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Just seen on news 24 the front page of the times. Why all of a sudden?
Why not?
[url= http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/contact/ ]this?[/url]
To deflect from some mahoosive phone hacking coverage coming up I expect
Better late than never but pity it's only been brought on by being so close to their home
Not sure about the first point in their manifesto:
"[i]Trucks entering a city centre should be required by law to fit censors[/i]"
I guess HGV drivers can be pretty foul-mouthed, but I'm not sure how having to carry an extra bloke just to parp the horn every time they say a rude word will help cyclists' safety.
point 1: Times can't spell.
[url= http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/article3306502.ece ]front page[/url]
In November, Times journalist Mary Bowers was just yards from arriving at work on her bike when she was hit by a lorry. Mary, 27, is still not conscious and is making a slow recovery in hospital.
Still good for them even if its a it of bandwagon jumping its the kind of thing we need
8 pt manifesto is good - even includes the 20 mph speed limit 🙂 _ a fave of mine.
the backlash starts tomorrow 🙂
I suspect there will be a lot of anti bike backlash so it might be useful to make outr feelings known
[i]More than 27,000 cyclists have been killed or seriously injured on British streets in the past 10 years.[/i]
Eh?
http://www.rospa.com/roadsafety/adviceandinformation/cycling/facts-figures.aspx
In 2011 111 were killed.
"killed or seriously injured"
"[i]Eh? In 2011 111 were killed.[/i]"
Those are 2010 figures. And 2771 were killed or seriously injured (The Times's figure covers both) in that year.
"[i]8 pt manifesto is good[/i]"
Not if your eyesight's deteriorated - I'd like it a little larger.
seriously injured means (usually) overnight in hospital so any concussion or neck injury or many broken bones