saved by her helmet

http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/C...irm.6567768.jp

although grizzling about the tram lines seems a bit unreasonable, can't she
see them? It sounds as though the best cure is to ban cyclists from tram
areas.

On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 13:27:39 +0100, "Mrcheerful"
wrote:

http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/C...irm.6567768.jp

although grizzling about the tram lines seems a bit unreasonable, can't she
see them? It sounds as though the best cure is to ban cyclists from tram
areas.




Looks like another money grabber looking for "compo" as they like to
call it.
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Per billion passenger kilometres

Car KSI 18
Cycle KSI 541
Pedestrian 358

(KSI : Killed or Seriously Injured)
Dft 2008 FIgures

Who says cycling is safer than walking?

On Oct 8, 1:55*pm, JMS wrote:
On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 13:27:39 +0100, "Mrcheerful"
wrote:

http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/C...irm.6567768.jp

although grizzling about the tram lines seems a bit unreasonable, can't she
see them? *It sounds as though the best cure is to ban cyclists from tram
areas.

Looks like another money grabber looking for "compo" as they like to
call it.
-- * *

Per billion passenger kilometres

Car * * KSI * * 18
Cycle * KSI * * 541
Pedestrian * * *358

(KSI : Killed or Seriously Injured)
Dft 2008 FIgures

Who says cycling is safer than walking?

At least she was wearing a cycle helmet, which probably saved her
life. It was quite badly dented, which disproves the psycholists'
theory that cyclists never fall on their heads!

Derek C

On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:55:07 +0100, JMS wrote:




Looks like another money grabber looking for "compo" as they like to
call it.

I agree.
Whatever happened to personal responsibility, recognising the hazards and
taking appropriate action? The tram lines were there, static, and
visible.
Here in Wellington we have a similar crossing where the rail lines cross
the road at a very oblique angle. I walk across these. So I have not
had to sue the Wellington City Council, nor have I been an inmate of our
Intensive Care Unit.

Peter
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snip

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67.4 percent of statistics are made up.

On Oct 9, 8:31*am, Peter Keller wrote:
On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:55:07 +0100, JMS wrote:

Looks like another money grabber looking for "compo" as they like to
call it.

I agree.
Whatever happened to personal responsibility, recognising the hazards and
taking appropriate action? *The tram lines were there, static, and
visible.
Here in Wellington we have a similar crossing where the rail lines cross
the road at a very oblique angle. *I walk across these. *So I have not
had to sue the Wellington City Council, nor have I been an inmate of our
Intensive Care Unit.

Peter

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snip

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67.4 percent of statistics are made up.

Is that Wellington Shropshire, Wellington Somerset, Wellington New
Zealand, or some other Wellington?

On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 02:11:28 -0700, Derek C wrote:



Is that Wellington Shropshire, Wellington Somerset, Wellington New
Zealand, or some other Wellington?


It does not really matter, but a clue might be the strange times that my
posts appear.
Also my e-mail addy --
Also there was an earthquake about 300km from here recently.


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67.4 percent of statistics are made up.

On 9 Oct, 13:37, Peter Keller wrote:
On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 02:11:28 -0700, Derek C wrote:

Is that Wellington Shropshire, Wellington Somerset, Wellington New
Zealand, or some other Wellington?

It does not really matter, but a clue might be the strange times that my
posts appear.
Also my e-mail addy --
Also there was an earthquake about 300km from here recently.


Wellingtonabad, Pakistan, then.

On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:37:14 -0700, Squashme wrote:


Wellingtonabad, Pakistan, then.


:=)


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67.4 percent of statistics are made up.

On Oct 9, 8:31*am, Peter Keller wrote:
On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:55:07 +0100, JMS wrote:

Looks like another money grabber looking for "compo" as they like to
call it.

I agree.
Whatever happened to personal responsibility, recognising the hazards and
taking appropriate action? *The tram lines were there, static, and
visible.
Here in Wellington we have a similar crossing where the rail lines cross
the road at a very oblique angle. *I walk across these. *So I have not
had to sue the Wellington City Council, nor have I been an inmate of our
Intensive Care Unit.

Clearly cyclists and trams can't possibly co-exist safely. That's why
Amsterdam has such a very high cyclist injury figure.

Oh wait, they don't.
--
Guy

On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:16:23 -0700, Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:



Clearly cyclists and trams can't possibly co-exist safely. That's why
Amsterdam has such a very high cyclist injury figure.

Oh wait, they don't.


If you call a bicyclist injury rate of one seventh that of New Zealand's
high, then what is ours?

Oh wait. we have a compulsory helmet law!

PS When I rode to and through Amsterdam in about 1975 there were no
bicycle lanes there. Is this still the case? There were bicycle lanes
over most of the Netherlands certainly, just not in the big cities in the
West.

Peter

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67.4 percent of statistics are made up.