Road safety statistics and cycling ∞
An interesting piece by John Morrison on the Guardian’s Bike blog which starts off brilliantly…
If I told you that the busy main road near my house was safe for...
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Robot vessels used to cap Gulf of Mexico oil leak - but why no failsafe? ∞
Update, I didn’t realise the blowout-preventer was the failsafe — but it failed!
I am amazed that there appears not to be a failsafe shutoff valve on the oil well on...
Changing the clocks doesn't give more daylight ∞
It must be time to change the clocks again, the news is full of the biannual demand to mess around with the timekeeping system still further. 1,
Beauly–Denny power line upgrade given go-ahead ∞
Over a year after the public enquiry, it has been announced that the controversial upgrade to the Beauly—Denny transmission line has been given the go ahead. (BBC News...