OW Ow ow…Legal advice wanted!
Brief background info: I have Arthritis, particularly affecting my right wrist at the moment (I can’t play golf or lift kettles without serious pain) and I cycle to and from Cambridge station 4 days a week (which also hurts until my painkillers have kicked in).
This morning about half a mile from home a white van started to slowly pull out from where it was parked. I was parked on the opposite side of the road from me but heading in my direction. I assumed, perhaps foolishly, that he was pulling out slowly to wait for me to pass…apparently not.
He continued to pull out whilst gradually speeding up and moving over to my side of the road to the extent that there was no room for me to pass between him and the parked cars on my side of the road. At this point I was forced to make an emergency stop (which hurt) and then in frustration and anger, and a hope to attract the drivers attention and alert him to what he’d done to hopefully make him more attentive in the future, punched the side of the van.
I am now in even more pain than normal and the van didn’t even stop. Aside from the punching I’d estimate that I have what I could describe as ‘near miss’ incidents at least twice a week.
Having seen several videos on youTube I’m left asking a legal question. If I buy one of the helmet, or handlebar, mounted ActionCams would I be able to submit videos of incidents like this mornings to the police and at least get these idiots fined?
Brammo Empulse RR electric race bike goes screaming by at Thunderhill test (video)
Brammo Empulse RR electric race bike goes screaming by at Thunderhill test (video):
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hey, I like the idea of electric vehicles, and I’d be buying a Mitsubishi iMiev now if I could afford it, but there’s something about this, undoubtedly quick, bike whizzing past…
Skype 5 for Mac Exits Beta, Group Video Calling Now Premium Feature
Skype 5 for Mac Exits Beta, Group Video Calling Now Premium Feature:
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Skype 5 on Mac is absolutely awful….it needs a lot more than a few tweaks
Skype today announced that Skype 5 has gone gold, exiting the beta stage that began last November….
Virgin Media are a disgrace
This evening I have wasted around 3 hours dealing with my intermittent (and that’s being nice about it) 50M Broadband service.
I had my 10M connection upgraded to Virgins 50M service last Tuesday. The engineer who installed it said that the Modem took much longer than normal to connect and once he’d left I found that I had to call up and activate it again, despite him having already done this once.
Since then I’ve restarted the modem, so called Super Hub, on an almost daily basis Read more
Today you…. tomorrow me
I’ve seem this story in several places on the web and wanted to put it here so I’d know where to find it if I wanted to read it again. It’s simple and hopefully inspirational…why can’t everyone do something to help someone, even something small, every day.
If you know where/who this story originates from (I think it may have been a comment on Reddit) please let me know so that I can give credit where it’s due.
Just about every time I see someone I stop. I kind of got out of the habit in the last couple of years, moved to a big city and all that, my girlfriend wasn’t too stoked on the practice. Then some shit happened to me that changed me and I am back to offering rides habitually. If you would indulge me, it is long story and has almost nothing to do with hitch hiking other than happening on a road.
and so it begins…
think I’ll be taking my laptop on the train with a bit more regularity from now on 😉
Samsung announces rugged Xcover handset with 67-day standby time
Samsung announces rugged Xcover handset with 67-day standby time:
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looks like the perfect festival phone – rugged and the battery life is epic 😉
James Whatley: TV star & Roaming Guru
James Whatley: TV star & Roaming Guru:
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Nice one Whatleydude … and ta for the Truphone nod 🙂PS. we do a clever roaming SIM card now as well as the software 😉
Hey! What’s that? It’s only James…
Very cool: super slow motion footage of Apollo 11 launch
Very cool: super slow motion footage of Apollo 11 launch:
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Very cool camera shot and commentary explaining what’s going on 🙂
Okay, okay, it’s totally freaking awesome. I really want to know what the film speed and exposure…
Publisher Experiments With ‘Free’ And Sees Book Sales Increase 20x
Publisher Experiments With ‘Free’ And Sees Book Sales Increase 20x:
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wow, a publisher that’s finally beginning to get it???
We’ve pointed to numerous studies, at this point, that have all found that, when done right, free ebooks can greatly…
