the one hour exercise rule
And she leaves the virus on the bench for the next person and the person after that and five days later you have a serious cluster.
If playground equipment is a risk so is a bench.
I think "picking on easy targets" is the phrase you're looking for.
Absolutely. I've been on several walks in the last few years that are part of the signposted Walk London walks and, in the outer suburbs, you can easily travel for half an hour without passing anyone. If you know the area, you can usually find somewhere to walk where you can easily socially isolate, just avoid the touristy areas. Just needs common sense and selflessness.
Didn't see them challenge anybody. Presume just focusing on any groups of people or 'loitering' (of which I saw none on my walk)
Or they put their hand on it whilst sitting down or standing up again. Benches have armrests you know!Only if people start licking the bench.
Do you have evidence that people in other counties are complying more compared to the UK?So there have been lockdowns in many other Countries, yet it only seems to be the UK, that cannot comply with the request !
STAY HOME... seems simple enough
ESSENTIAL JOURNEY ONLY... seems simple enough again !
There is no "one hour" exercise rule.
It is "ESSENTIAL" that we have sufficient exercise to have a good immune system. As I've been denied my usual exercise I am doing long walks to ensure that my immune system is in good shape. This is for both physical and mental health reasons.STAY HOME... seems simple enough
ESSENTIAL JOURNEY ONLY... seems simple enough again !
I am sorry, but being bored does not make your journey essential!it’s going to get a bit boring doing the same walks for weeks if I can’t drive a few miles first, park up and walk from a different starting point.
This is where your argument fails. There is nothing "surely" about that. Cars are a safe cuccooned environment, trains or buses are not. Tough luck if you can't drive.Once one person starts bending the rules, then you set the precedent for others to bend them even more. If its OK for you to drive somewhere more scenic that you would prefer to exercise, what about those without a car? Surely they should then be allowed to take the train or bus to do the same? Once you start saying that its okay to travel to do exercise, then the buses and trains will start filling with hikers, which is obviously highly undesirable at present.
Anyone using their car to make an unnecessary journey, just because they are bored of their usual walk, is clearly flouting the regulations, and I personally would fully support the police taking action against them.
Individuals like yourself who take authoritarian measures to the limit and lick their lips at police action towards someone driving a couple of miles to walk their dog are a danger to the freedom of our society.
I do share these concerns, as do many others I know. I believe the current mood among many is that we will continue for these three weeks, and possibly a little longer if required, but people are not going to accept the current situation indefinitely. There are many people I know who are at far greater risk from the measures used to counteract the virus than the risks of the actual virus itself; but understand the current need for restrictions, but at some point something has to give....When will people realise that this virus is not the only influencer on health. There is potentially far more damage to be done by the most recent measures brought in with both mental health and long-term economic damage.....
The measures are not there for "authoritarian" purposes - they are there to help slow the spread of the virus.
All the legislative changes are temporary. They can’t continue without further parliamentary debate and votingI respectfully disagree- the virus is the excuse, not the motivation.
My gut instinct is that many of the worst "emergency" changes, such as those to the Mental Health Act, won't get rescinded when the virus has gone. I also strongly suspect much of the "emergency" legislation will stay on the statute books- even if dormant for a bit- ready to be used again next time but on a politician's whim.
All the legislative changes are temporary.
Cars are not a safe, cucooned environment, they just appear to be. Until you have a crash, or breakdown. Or we start needing the police to deal with the kind of over-crowding and tail-backs we saw last weekend.This is where your argument fails. There is nothing "surely" about that. Cars are a safe cuccooned environment, trains or buses are not.
My gut instinct is that many of the worst "emergency" changes, such as those to the Mental Health Act, won't get rescinded when the virus has gone. I also strongly suspect much of the "emergency" legislation will stay on the statute books- even if dormant for a bit- ready to be used again next time but on a politician's whim.
Normally I would get:I see the exercise fetishists are on looking for ways to be clever and circumvent the rules and pretend they don't apply to them. The NHS says that you should do at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity activity a week or 75 minutes of vigorous intensity activity a week. That means 25 minutes of moderate activity every day is more than enough. I wonder why they need 3 hour bike rides?...