At Last!

On my way home on Friday I found the Cambridgeshire Police stopping all motor vehicles on the Oakington Airfield Road, issuing tickets (I'm assuming £60 fixed penalties) for violating the No Vehicles directive.

They told me that on that day so far they had issued 70 and had done more than that the day before.
They also commented that the traffic had been relentless and constant!

I was just reminded that one driver was found to have no drivers license; I actually saw the foolish chap walking back into Longstanton carrying several bags & (presumably) moaning on a mobile phone.


That's (about) 200 dumb or arrogant drivers slapped on the wrist for breaking a law they clearly think doesn't apply to them. I was even lucky enough to witness a truck and two motorbikes getting tickets whilst 4 cyclist were passing by.

Just as I arrived, the infamous black Audi RJ52NXS who works at J. Kilborn & Son, was driving off looking very angry. Ha ha! Serves you right, nasty so-and-so.

Amazingly as I left the airfield road there was a trio of cars about to enter and they actually had the cheek to slow down and ask me if the Police were still there. Naturally I said "no." :-D

Six-point lorry campaign can reduce road danger for London cyclists

I think the campaign to reduce the danger lorries present to cyclists and pedestrians in London is great, but I wonder how the points contained can be applied to the streets of Cambridge.

I myself have been riding down a long straight cycle path on Huntingdon Road and I found myself to the left of a large lorry that then proceeded to simply wander into the cycle lane.

I was next to the passenger door upon which I banged whilst screaming. The lorry left the cycle lane and I lived.

All the talk of avoiding the front-left zone around a lorry were not relevant to a lorry that wasn't turning left, it was just squashing up against the kerb.

I used the Albtrans web site to complain; that was months ago and I received no reply.