Not exactly flattering?

On 17/12/2013 10:23, Mrcheerful wrote:
On 17/12/2013 10:02, pcb1962 wrote:
On 17/12/13 08:42, JNugent wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25366998

"on a bike you are close to death"
hmm, a rather odd thing to say

yes, there is no risk while riding a bicycle, except when you ride into
a fence or a lorry, or a pothole, or a river, or the sea, or into a lamp
post, or a train, or just fall off, oh, actually..........

Or encounter someone like you or Johndith or biNugent or Mentalguy2k8 in
a car.

On 17/12/2013 11:49, Mrcheerful wrote:
On 17/12/2013 11:31, pcb1962 wrote:
On 17/12/13 10:23, Mrcheerful wrote:
On 17/12/2013 10:02, pcb1962 wrote:
On 17/12/13 08:42, JNugent wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25366998

"on a bike you are close to death"
hmm, a rather odd thing to say

yes, there is no risk while riding a bicycle, except when you ride into
a fence or a lorry, or a pothole, or a river, or the sea, or into a lamp
post, or a train, or just fall off, oh, actually..........

Nobody said there are no risks, but given that 99.999% (at a rough
guess) of bicycle journeys are completed without fatality I think that
'you are close to death' is rather overstating the danger.

as you can see from the list I made the slightest mistake can lead to
death, while in a car the risk of death is far lower. Which is why
cyclists need to ride in the most safe and careful manner.

Please don't let the side down by talking about cyclists riding in a
safe and careful manner. Our aim is to eliminate cyclists and the more
deaths there are amongst their fraternity the better for us.

On 19/12/2013 10:45, Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
On 17/12/2013 11:49, Mrcheerful wrote:
On 17/12/2013 11:31, pcb1962 wrote:
On 17/12/13 10:23, Mrcheerful wrote:
On 17/12/2013 10:02, pcb1962 wrote:
On 17/12/13 08:42, JNugent wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25366998

"on a bike you are close to death"
hmm, a rather odd thing to say

yes, there is no risk while riding a bicycle, except when you ride into
a fence or a lorry, or a pothole, or a river, or the sea, or into a
lamp
post, or a train, or just fall off, oh, actually..........

Nobody said there are no risks, but given that 99.999% (at a rough
guess) of bicycle journeys are completed without fatality I think that
'you are close to death' is rather overstating the danger.

as you can see from the list I made the slightest mistake can lead to
death, while in a car the risk of death is far lower. Which is why
cyclists need to ride in the most safe and careful manner.

Please don't let the side down by talking about cyclists riding in a
safe and careful manner. Our aim is to eliminate cyclists and the more
deaths there are amongst their fraternity the better for us.

Quite right! When I am not abusing the babies of stupid women I,
Johndith the transvestite troll, like nothing more than to masturbate
over the story of a cyclist being killed.

writes:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25366998

The essence of this story is "lots of people cycle, some of them are
****s".

`Not all cyclists are the same' followed by `all cyclists view...'.
Hmmm, no stereotyping there, then. Thoroughly unsurprising that this
would get JNugent off.

`So what does my cycling style show'? Don't tempt us, luv---we might
get around to what your writing style tells us about you, your
commissioning editor and your employer! `I'm cavalier about some rules
and fairly selfish, but try not to be flagrantly obnoxious', she says,
attempting to sneak in a cheeky fib after two truths (each of which
being a veritable string of revelations in themselves).

This applies to any grouping of people... motorists, handymen, bus
spotters, Nugents... it's a fatuous non-story.

The prejudices of one `creative' versus the findings of a small
scientific study:
URL:http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/two-wheels-are-best-cyclists-thought-to-be-cooler-more-intelligent-and-charitable-than-the-rest-of-us-study-claims-9051619.html.
Which to believe?

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Mark