{"id":997,"date":"2009-05-29T22:56:05","date_gmt":"2009-05-30T03:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=997"},"modified":"2009-05-29T22:56:05","modified_gmt":"2009-05-30T03:56:05","slug":"another-idiot-with-a-dangerous-weapon-a-truck-in-this-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2009\/05\/29\/another-idiot-with-a-dangerous-weapon-a-truck-in-this-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Another idiot with a dangerous weapon (a truck in this case)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"486\" height=\"412\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9\/4221699001?isVid=1&#038;publisherID=4221396001\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=24043468001&#038;playerID=4221699001&#038;domain=embed&#038;\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><\/object><br \/>\nWatch the truck at just after 20 seconds in.  Apparently no cyclists were hurt, but you don&#8217;t have to tweak that situation much for this to be a major catastrophe.  Sadly scary incidents like this are a regular occurrence in a world that caters to cars at the expense of pedestrians and cyclists.  This one happened to be caught on tape <em>and<\/em> the group of cyclists the truck was passing happened to contain Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, so it&#8217;s gotten a lot of attention.<\/p>\n<p>This sort of stuff frankly scares the crap out of me.  I love biking here in quiet little Morris, but I just don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;d have the nerve to cycle in &#8220;real&#8221; traffic in a &#8220;real&#8221; city.  I certainly didn&#8217;t when we were in Colchester.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colchester-cycling.org.uk\/\">colchester-cycling.org.uk<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.velorution.biz\/?p=2218\">velorution.biz<\/a> for the pointers.<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"st-post-tags \">\n\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/biking\/\" title=\"biking\">biking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/boris-johnson\/\" title=\"boris johnson\">boris johnson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/cyclists\/\" title=\"cyclists\">cyclists<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/london\/\" title=\"London\">London<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/mayor-of-london\/\" title=\"mayor of london\">mayor of london<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/traffic\/\" title=\"traffic\">traffic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/video\/\" title=\"Video\">Video<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n\n\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2013\/10\/21\/yup-i-live-in-a-small-town\/\" title=\"Yup, I live in a small town (21 Oct 13)\">Yup, I live in a small town<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/09\/11\/you-have-to-either-laugh-or-cry-and-ill-help-you-do-both\/\" title=\"You have to either laugh or cry (and I&#8217;ll help you do both) (11 Sep 08)\">You have to either laugh or cry (and I&#8217;ll help you do both)<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the truck at just after 20 seconds in. Apparently no cyclists were hurt, but you don&#8217;t have to tweak that situation much for this to be a major catastrophe. Sadly scary incidents like this are a regular occurrence in a world that caters to cars at the expense of pedestrians and cyclists. This one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2009\/05\/29\/another-idiot-with-a-dangerous-weapon-a-truck-in-this-case\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Another idiot with a dangerous weapon (a truck in this case)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[425,28],"tags":[429,426,428,174,427,230,876],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-g5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":590,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/06\/26\/next-thing-you-know-people-might-start-walking\/","url_meta":{"origin":997,"position":0},"title":"Next thing you know, people might start walking","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"26 Jun 07","format":false,"excerpt":"It's long been the case in the U.S. that companies could get tax breaks on money they spent assisting employees in driving cars to\/from work (including the vehicle itself, fuel, parking, etc.). 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