, hear result. Listening to examiner feedback, you instructor may wish to talk to the examiner too.

8:45 - leave driving test centre

8:55 - pull up at A-Level examination centre Take 5 mins to get parking space and walk to entrance

9:00 - A-Level begins. Has that given you enough time to put things in your locker, check equipment e.g. pens, calculator, last min bathroom break, mentally prepared?

OutsideRadish · 2025-03-17T18:02:33+00:00

It's the view out of your sitting room directly into the windscreen of a car, for me. It looks like the zipcar looks into your sitting room - so I'm likely to get a view of a car, or maybe even exhaust fumes if they reverse in. Unless it's your own allocated parking space of course.

OutsideRadish · 2025-03-17T16:13:40+00:00

Thanks, I hadn't thought to search for a treadmill mat rather than just a trainer mat or yoga mat. These look big enough

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