An unlikely Boris bike casualty.

[Simon Mason]

Always a risk when you have to rely on badly designed motor vehicles in your
otherwise excellent scheme.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23895015-cyclist-run-over-by-boris-bikes-trailer.do

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Simon Mason
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/

[JNugent[_7_]]

On 05/11/2010 12:38, Simon Mason wrote:
> Always a risk when you have to rely on badly designed motor vehicles in your
> otherwise excellent scheme.
>
> http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23895015-cyclist-run-over-by-boris-bikes-trailer.do

Why rely on them at all?

Just leave the bikes wherever they happen to be when their users have no
further use for them. Sorted.

[The Medway Handyman[_3_]]

Simon Mason wrote:
> Always a risk when you have to rely on badly designed motor vehicles
> in your otherwise excellent scheme.
>
> http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23895015-cyclist-run-over-by-boris-bikes-trailer.do

Oh that is funny!

So, Simple Simon. Whats the alternative to "badly designed motor vehicles"
then.

This is going to be good.


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Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike, like a skateboard, is
a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport.

[JMS]

On Fri, 5 Nov 2010 12:38:49 -0000, "Simon Mason"
> wrote:

>Always a risk when you have to rely on badly designed motor vehicles in your
>otherwise excellent scheme.
>
>http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23895015-cyclist-run-over-by-boris-bikes-trailer.do



Thanks for posting that.

Do you think that cycling is becoming more dangerous?


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Stopping distances for bicycles do not appear in the HC ... and so
cannot be of any consequence.
(Simon Mason - who cycles at 25mph in 20 mph limits - and thinks it's clever)