What would you ban and why? (Definitely tearoom!)

[Pete.Participant @pete-2]

Posted by gary on 22/07/2022 17:39:55:

football on main channels on evenings total disgrace

Absolutely, I hardly ever turn the TV on these days, but my god, the way certain people deem kicking a ball around a field to be worthy of interrupting other things is absurd, I genuinely would like to ban football from anything other than sport specific channels.

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi, I agree that sports of all types should not take over primetime TV and I also think they should have dedicated channels for all sports. The one thing I would really like to see banned is photos and videos (usually taken on mobiles by people who don't know how to use a camera properly) where the photo or video is split either side of the main photo/video and is blurry of various degrees, whoever thought of that should be put in clink for a year and made to write out all day and every day, "I must not make blurred photos and videos" These frustrate my vision and you get no warning of them like you do when flashing images are shown.

Regards Nick.

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

I notice that on the BBC website 'local' news option if I put in a Devon location I get local news if I put in an Hertfordshire location I am overwhelmed by football 'news'

Picking up on the Scorchio thread mentioning solar panels (lack of) perhaps everywhere needs a ban on petty regulations obstructing domestic solar installations.

[Anthony KendallParticipant @anthonykendall53479]

There are news channels – why do we have to pollute main channels with news?

[vic neweyParticipant @vicnewey60017]

I'd like to ban cyclists riding on pavements and pedestrianised areas, what! it's already illegal? well how come they are getting away with it then.??

I'm not talking about children here, adults, some with all the gear on are the worst offenders. In one hour I counted nine cyclists riding through our local pedestrianised high street, four of them stupidly fast and weaving in and out of the shoppers, a small sign at one end says cyclists dismount. It's worse for me because I'm considerably deaf and can't hear them approaching from behind.

Even on shared pathways they think it's perfectly o.k to go as fast as they can and come up behind you with no warning. How many of them even have a bell? if you suddenly stepped aside they would smash your legs to pieces because they can't stop.

The recent highway code updates are for pedestrian priority, drivers have to give priority to cyclists or face fines because they have number plates and can be traced, seemingly cyclists can get away with anything they please and ride off if involved in any accident.

[pgk pgkParticipant @pgkpgk17461]

It’s absurd that cyclists and motorists share the same tarmac. The days of almost no traffic are long gone. I’m also frustrated by the weekend motorcyclists burning their way down winding welsh roads taking blind corners in the middle of the road with no thought that there may be vehicles coming from the other direction – or a slow tractor or a flock of sheep.

[Nigel BennettParticipant @nigelbennett69913]

Posted by vic newey on 23/07/2022 09:49:11:

I'd like to ban cyclists riding on pavements and pedestrianised areas, what! it's already illegal? well how come they are getting away with it then.??

I'm not talking about children here, adults, some with all the gear on are the worst offenders. In one hour I counted nine cyclists riding through our local pedestrianised high street, four of them stupidly fast and weaving in and out of the shoppers, a small sign at one end says cyclists dismount. It's worse for me because I'm considerably deaf and can't hear them approaching from behind.

Even on shared pathways they think it's perfectly o.k to go as fast as they can and come up behind you with no warning. How many of them even have a bell? if you suddenly stepped aside they would smash your legs to pieces because they can't stop.

The recent highway code updates are for pedestrian priority, drivers have to give priority to cyclists or face fines because they have number plates and can be traced, seemingly cyclists can get away with anything they please and ride off if involved in any accident.

Yes, I agree that there are a lot of people who are selfish enough to ride unlawfully on pavements. And yes, how surprising it is that some people actually break the law. But the statistics show that cyclists are 14 times more likely to be killed on the road than car occupants, so it's perhaps understandable.

It's not like any motorist – ever – exceeded the speed limit and got away with it, is it?

[JourneymanParticipant @journeyman]

As a cyclist I would ban the bloke at the local council who designates cycle paths. My local authority keep designating new cycle paths only problem is they are 1m wide footways to be shared with pedestrians. Apparently it will work if you put up the blue 'Hang On To Children – Beware Of Low Flying Bikes' sign… I think not

John

[Sam Longley 1Participant @samlongley1]

I would like lorries & the local school bus to keep to their side of the road when there is ample room to do so. I would like the porche driver who smashed my wing mirror the other day when I had slowed to <10mph in a 30 zone whilst he careered down the middle at over 40MPH to burn in hell. I would like to ban the oversized camper vans that drive on the wrong side of the white line at every corner & even on straight roads as if they are entitled to extra room. Same goes for the oversized farm tractors & trailers that can easily keep to their side when passing their mates going the other way but seem to ignore every other road user.

In fact I think white lines should be reconstructed with great spikes to puncture any tyres of those who cross them.

[vic neweyParticipant @vicnewey60017]

Posted by Nigel Bennett on 23/07/2022 11:52:17:

Yes, I agree that there are a lot of people who are selfish enough to ride unlawfully on pavements. And yes, how surprising it is that some people actually break the law. But the statistics show that cyclists are 14 times more likely to be killed on the road than car occupants, so it's perhaps understandable.

It's not like any motorist – ever – exceeded the speed limit and got away with it, is it?

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Your last line devalues your reply. Drivers caught speeding are fined, cyclists riding recklessly are not because currently there is no way to track the rider.

You say the reason they cycle on the pathways is because it's safer which is probably true, but should they then ride at speed as though they are on the roadway and risk injury to kids and dogs who might suddenly move to one side?

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Posted by Nicholas Farr on 23/07/2022 08:03:59:

The one thing I would really like to see banned is photos and videos (usually taken on mobiles by people who don't know how to use a camera properly) where the photo or video is split either side of the main photo/video and is blurry of various degrees, whoever thought of that should be put in clink for a year and made to write out all day and every day,

If you're describing what I think you are, these are photos and, more particularly, videos taken by moron phone users ("it's easier to hold the phone that way"  ) in vertical orientation. Videos particularly are uncomfortable for the viewer in that orientation so many sources add blurry bits either side to make in look "more horizontal". It doesn't, of course.

Vertical orientation, as with any camera, may work for stills as long as the scene suits that orientation (most don't) and blurry bits at the side are not really called for then.

Banning moron phone users might be a better way.

 

Edited By Peter Greene 🇨🇦 on 23/07/2022 17:10:30

[Grindstone CowboyParticipant @grindstonecowboy]

I cycle and also drive a car, and there's complete idiots on both sides of the cycling / driving fence – just the other day, I was flabbergasted to witness a cyclist, in full Lycra gear with helmet, proceeding along an A-road (limit 50 mph). It wasn't so much that he was ignoring the 3m wide cycle paths, one each side of the carriageway, separated from the traffic by grass verges. Oh no, it was the fact that he was travelling on the carriageway, at speed, head down, against the flow of traffic.

Rob

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Fanboys! The besotted liars who support a product, notion or organisation no matter how appalling the failure.

[Mick B1Participant @mickb1]

This from the 'Enjoy Driving?' thread:-

Ah, something I've just remembered – has anybody mentioned electronic billboards like the ones by the M5 going through Brum?!!!

I think these are not only desparately annoying, but distracting and seriously likely to cause collisions. They shouldn't be allowed.

I think I'll copy this into the 'Whaddya Want Banned' thread.

So I just did.

[JAParticipant @ja]

Emails that ask you to give a rating for a recent purchase, resturant used, your doctors' surgery and everything else used in modern life.

Someone must be paying for all these useless surveys. I guess it is me.

If you do reply it might come back to you in eight or so years when the scammers buy the data.

JA

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