One would think that a company that runs a fleet of very distinctive branded trucks, and uses the slogan "We care because our name's on it" would ensure high driving standards.  Surprisingly I often see Warburtons trucks parked on double yellow lines and exhibiting what some might call a general "drive it like you stole it" approach to using the highway.

Take this morning for example.  Warburtons truck PL03 CUV overtook me by passing to the right of a traffic island on the approach to a ...

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I am slowly arriving at the conclusion that in a lot of cases when cycle campaigners around Tyneside are offered more cycle parking they should say "no thanks, please spend the money on something more useful".  This sounds ungrateful, counter intuitive, perhaps downright silly?  My thinking is as follows:

1/ In all my many years riding a bike I have never failed to find somewhere to park, there is always a lamppost railing or convenient bit of street furniture.  If numbers of bicycle users go ...
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