Sydenham Town Forum

Sad to add from today's news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8280070.stm No licence, no insurance, no conscience. The police have almost disappeared from traffic duty. Instead we have speed cameras which catch speeders with traceable addresses, not people who should not be on the road in...

perhaps if many cyclists didn't break the law frequently then I'd consider it it a safer, and better, option. Just a reminder Bensonby that school children are at real mortal risk on the road or on the pavement from cars, not other cyclists good or bad. One wishes the police force did more to prote...

Bike to School! Get fit, get bike sheds (useful for other purposes too).

Dangerous? Well not if you make protected room for them on the road. Other countries do it very successfully. It also teaches kids basic road skills missing from many of their immediate four wheeled peers.

PP

Would it be this dodgy lot trying to fleece cash out of their own congregations as well as stealing a public building for private use? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsway_I ... ian_Centre

I always thought Christianity was about giving to the poor - not the rich!

PP

Be very careful. 2nd para: http://www.badscience.net/2003/06/cures-for-quacks/

PP

Eagle, so instead of targetting the guilty as Bensonby suggests you want to punish the innocent who have drunk in public for years. You do realise some of our greatest and revered summer festive events are fuelled (in the positive sense) with a little grape juice. You want the police to inspect my t...

In the very unlikely event these people are caught what will happen. 2 years or so for nearly killing somebody is a complete joke. Met Police detection rates for 2006/7 (last I could find) Murder: 137 out of 162 GBH: 1622 out of 5102 Killing someone is not a good career move. GBH is about 30% so if...

then how can it take 12 weeks and counting to build a tiny shelter? Have you lost count of weeks PP? Closed on Tues 5th May (a day after Mum's birthday and 2 days after Mrs Barty's, so I remember the date) today is 6th July, the end of the 9th week. And it'll be open in another two. Were you in cha...

The Germans will be running the London Overground service. A shame they didn't do this building. If they can build and completely fit out a house in six days including delays from the english sub contractor ( http://www.channel4.com/4homes/on-tv/grand-designs/episode-guides/walton-huf-haus-revisited...

What is a bail hostel? The answer of for people on bail doesn't really explain it. Why do they need a hostel? They already have somewhere to live or, if not, could continue to live on the street. Or is it that they have to be kept under supervision. That is a custody half way house. In which case th...

I 100% agree. The persons who sanction bail hostels or illegals accommodation never live in the area. Illegals should have been sent back on day one.. A group of us who do live in the area did support the residents of Miriam House in the days it was used as a hostel for immigrants. It was an opport...

Yes MiniFox I am surprised by the emotion. The tube drivers choose to strike as is their right in any supposedly free society. We can still choose to walk, cycle, bus or train around London (or even suffer the Northern Line). A bit of possible inconvenience to us whereas for the tube drivers it is t...

We are all, I hope, for safety. Speed humps do not make roads safe for the most vulnerable users - on two wheels. Having nearly be brought off by several, having to swerve too close to cars/centre of road to go through the 'gaps' (where they exist) and having to avoid cars doing the same. I try and ...

I did argue earlier that riding on two wheels can make you a better four wheel driver. It was a requirement when taking a motorbike test to not only use your mirrors but look over your shoulder before turning/changing lane. I still do that instinctively in a car but I've never seen a four wheel only...

Barty, I am confused. Why would I justify bad behaviour by any road user if it adversely impacted any other road user? You ran of a list of things that you are upset about. It was not clear to me whether you are annoyed because you can do something on a bike that you can't in a car or whether it pot...

To answer Bensonby on the Highway Code: the HC is mostly practical common sense and has evolved over the years to reflect changes in road conditions. It has tended to follow and is optimised at general national conditions and hence not at their best for the rather peculiar and dense traffic conditio...

I have to agree with Chazza. Anti-social behaviour is what the thread is about whether committed by pedestrian, motorist or cyclist. It is people trying to be nasty to someone else. I don't think we should confuse that with other behaviour. It is just that from a cyclist point of view - a careful dr...

Barty, I'm assuming you have not ridden may miles on a cycle in London over the past few years. If you had, I think you would be writing something very different. Indeed it is a pity that is not a precondition of getting a driving licence. I would argue that would do more to reduce casulties then an...

God doesn't seem keen on any dogs: http://www.ffrf.org/fttoday/2006/janfeb/truett.php

PP

Did you know the Met started a new anti-social reporting system for buses in Lewisham, Lambeth & Southwark? Its a special 3 month trial that started on March 1st March. You text word BUS followed by the message to 80010. (A text will be charged at the standard text message rate). Thought not. Th...