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Old November 1st 12, 10:18 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Pc Mark Pilling, from Abingdon's Road Policing Department, said: "We are
being kept busy. We tend to find once the clocks go back people don't
immediately light their bike up, so this is more than anything a reminder to
people. Forty per cent of all collisions in Oxford involved a pedal
cyclist."

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/you...y_operat ion/


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Old November 2nd 12, 12:59 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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"Luke Moore" wrote in message
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Mrcheerful wrote:

Pc Mark Pilling, from Abingdon's Road Policing Department, said: "We are
being kept busy. We tend to find once the clocks go back people don't
immediately light their bike up, so this is more than anything a reminder
to
people. Forty per cent of all collisions in Oxford involved a pedal
cyclist."

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/you...y_operat ion/


It says in that link that those cyclist stopped without lights could
either pay the £30 fine or "dispute the fine in a magistrates' court
or buy cycle lights within seven days of the notice being issued."

Seeing as how you can buy a set of cycling lights for under £6
(delivered) from Amazon, it's very tempting to go to Oxford and cycle
without lights just to be offered such a good deal from the police.

Why not just do the sensible thing and buy the bloody lights in the first
place?

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Old November 5th 12, 01:17 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On Thursday, November 1, 2012 9:18:20 PM UTC, Mrcheerful wrote:
Forty per cent of all collisions in Oxford involved a pedal

cyclist."


99% involve a car?

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Old November 5th 12, 01:26 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Mrcheerful[_3_]
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al Mossah wrote:
On Thursday, November 1, 2012 9:18:20 PM UTC, Mrcheerful wrote:
Forty per cent of all collisions in Oxford involved a pedal

cyclist."

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/you...y_operat ion/


99% involve a car?


any cite for that?


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Old November 5th 12, 09:12 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
al Mossah[_2_]
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On Monday, November 5, 2012 12:36:00 PM UTC, Mrcheerful wrote:
al Mossah wrote:

On Thursday, November 1, 2012 9:18:20 PM UTC, Mrcheerful wrote:


Forty per cent of all collisions in Oxford involved a pedal




cyclist."


http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/you...y_operat ion/





99% involve a car?




any cite for that?

No, just a wild guess.
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Old November 5th 12, 09:58 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On 05/11/2012 12:26, Mrcheerful wrote:
al Mossah wrote:
On Thursday, November 1, 2012 9:18:20 PM UTC, Mrcheerful wrote:
Forty per cent of all collisions in Oxford involved a pedal

cyclist."

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/you...y_operat ion/


99% involve a car?


any cite for that?


Usual one cyclists use www.imadeitup.com


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legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a
vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton, of Lancaster
University, wrote in an interim assessment of the Understanding Walking
and Cycling study. "For them, cycling is a bit embarrassing, they fail
to see its purpose, and have no interest in integrating it into their
lives, certainly on a regular basis."
 




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