Comments on: Cyclist road deaths doubled last year http://treadly.net/2007/03/04/cyclist-deaths-doubled-in-2006/ Work is just something I do between bike rides Fri, 04 May 2012 07:22:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Treadly and Me http://treadly.net/2007/03/04/cyclist-deaths-doubled-in-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-635 Treadly and Me Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:26:20 +0000 http://treadly.thingoid.com/?p=296#comment-635 <p>Well, the number sounds pretty small but it's an incomplete picture: is 14 deaths per year a long or high incidence when the level of participation is taken into account? That information is not to hand, but what makes that figure noteworthy is that it's double the previous 12-month period and the moving 5-year average.</p> <p>And that poses a serious question that needs answering…</p> Well, the number sounds pretty small but it’s an incomplete picture: is 14 deaths per year a long or high incidence when the level of participation is taken into account? That information is not to hand, but what makes that figure noteworthy is that it’s double the previous 12-month period and the moving 5-year average.

And that poses a serious question that needs answering…

]]> By: eccles http://treadly.net/2007/03/04/cyclist-deaths-doubled-in-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-634 eccles Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:30:19 +0000 http://treadly.thingoid.com/?p=296#comment-634 <p>...actually, it occured to me (right after I hit 'go', of course) - what is the chance of one accident each month being enough to kill people? I mean, things that are just freaky, say an elm drops a seedpod just in front of someone, they got over it, and get knocked sideways and hit by a car. There's no way to eliminate this sort of random accident...</p> …actually, it occured to me (right after I hit ‘go’, of course) – what is the chance of one accident each month being enough to kill people? I mean, things that are just freaky, say an elm drops a seedpod just in front of someone, they got over it, and get knocked sideways and hit by a car. There’s no way to eliminate this sort of random accident…

]]> By: eccles http://treadly.net/2007/03/04/cyclist-deaths-doubled-in-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-633 eccles Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:28:10 +0000 http://treadly.thingoid.com/?p=296#comment-633 <p>I actually saw someone reading a brochure as they were driving along today - I gave them a <em>lot</em> of free room.</p> <p>But in general I agree - its both cyclists doing stupid things and drivers not paying enough attention that get people hit.</p> I actually saw someone reading a brochure as they were driving along today – I gave them a lot of free room.

But in general I agree – its both cyclists doing stupid things and drivers not paying enough attention that get people hit.

]]> By: Treadly and Me http://treadly.net/2007/03/04/cyclist-deaths-doubled-in-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-632 Treadly and Me Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:24:56 +0000 http://treadly.thingoid.com/?p=296#comment-632 <p>Glad to hear someone's maintaining standards Peter…</p> Glad to hear someone’s maintaining standards Peter…

]]> By: Peter http://treadly.net/2007/03/04/cyclist-deaths-doubled-in-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-631 Peter Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:15:46 +0000 http://treadly.thingoid.com/?p=296#comment-631 <p>I'm riding like that now, while typing this on a smartphone with both hands. Not just content to sit on the crossbar, my spouse is also carrying a collection of rusty bayonet's in a bag filled with discarded medical waste.</p> <p>We're both wearing ipods, but I'm also keeping an eye on my portable DVD player.</p> I’m riding like that now, while typing this on a smartphone with both hands. Not just content to sit on the crossbar, my spouse is also carrying a collection of rusty bayonet’s in a bag filled with discarded medical waste.

We’re both wearing ipods, but I’m also keeping an eye on my portable DVD player.

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