Cosmic Joe Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, tamthebam said: See also cyclists with cameras I think as you go down the transport food chain, cameras begin to make sense. Pedestrians are probably the most vulnerable. After the Number 17 bus service users in Dundee. Edited December 19, 2022 by Cosmic Joe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 A pedestrian was hit at that corner of Leith Walk and London Road yesterday, apparently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Working in insurance claims I wouldn't be without my dashcam. The amount of arseholes that don't take responsibility for an accident that was their fault is unbelievable! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 On 19/12/2022 at 11:54, alta-pete said: Had cause to have interaction with Police Scotland's traffic division a couple of years ago and the chap enquired whether I had a dash cam (which I did not). Light hearted discussion thereafter that most who had dash cams were indeed the c***s on the road who were needing watched. Probably the same sort of police officer/Sevco fan whose body cam is conveniently not working when they’re kicking the shit out of arresting a non-white ‘criminal’. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eatmygoal Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 (edited) Shout out to the VW Passat driver who ploughed on through the red light at the pedestrian crossing on the Meadows in Edinburgh. They overtook a row of cars stopped and stacked back to the junction ahead, as the were turning right and I presume he didn't fancy queuing. Not sure the road had even split at that point so may also have been on the wrong side of the road.* Lucky I just had the feeling he wasn't stopping and said so to my Mrs who was understandably not paying attention to him. We were crossing with my partner, 2 year old and 6 week old baby. *Just checked and the road had split, so just the steaming through a red light. Edited December 20, 2022 by Eatmygoal 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 47 minutes ago, Eatmygoal said: Shout out to the VW Passat driver who ploughed on through the red light at the pedestrian crossing on the Meadows in Edinburgh. They overtook a row of cars stopped and stacked back to the junction ahead, as the were turning right and I presume he didn't fancy queuing. Not sure the road had even split at that point so may also have been on the wrong side of the road. Lucky I just had the feeling he wasn't stopping and said so to my Mrs who was understandably not paying attention to him. We were crossing with my partner, 2 year old and 6 week old baby. Surely there’s a camera(s) in the area with a view, and a complaint noting that camera(s) might get some action. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 13 hours ago, tamthebam said: See also cyclists with cameras More like drivers with cameras. In West Yorks drivers submitted more than twice as many camera reports than cyclists yet only 2% of them resulted in action being taken, compared to 34% of cyclists reports. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Ginaro said: More like drivers with cameras. In West Yorks drivers submitted more than twice as many camera reports than cyclists yet only 2% of them resulted in action being taken, compared to 34% of cyclists reports. Probably because the motorists were reporting inconsiderate cyclists and vice versa. Far easier to track down a motorist than a cyclist. Also, cyclists don't get penalty points so where a motorist reported a cyclist this would not show. Edited December 20, 2022 by strichener 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Me when I let someone out at a junction. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-64039385 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 17 minutes ago, ICTChris said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-64039385 Even if they missed the no left turn signs they should be giving way to pedestrians at a junction. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfficialMoaner Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 7 minutes ago, 101 said: Even if they missed the no left turn signs they should be giving way to pedestrians at a junction. Nobody is missing the signs, they have just had enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 There is junction similar to that at the Ness Bridge in Inverness where you very often see cars making an illegal left turn from Huntly Street through the pedestrian crossing. This is of course also where the world famous Inverness bank machine is located. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 43 minutes ago, ICTChris said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-64039385 Quote "I was really shocked and annoyed because you should be able to walk to work without getting knocked over. Ok, which P&Ber is this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 40 minutes ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: This is of course also where the world famous Inverness bonk machine is located. FTFY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: There is junction similar to that at the Ness Bridge in Inverness where you very often see cars making an illegal left turn from Huntly Street through the pedestrian crossing. This is of course also where the world famous Inverness bank machine is located. Aye, had to face down a car on the pedestrian crossing before, I assume it's to make Huntly Street less attractive as a rat run but I don't remember it being that busy anyway. The Inverness planning department are a mystery to me 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 7 hours ago, ICTChris said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-64039385 There never was a crossing at that point in the road, it was along a bit. And my memory of that junction goes back 40 years. Indeed there was a fence stopping pedestrians crossing there. It's almost as if the traffic planners of decades ago knew what they were doing. As usual Edinburgh Council have made a total cnut of things in the name of "traffic management". There should be no reason why traffic driving south up Leith Walk shouldn't be able to safely turn left eastwards into London Road instead of having to go on a magical mystery tour. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscot Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 28 minutes ago, tamthebam said: There never was a crossing at that point in the road, it was along a bit. And my memory of that junction goes back 40 years. Indeed there was a fence stopping pedestrians crossing there. It's almost as if the traffic planners of decades ago knew what they were doing. As usual Edinburgh Council have made a total cnut of things in the name of "traffic management". There should be no reason why traffic driving south up Leith Walk shouldn't be able to safely turn left eastwards into London Road instead of having to go on a magical mystery tour. They could do it but it would make traffic congestion worse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 On the way down to Alnwick last night stuck behind one of those c***s that slam the anchors on any time a car came the opposite direction. If you can't see don't fucking drive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 About 20 years ago i was familiar with Embra's roads as a pedestrian and not a driver. I lived on the South Side and was trying to give my mate directions from the west end over the phone. Just about every direction i gave was a one way street, no entry or no turning and it took him about 90 minutes to get 2 miles. Being completely un-navigable by car is part of the character of the city and the town planners are just preserving that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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