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Cycling safer than gardening
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"A cyclist can expect to sustain 0.05 injuries in 1,000 hours of cycling. According to RoSPA, you’re also far more likely to be injured in an hour of gardening than an hour of cycling and, unless you live in a bungalow, you’re far more likely to ‘come a cropper’ walking down your stairs than riding your bike into town! As we all know, inactivity is, in the long term, one of the biggest killers. It gets better! The more cyclists there are on the road, the safer it gets per journey. In London there has been a 91 per cent increase in the numbers of cyclists since 2000, but a fall of 33 per cent in casualties." http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/opini...good_1_2977580 Simon Mason |
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On 19-Aug-2011, Simon Mason wrote: QUOTE: "A cyclist can expect to sustain 0.05 injuries in 1,000 hours of cycling. According to RoSPA, you’re also far more likely to be injured in an hour of gardening than an hour of cycling and, unless you live in a bungalow, you’re far more likely to ‘come a cropper’ walking down your stairs than riding your bike into town! As we all know, inactivity is, in the long term, one of the biggest killers. It gets better! The more cyclists there are on the road, the safer it gets per journey. In London there has been a 91 per cent increase in the numbers of cyclists since 2000, but a fall of 33 per cent in casualties." http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/opini...good_1_2977580 Simon Mason The difference is, of course, that in a garden or a bungalow there are no motorists to kill you, although one could crash through a bungalow or garden and kill you perhaps. Nowhere is safe from motorists as we know. Probably what this means is that if there were no drivers at all cycling would be phenomenally safe. -- . UK Radical Campaigns. http://www.zing.icom43.net A driving licence is a licence to kill. |
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On Aug 19, 6:22*am, "Doug" wrote:
The difference is, of course, that in a garden or a bungalow there are no motorists to kill you, although one could crash through a bungalow or garden and kill you perhaps. Nowhere is safe from motorists as we know. Probably what this means is that if there were no drivers at all cycling would be phenomenally safe. It's a good job I don't play Rugby anymore. 30 injuries in 1000 hours sounds dangerous as opposed to 0.05 injuries in 1,000 hours of cycling. -- Simon Mason |
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On Aug 19, 6:22*am, "Doug" wrote:
The difference is, of course, that in a garden or a bungalow there are no motorists to kill you, although one could crash through a bungalow or garden and kill you perhaps. Nowhere is safe from motorists as we know. Probably what this means is that if there were no drivers at all cycling would be phenomenally safe. I also remember when Rugby League pitches had special parts of the touchline dedicated to disabled drivers, so playing Rugby was even more hazardous in those days. -- Simon Mason |
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On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:46:39 -0700 (PDT), Simon Mason
wrote: snip It gets better! The more cyclists there are on the road, the safer it gets per journey. In London there has been a 91 per cent increase in the numbers of cyclists since 2000, but a fall of 33 per cent in casualties." http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/opini...good_1_2977580 Simon Mason And closer at home: The number of pedal cyclists killed increased by 7 per cent from 104 in 2009 to 111 in 2010. The number seriously injured in accidents reported to the police increased by 2 per cent to 2,660. Total reported casualties among pedal cyclists also rose, by 1 per cent, compared to 2009. Pedal cyclist traffic levels are estimated to have risen by 1 per cent over the same period. Reported Road Casualties in Great Britain: Main Results 2010 |
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On Aug 19, 9:04*am, Simon Mason wrote:
On Aug 19, 6:22*am, "Doug" wrote: The difference is, of course, that in a garden or a bungalow there are no motorists to kill you, although one could crash through a bungalow or garden and kill you perhaps. Nowhere is safe from motorists as we know. Probably what this means is that if there were no drivers at all cycling would be phenomenally safe. I also remember when Rugby League pitches had special parts of the touchline dedicated to disabled drivers, so playing Rugby was even more hazardous in those days. -- Simon Mason We young wags called them spazz chariots, I am ashamed to say. -- Simon Mason |
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On 19-Aug-2011, "Mrcheerful" wrote: The difference is, of course, that in a garden or a bungalow there are no motorists to kill you, although one could crash through a bungalow or garden and kill you perhaps. Nowhere is safe from motorists as we know. Probably what this means is that if there were no drivers at all cycling would be phenomenally safe. With no mechanised transport we would have to reduce our population to cave man numbers. Assuming we could then the cyclists would be safe : apart from when the cyclists knock each other off, or ride into solid objects, or into rivers, or go too fast down a hill, crash into fence posts, bollards, impale themselves on their own handlebars, kill themselves by crashing into pedestrians etc. etc. Cyclists need to take some responsibility for their own safety, they cannot rely on others to do it for them. I don't see how cyclists can take responsibility for their own safety in conditions where they are knocked down by cars hurtling towards them. -- . UK Radical Campaigns. http://www.zing.icom43.net A driving licence is a licence to kill. |
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On Aug 20, 7:13*am, "Doug" wrote:
I don't see how cyclists can take responsibility for their own safety in conditions where they are knocked down by cars hurtling towards them. Indeed. Motorists are found to be at fault for the majority of cycle accidents involving another vehicle. -- Simon Mason |
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"Doug" wrote in message ... On 19-Aug-2011, "Mrcheerful" wrote: The difference is, of course, that in a garden or a bungalow there are no motorists to kill you, although one could crash through a bungalow or garden and kill you perhaps. Nowhere is safe from motorists as we know. Probably what this means is that if there were no drivers at all cycling would be phenomenally safe. With no mechanised transport we would have to reduce our population to cave man numbers. Assuming we could then the cyclists would be safe : apart from when the cyclists knock each other off, or ride into solid objects, or into rivers, or go too fast down a hill, crash into fence posts, bollards, impale themselves on their own handlebars, kill themselves by crashing into pedestrians etc. etc. Cyclists need to take some responsibility for their own safety, they cannot rely on others to do it for them. I don't see how cyclists can take responsibility for their own safety in conditions where they are knocked down by cars hurtling towards them. -- . UK Radical Campaigns. http://www.zing.icom43.net A driving licence is a licence to kill. a recent study showed that 74 per cent of cycle/car crashes were the cyclists' fault. Even if that figure is triple the true figure then there are still a lot of cyclists causing a lot of crashes. How many deaths have you read of where the cyclist squeezes up the inside of a large vehicle and gets crushed? Those deaths are certainly the cyclists fault, they are doing something extremely risky and pay the price, their deaths are entirely self inflicted since there can be no reason to try for those extra few seconds by doing something foolish, no one should be in that much of a rush on the roads. Cyclists do need to take responsibility for their own safety and minimise their own exposure to risk. Certainly there are some crashes which could not be avoided by cyclists, but there are loads where they could, just by applying common sense to their riding. since this is not a cyclist's strong point then it seems there needs to be some forced education, whether that be classroom, or learn the expensive way by fines. |
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