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Old September 18th 18, 12:19 PM posted to uk.rec.driving,uk.rec.cycling
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Default Australian drivers carve up cyclists (short video)

On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:41:45 +0100
Bruce 'Not Glug' Lee wrote:
wrote:

Lets be honest, there are idiots driving all forms of transport whether it be


bikes, motorbikes, cars, buses or trucks and they're not going to change. The


difference with cycling however is that


... they don't kill +- 1700 people every single year.


Big deal. About 30 BILLION miles are driven each year on uk roads. I'd suggest
that figure is pretty good, and don't forget a lot of it will be drivers
and passengers themselves rather than someone outside the vehicle. I wonder how
many miles are cycled each year?

Also if someone managed to cycle at 60mph (oh wait, isn't that just a
motorbike?) and hit a pedestrian they'd probably both be taken away in bag.

The whole cycling is safer routine is just specious BS. Of course its safer,
its slower. Mass is irrelevant when getting hit, its speed that matters. If
all vehicles pootled along at 15mph there'd be almost no fatalities, but the
economy would also grind to a halt and there'd be no food in the shops. If
you really want to be safe - walk.

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