{"id":1723,"date":"2017-10-21T15:55:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T15:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happycyclist.org\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2017-10-21T15:55:38","modified_gmt":"2017-10-21T15:55:38","slug":"arriva-north-west-youve-taught-me-so-much-over-the-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/?p=1723","title":{"rendered":"Arriva North West, you&#8217;ve taught me so much over the years."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indeed, you&#8217;ve been teaching me for years how to ride on Blackburn road when there are drivers such as yours who simply cannot be trusted with my safety. Here are some examples.<\/p>\n<h2>Bridge Street, passing Topp Way<\/h2>\n<p>In 2011 and 2012, you did these two dangerous things:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UyuQReuLriE?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nI do hope you can see the irony of that sticker on the back of your bus there. After the first of those incidents, you showed me what a <a href=\"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/?p=416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crappy management attitude you have regarding road safety<\/a>. So now, I ride in the centre of the lane all the way through that junction and beyond to stop you (and anyone else) doing it again:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PT26Rj9QVTI?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Higher Bridge Street, passing Aldi<\/h2>\n<p>In 2012, you did this:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tNrQ9RduOAU?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nSo now, I tend to move into a stronger position past that junction to stop you (and anyone else) from cutting me up there:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N2hrYu8Wuiw\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Blackburn Road, passing Halliwell Road<\/h2>\n<p>In 2010 and 2012, you did these two almost identical, very dangerous things:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZG75zMYUI5U?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nSo now I ignore the very badly designed cycle lane and go through that whole section in the centre of the lane to stop you (and anyone else) doing it again:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iC9Cg19kifQ?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Bottom of Blackburn Road<\/h2>\n<p>In 2014 and 2015, you did these two aggressive and dangerous things:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kr-0CqPTbUw?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nAfter one of those incidents, you showed me that your management attitude is so bad that you even <a href=\"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/?p=1177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">condone road rage against vulnerable road users<\/a>. So now I stay in the centre of the lane for much longer to stop you (and anyone else) doing it again, and don&#8217;t be surprised if, when you try to use your buses to bully me out of your royal way, I simply tell you to fu &#8230; go forth and multiply:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CARuM4D3e88?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I can only imagine your driver was angry there because I prevented him from cutting me up to stop for the passenger waiting at the bus stop just a few metres further on.<\/p>\n<h2>Thank you so much, Arriva.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indeed, you&#8217;ve been teaching me for years how to ride on Blackburn road when there are drivers such as yours who simply cannot be trusted with my safety. Here are some examples. Bridge Street, passing Topp Way In 2011 and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/?p=1723\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,8,9,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","category-bolton","category-roadjustice","category-safe-cycling","category-space4cycling"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happycyclist.grahamecooper.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}