Channel 5: Cyclists Scourge of the Streets

[anonymous-user]

Tue 9 July at 2115 (i.e. tonight)

Channel 5 is running 'Cyclists: Scourge of the Streets'

The general buzz is that it does not paint cyclists in a good light

British Cycling has released a short video message, featuring Chris Boardman, that it wants to be made loud and clear to Channel 5. It is easy to share it across social media etc.

You can see that video here

https://twitter.com/BritishCycling/status/11486228...

[Mr Ted]

Problem is that here in the UK one of the biggest group of lobbyists in Parliament are the motor industry and they are one of the biggest spenders with the media so , bottom line, there's never going to be a cycling friendly transport policy and the media has an anti-cycling skew despite the obvious health and environmental benefits.

[Steve vRS]

I managed 10 mins.

I shouldn’t have even wasted 10 mins on it.

[ukbabz]

Love it, no helmets (advisory) and speeding (it's not).


Whilst doing some filming for channel 5 without a seatbelt? Not sure that counts as exempt from seatbelt laws

Switched it off now, load of tripe

[TheRainMaker]

How the hell did they find him.

Edited by TheRainMaker on Tuesday 9th July 22:17

[Usget]

Haven't watched it, don't plan to. Wasn't even aware that Channel 5 still broadcasted to be honest. But the title really offends me. "Scourge" is akin to "vermin", it is dehumanising and wrong.

[Usget]

anonymous said:

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Why would I need to watch a program I don't want to watch, on a channel I don't want to watch, to be extremely pissed off at being labelled a "scourge"?

[Lazermilk]

Usget said:

Haven't watched it, don't plan to. Wasn't even aware that Channel 5 still broadcasted to be honest. But the title really offends me. "Scourge" is akin to "vermin", it is dehumanising and wrong.

Of course you weren't...

[S100HP]

Thread already running here https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Usget]

Lazermilk said:

Usget said:

Haven't watched it, don't plan to. Wasn't even aware that Channel 5 still broadcasted to be honest. But the title really offends me. "Scourge" is akin to "vermin", it is dehumanising and wrong.

Of course you weren't...

You mean you were?

Council.

[GOATever]

anonymous said:

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Only a total weasel would refer to vulnerable road users as “vermin”. A totally brain dead weasel at that.

[GOATever]

anonymous said:

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I watched it on catch up. I needed mind bleach afterwards. It may have well have been a daily mail piece. I guess you missed the Irony of ‘Mr. Loophole” banging on about “lawaless cyclists” whilst getting “lawless motorists” off the hook, all the time then? The views expressed by the complete turds on that programme were exactly the views that result in people getting killed. There was a superb piece on the Internet, from British cycling, with Chris Boardman pointing out the number of people killed by cars, hitting them on pavements, versus the number killed by bikes hitting them ( more people died of being struck by lightning last year than were killed by bikes hitting people on pavements). Poppet.

[GOATever]

anonymous said:

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If it gets the idiots on their phones etc etc etc off the road, I’m not arguing. If they’re in a 2 ton metal box, and they’re around vulnerable road users, should they be stupid enough to be on their phone / eating their breakfast, I sincerely hope they get bked to the full extent of the law, and the guy on the bike with the camera facilitated it. Well done to him, I say. I drive as well, I sure as hell wouldn’t, whilst eating my breakfast, on my phone.