Cyclepathology

A psychopath is a person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy, remorse, and conscience.

A cycle path is a narrow road for the use of cyclists.

So what is the word for a lack of empathy with cycle paths?

Here you can enjoy my son and myself finding two individuals with this condition.  the first is a cyclist using the pavement rather than the designated cycle lane.  The second?

Well see for yourself - it's a good job the cyclist didn't know how to use a cycle lane.

If you don't like swear words, pause the video just before the end!

Double Vision

All of the Internet car news sites I frequent are covering this weird black concept car called the Mercedes Vision Iconic.

Here is the Auto Express version of the story.

The Concept is described by the chief design officer as combining "the firm’s Art Deco-inspired models of the 1930s" incorporating "elements of the 1954 Mercedes 300 SL". The result, he says, “embodies the pure essence of Mercedes” and is the “ultimate expression of value, prestige, and grace”.

Ew.

And what's with the interior?

What on earth is that cylinder thing where the glovebox ought to be?

Is it for storing Pringles?

Meanwhile, Mazda supposedly have a "wild new concept" which will "preview the brand’s next-gen design language, and possibly a new range-topping model."

It's name?

The Mazda Vision.

That Auto Express story is here.

Look familiar?

Wonder if it will have a Pringles holder?

You can't buy taste.

Only in the land of Donald Trump would you get a Rolls Royce commissioned to honour a dog.

Auto-Express have the story under the brilliant headline,

"Sit, stay, Rolls over: One-off Rolls-Royce Spectre pays tribute to beloved dog."

I can't tell if the dog is deceased or not - don't think it is but it is a "Labrador-Golden Retriever mix" - two breeds that seem to be so similar that I can't see the point of mixing them.

The dog is called Bailey and they've rather sycophantically named the car colour "Beautiful Bailey"

The inside is worse.

What really surprises me though is that there are no comments under the story - at least not right now - early Friday evening.

Would it have made more sense if it was a Rover?

No - it's just stupid.

Now if it had been a cat...

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I was going to call this post "The Number's Up!" but I've already used that.

But I missed out the apostrophe which is unlike me and somewhat irritating.

Anyway, that particular post was about 18 months ago and berating the daft naming convention of Polestar.

It still seems to be a problem for them and they are trying to deny it - as reported by drive.co.au here.

And they have changed the rules a bit too.

18 months ago they said that the Polestar 2 would not be replaced by a Polestar 2.  Now they are saying that the Polestar 2 WILL be replaced by a Polestar 2.  Which will probably come after the Polestar 7 and before the Polestar 6.

Confusion reigns supreme.

I feel sorry for the new CEO, Michael Lohscheller, who didn't come up with the idea but seems to be spending lots of time defending it.

He likens it to Apple.  Which is wrong.  He should be likening it to the company I alluded to back in April last year - Renault.

When I also asked the question, "I wonder how many years it will be before they realise the error of this strategy and change to a better system."

Renault gradually and quietly replaced numbers with names and would never speak of them again.

Until they had a big hit with the new 4 and 5.

If they follow the Polestar numbering system, the next retro electric car will be a cute version of the Renault 7:

Oh dear - I think the number's up.

Warburtons Coining it in.

 

Saw this BBC story this morning about a proposed bridge toll increase.

It is the Warburton bridge which crosses the Manchester ship canal. The story has been updated since I read it this morning - at that point they were only telling us the old price - not the new one.

Had me wondering what the horrific increase was going to be.

Turns out it was an increase of 733.33%!

So the plan was to increase it from 12p to £1.

Locals will get a 50% discount.  I presume they don't currently pay 6p to cross.

I'm guessing it is a well used bridge - it will have to be to recoup the cost of changing the signage and installing payment cameras and software.

Anyway, lot's of people have got very upset.  Although the ones doing the commenting are more concerned with the old price than the new one.

For whom the bridge tolls.