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Cycling awareness plan could lead to cheaper insurance for drivers
Motorists should be offered cheaper insurance if they take a course to
make them more aware of cyclists on the roads, the government says. The Department for Transport also wants to give councils more powers to tackle parking in cycling lanes. It is proposing a series of 50 measures in a bid to reduce the number of cyclists and pedestrians killed. Last year, 100 cyclists died on UK roads and 470 pedestrians were killed, an increase of 5%. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46294511 -- Bod |
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Cycling awareness plan could lead to cheaper insurance for drivers
On Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 7:09:01 AM UTC, Bod wrote:
Motorists should be offered cheaper insurance if they take a course to make them more aware of cyclists on the roads, the government says. The Department for Transport also wants to give councils more powers to tackle parking in cycling lanes. It is proposing a series of 50 measures in a bid to reduce the number of cyclists and pedestrians killed. Last year, 100 cyclists died on UK roads and 470 pedestrians were killed, an increase of 5%. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46294511 -- Bod Interesting how the cyclists "died" but the pedestrians "were killed". |
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Cycling awareness plan could lead to cheaper insurance fordrivers
On 22/11/2018 07:51, Simon Jester wrote:
On Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 7:09:01 AM UTC, Bod wrote: Motorists should be offered cheaper insurance if they take a course to make them more aware of cyclists on the roads, the government says. The Department for Transport also wants to give councils more powers to tackle parking in cycling lanes. It is proposing a series of 50 measures in a bid to reduce the number of cyclists and pedestrians killed. Last year, 100 cyclists died on UK roads and 470 pedestrians were killed, an increase of 5%. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46294511 -- Bod Interesting how the cyclists "died" but the pedestrians "were killed". Grammar. Avoiding the use of the same verb in a single sentence, I assume. -- Bod |
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Cycling awareness plan could lead to cheaper insurance fordrivers
On 22/11/2018 08:00, Bod wrote:
On 22/11/2018 07:51, Simon Jester wrote: On Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 7:09:01 AM UTC, Bod wrote: Motorists should be offered cheaper insurance if they take a course to make them more aware of cyclists on the roads, the government says. The Department for Transport also wants to give councils more powers to tackle parking in cycling lanes. It is proposing a series of 50 measures in a bid to reduce the number of cyclists and pedestrians killed. Last year, 100 cyclists died on UK roads and 470 pedestrians were killed, an increase of 5%. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46294511 -- Bod Interesting how the cyclists "died" but the pedestrians "were killed". Grammar. Avoiding the use of the same verb in a single sentence, I assume. But! taking your point, it does read as if the cyclists just simply died of natural deaths. a perverse Lol -- Bod |
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Cycling awareness plan could lead to cheaper insurance for drivers
On Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 8:00:17 AM UTC, Bod wrote:
On 22/11/2018 07:51, Simon Jester wrote: On Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 7:09:01 AM UTC, Bod wrote: Motorists should be offered cheaper insurance if they take a course to make them more aware of cyclists on the roads, the government says. The Department for Transport also wants to give councils more powers to tackle parking in cycling lanes. It is proposing a series of 50 measures in a bid to reduce the number of cyclists and pedestrians killed. Last year, 100 cyclists died on UK roads and 470 pedestrians were killed, an increase of 5%. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46294511 -- Bod Interesting how the cyclists "died" but the pedestrians "were killed". Grammar. Avoiding the use of the same verb in a single sentence, I assume. -- Bod Then why not say '100 cyclists and 470 pedestrians were killed'. |
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Cycling awareness plan could lead to cheaper insurance fordrivers
On 22/11/2018 16:58, Simon Jester wrote:
On Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 8:00:17 AM UTC, Bod wrote: On 22/11/2018 07:51, Simon Jester wrote: On Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 7:09:01 AM UTC, Bod wrote: Motorists should be offered cheaper insurance if they take a course to make them more aware of cyclists on the roads, the government says. The Department for Transport also wants to give councils more powers to tackle parking in cycling lanes. It is proposing a series of 50 measures in a bid to reduce the number of cyclists and pedestrians killed. Last year, 100 cyclists died on UK roads and 470 pedestrians were killed, an increase of 5%. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46294511 -- Bod Interesting how the cyclists "died" but the pedestrians "were killed". Grammar. Avoiding the use of the same verb in a single sentence, I assume. -- Bod Then why not say '100 cyclists and 470 pedestrians were killed'. Indeed. -- Bod |
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Cycling awareness plan could lead to cheaper insurance fordrivers
