On Aug 21, 6:56*am, Phil W Lee wrote:
Kim Bolton considered Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:46:22
+0100 the perfect time to write:











thirty-six wrote:

On Aug 20, 3:53*pm, Kim Bolton wrote:
thirty-six wrote:
I think the introduction of the diamond framed safety bicycle along
with pnuematic tyres and Bowden brakes were good ideas which have
significantly improved the safety of bicycling and cycling
generally. * Performance and reliability improvements in bicycle
technology hsve mesnt that with a well maintained bicycle, the safe
keeping of the rider has never been so good, if it were not for
motorised traffic operated by care;ess motorists. *Cycling is
inherently safe, it is only the criminal motorist which causes
significant fluctuations in KSIs.

Are you sure that cycling is 'inherently safe'?

as houses.

Don't 6000 people die each year due to accidents in the home?

So, far safer than houses.



This has no relevance as most of the accidents in the home lack a
second person perpetrator, unlike crashes on roads, which incidentally
are not 'accidents'.

Cycling would be incredibly safe if only there were no drivers.

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A driving licence is sometimes a licence to kill.