Hell hath no fury like a splashed cyclist!

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On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:52:31 -0000, "nobody760"
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Damaging /cars?/ I confidently predict a prison sentence of at least
12 months longer than a car driver gets for killing a cyclist - i.e.
at least 12 months.

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Guy
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88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

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Just zis Guy, you know? typed:
On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:52:31 -0000, "nobody760"
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/h...et/3565633.stm

Damaging /cars?/ I confidently predict a prison sentence of at least
12 months longer than a car driver gets for killing a cyclist - i.e.
at least 12 months.

I was pleasantly surprised that the front cover of the Metro yesterday was
outrage at someone who didn't get a prison sentence for a collision in which
3 people were killed. (He was charged with DWDCA for driving on the wrong
side of the road, just having finished a phone call, after 4 bottles of beer
(but not over the limit), at 60mph in a 40 zone) So at least some of the
media acknowledges that people are being killed unnecessarily.

A

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 22:43:06 -0000, "Ambrose Nankivell"
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Just zis Guy, you know? typed:
On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:52:31 -0000, "nobody760"
wrote in message
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/h...et/3565633.stm

Damaging /cars?/ I confidently predict a prison sentence of at least
12 months longer than a car driver gets for killing a cyclist - i.e.
at least 12 months.

I was pleasantly surprised that the front cover of the Metro yesterday was
outrage at someone who didn't get a prison sentence for a collision in which
3 people were killed. (He was charged with DWDCA for driving on the wrong
side of the road, just having finished a phone call, after 4 bottles of beer
(but not over the limit), at 60mph in a 40 zone) So at least some of the
media acknowledges that people are being killed unnecessarily.

The Daily Telegraph devoted most of a page to it, too.

The last time I bought a Telegraph (about a month ago) the Motoring
section(!) had a columnist saying we really ought to cut down on the
school run as that's what's creating the traffic that we feel we need
to protect our kids from by driving them to school.

At this rate, they'll be creeping into a pro-cyclist editorial stance
by this time next year!


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"Gawnsoft" wrote in
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The last time I bought a Telegraph (about a month ago) the Motoring
section(!) had a columnist saying we really ought to cut down on the
school run as that's what's creating the traffic that we feel we need
to protect our kids from by driving them to school.

Amen to that. I just wish the penny would drop on a wider scale - for
example, who is creating the traffic which people complain makes it slower
to drive than it would be to cycle or walk, and what is the obvious
solution?

--
Guy
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88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in message
...
"Gawnsoft" wrote in
message ...

The last time I bought a Telegraph (about a month ago) the Motoring
section(!) had a columnist saying we really ought to cut down on the
school run as that's what's creating the traffic that we feel we need
to protect our kids from by driving them to school.

Amen to that. I just wish the penny would drop on a wider scale - for
example, who is creating the traffic which people complain makes it slower
to drive than it would be to cycle or walk, and what is the obvious
solution?

To knock down half the buildings in city centres to make more roads.
This would have a twofold effect - by making the town centre so ****ty noone
would want to work/live/go there.

W K wrote:

To knock down half the buildings in city centres to make more roads.
This would have a twofold effect - by making the town centre so
****ty noone would want to work/live/go there.

Now you're being ridiculous! I've never heard such rubbish.

"Simonb" wrote in message
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To knock down half the buildings in city centres to make more roads.
This would have a twofold effect - by making the town centre so
****ty noone would want to work/live/go there.

Now you're being ridiculous! I've never heard such rubbish.

Robert Hooke suggested this in 1667. These days it is more convenient to
blame the Government for the fact that Wren won that particular argument.

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Guy
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"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in message ...

Amen to that. I just wish the penny would drop on a wider scale - for
example, who is creating the traffic which people complain makes it slower
to drive than it would be to cycle or walk, and what is the obvious
solution?

Everybody else. It's the paradox of mass action.

--
Dave...

"Gawnsoft" wrote


The last time I bought a Telegraph (about a month ago) the Motoring
section(!) had a columnist saying we really ought to cut down on the
school run as that's what's creating the traffic that we feel we need
to protect our kids from by driving them to school.

This was on the AutoExpress site on Tuesday 23rd March 2004

School Run Hits Kids' Road Safety

The school run is having an unintended knock-on effect on children's
knowledge of road safety. A new survey by the cereal Ready Brek has found
that youngsters regularly driven to school have impaired safety skills.

A spokeswoman said: "They don't get the road experience or develop the
awareness of those who walk or cycle. Many can't judge distance or speeds."