Posts by Martin Lindberg
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Hard News: My Food Bag: is it any good?,
I am pleased that we have now passed peak cupcake. Good riddance.
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Up Front: Card on the Table, in reply to Emma Hart,
The number of people who have changed their minds on this – here, in the US, in Britain, and Australia – in the last decade is mind-boggling.
all thanks to Will & Grace
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Up Front: Card on the Table, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
straight white middle-class cis-gendered males
I like the idea of a character who is a non-straight, non-white, non-middle-class, non-cis-gendered non-male. I mean, if you want all those boxes un-ticked.
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There are a lot of things you can say about geeks. But one of the other things is that they’re pretty damn pro-gay.
While I'd like it to be true, I haven't really seen much evidence for this.
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Hard News: When "common sense" isn't,
A colleague had to stop driving as he tended to pass out from coughing-fits due to adult whooping cough. So there is that.
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Hard News: When "common sense" isn't, in reply to BenWilson,
‘zero tolerance’ may be a form of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
True, but laws are aspirational in the sense that they aspire to change a behaviour that is a problem. One reason that the limit is effectively zero in Sweden is that drunk driving was a big problem. I can only guess that the same goes for the other countries with a zero limit.
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Hard News: When "common sense" isn't,
I guess the 0.08% limit could be seen in context with the limits in the rest of Europe. Only the U.K. has a limit that high.
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Hard News: When "common sense" isn't, in reply to BenWilson,
Where does safety end, really? Licenses? Kevlar elbow, ankle and kneepads? Reinforced jackets?
I have friends who simply will not put a helmet on their toddler who is learning to walk. I should report them to the authorities.
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Hard News: When "common sense" isn't,
I'm not too worried about driver education. Some people will always be terrible drivers regardless of training. Better roads with separated cycle-lanes is really the only thing that will make a significant difference to cycling safety.
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Hard News: When "common sense" isn't,
If you have a spare 15 minutes you might want to take a look at this video of Copenhagen's bicycle ambassador discussing helmets and why he won't use one.
I'll save my breath by just saying that I fully agree with him. Sure, cycling in NZ is unfortunately not the same as cycling in Denmark (or Sweden or The Netherlands), but his basic argument still stands.
Also, no-one will take away the right to wear a helmet or hi-viz for those of you who feel that you really need them.
