Edward Dolan
12-31-1969, 08:00 PM
"Tony Raven" <traven@gotadsl.co.uk> wrote in message
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> donquijote1954 wrote:
>
>>
>> Have you been reading this thread? Did you hear about SPEED
>> DIFFERENTIAL? Do you know why scooters are not allowed on highways?
>> Right, SPEED DIFFERENTIAL. If you ride a bike on a major road, you'll
>> be a sitting duck because the driver behind you --who otherwise is
>> engaged on the phone-- won't expect a vehicle to be travelling 10MPH.
>> And you only got one life, you know. Just like many that went into
>> that predatory war well know.
>>
>
> Have you been reading the data. Being hit from behind is a very rare
> accident on the roads. The vast majority of accidents are conflicts at
> junctions. In the UK riding on the road is safer than walking on the
> sidewalk as far as being killed by a motor vehicle is concerned. In fact
> it is estimated that if you cycled at 15mph for 8 hours a day 365 days a
> year the mean time to a fatal accident would be 8,600 years. I think I
> have more important threats to my life to worry about. The risk for
> experienced cyclists is 5-8 times lower still while the health benefits
> give regular cyclists a two year increased life expectancy.
>
> But hey, don't let the facts get in the way of a good scare story.
I never let any so-called facts get in the way of my commonsense. Any idiot
knows that cycling on the highways and byways with motor vehicles can easily
get you killed, whereas walking on a sidewalk is very safe indeed.
Are all the English idiots or just those who post to cycling newsgroups?
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
PS. I have come to the conclusion that most of you do know what to do with a
fact. You need to treat it with the contempt that it deserves. What matters
is not the fact, but what you THINK about the fact. Please try to get up to
speed, why don't you?
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> donquijote1954 wrote:
>
>>
>> Have you been reading this thread? Did you hear about SPEED
>> DIFFERENTIAL? Do you know why scooters are not allowed on highways?
>> Right, SPEED DIFFERENTIAL. If you ride a bike on a major road, you'll
>> be a sitting duck because the driver behind you --who otherwise is
>> engaged on the phone-- won't expect a vehicle to be travelling 10MPH.
>> And you only got one life, you know. Just like many that went into
>> that predatory war well know.
>>
>
> Have you been reading the data. Being hit from behind is a very rare
> accident on the roads. The vast majority of accidents are conflicts at
> junctions. In the UK riding on the road is safer than walking on the
> sidewalk as far as being killed by a motor vehicle is concerned. In fact
> it is estimated that if you cycled at 15mph for 8 hours a day 365 days a
> year the mean time to a fatal accident would be 8,600 years. I think I
> have more important threats to my life to worry about. The risk for
> experienced cyclists is 5-8 times lower still while the health benefits
> give regular cyclists a two year increased life expectancy.
>
> But hey, don't let the facts get in the way of a good scare story.
I never let any so-called facts get in the way of my commonsense. Any idiot
knows that cycling on the highways and byways with motor vehicles can easily
get you killed, whereas walking on a sidewalk is very safe indeed.
Are all the English idiots or just those who post to cycling newsgroups?
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
PS. I have come to the conclusion that most of you do know what to do with a
fact. You need to treat it with the contempt that it deserves. What matters
is not the fact, but what you THINK about the fact. Please try to get up to
speed, why don't you?