On 22/11/2018 07:09, Bod wrote:
Motorists should be offered cheaper insurance if they take a course to make them more aware of cyclists on the roads, the government says. The Department for Transport also wants to give councils more powers to tackle parking in cycling lanes. It is proposing a series of 50 measures in a bid to reduce the number of cyclists and pedestrians killed. Last year, 100 cyclists died on UK roads and 470 pedestrians were killed, an increase of 5%. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46294511 The only way "the government" (whichever part of it which is involved) could arrange for cheaper insurance would be to charge less by way of insurance premium tax [IPT]. The government certaionly doesn't control the insurance industry, and it is hard to see why an insurance company would perceive less insurance risk arising from the taking of a "course to make [road-users] more aware of cyclists on the roads". What next? A course to make road-users more aware of dustcarts? Buses? For the benefit of cyclists who may not have encountered it, IPT is a VAT-like purchase tax applied to insurance premiums. Some cyclists will be well aware of it if they have motor vehicles, property or possessions which are insured. But many of them struggle with the concept of insurance. Some of them even think that insurers should be forced by law to pay the person at fault. |
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Cycling awareness plan could lead to cheaper insurance fordrivers
On 22/11/2018 07:51, Simon Jester wrote:
On Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 7:09:01 AM UTC, Bod wrote: Motorists should be offered cheaper insurance if they take a course to make them more aware of cyclists on the roads, the government says. The Department for Transport also wants to give councils more powers to tackle parking in cycling lanes. It is proposing a series of 50 measures in a bid to reduce the number of cyclists and pedestrians killed. Last year, 100 cyclists died on UK roads and 470 pedestrians were killed, an increase of 5%. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46294511 -- Bod Interesting how the cyclists "died" but the pedestrians "were killed". Have you complained to BBC News and Current Affairs? Do let us know how you get on with the complaint. |
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Cycling awareness plan could lead to cheaper insurance for drivers
JNugent wrote:
On 22/11/2018 07:09, Bod wrote: Motorists should be offered cheaper insurance if they take a course to make them more aware of cyclists on the roads, the government says. The Department for Transport also wants to give councils more powers to tackle parking in cycling lanes. It is proposing a series of 50 measures in a bid to reduce the number of cyclists and pedestrians killed. Last year, 100 cyclists died on UK roads and 470 pedestrians were killed, an increase of 5%. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46294511 The only way "the government" (whichever part of it which is involved) could arrange for cheaper insurance would be to charge less by way of insurance premium tax [IPT]. The government certaionly doesn't control the insurance industry, and it is hard to see why an insurance company would perceive less insurance risk arising from the taking of a "course to make [road-users] more aware of cyclists on the roads". What next? A course to make road-users more aware of dustcarts? Buses? For the benefit of cyclists who may not have encountered it, IPT is a VAT-like purchase tax applied to insurance premiums. Some cyclists will be well aware of it if they have motor vehicles, property or possessions which are insured. But many of them struggle with the concept of insurance. Some of them even think that insurers should be forced by law to pay the person at fault. Well said. |
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Cycling awareness plan could lead to cheaper insurance for drivers
On Saturday, November 24, 2018 at 6:57:45 PM UTC, JNugent wrote:
On 22/11/2018 07:09, Bod wrote: Motorists should be offered cheaper insurance if they take a course to make them more aware of cyclists on the roads, the government says. The Department for Transport also wants to give councils more powers to tackle parking in cycling lanes. It is proposing a series of 50 measures in a bid to reduce the number of cyclists and pedestrians killed. Last year, 100 cyclists died on UK roads and 470 pedestrians were killed, an increase of 5%. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46294511 The only way "the government" (whichever part of it which is involved) could arrange for cheaper insurance would be to charge less by way of insurance premium tax [IPT]. The government certaionly doesn't control the insurance industry, and it is hard to see why an insurance company would perceive less insurance risk arising from the taking of a "course to make [road-users] more aware of cyclists on the roads". What next? A course to make road-users more aware of dustcarts? Buses? Reasonable comment. For the benefit of cyclists who may not have encountered it, IPT is a VAT-like purchase tax applied to insurance premiums. Some cyclists will be well aware of it if they have motor vehicles, property or possessions which are insured. But many of them struggle with the concept of insurance. Some of them even think that insurers should be forced by law to pay the person at fault. Pity you ruined it with this diatribe. |
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