DeadDogBlog

Yesterday, I was talking to a journalist and I foolishly said something like 'what we really need to think about it is supporting pedest...

" W atch out for pedestrians crossing a roa d into which you are turning. If they have started to cross they have priority, so give wa...

A letter to my MSPs I don't know whether you saw the recent Open Letter to Alex Salmond, of  which I was one signatory.  It was publis...

I blame Iain Docherty .   At this year's Spokes meeting, he called himself a militant pedestrian. It annoyed me then.  Especially as he ...

Don't get me wrong, I'm keen on any schemes that improve the infrastructure for cyclists.  But I don't want this to be at the ex...

Yesterday I got an email from an old friend saying "what are you going to do for your birthday? Go on a bike ride?".  At first I...

What does the nicewaycode do that the highway code doesn't already do?  As far as I can tell, it merely adds a 'light-hearted tone...

I don't have any kittens, so here's a scenery picture instead. I went off and communed with nature for a few days before writi...

Cycling Scotland's flagship programme for cycle safety is called 'cyclespace' and involves pictures of kids on bikes asking ...

On the way back from yesterday's berry picking expedition, we stopped off to do a little shopping.  The North Edinburgh Path Network  (...

Our six year old decided that she wanted to cycle to Craigie's Farm on her own bike.  It's about 7.5 miles each direction, and mod...

"Even one fatality is too many".  How often do we hear this from policy-makers?  Too often. Usually after another fatality.   I...