Just seen on news 24 the front page of the times. Why all of a sudden?
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the Times! what's going on?
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Why not?
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Better late than never but pity it's only been brought on by being so close to their home
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Not sure about the first point in their manifesto:
"Trucks entering a city centre should be required by law to fit censors"
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.
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point 1: Times can't spell.
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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
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More than 27,000 cyclists have been killed or seriously injured on British streets in the past 10 years.
Eh?
http://www.rospa.com/roadsafety/adviceandinformation/cycling/facts-figures.aspx
In 2011 111 were killed.
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"killed or seriously injured"
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"Eh? In 2011 111 were killed."
Those are 2010 figures. And 2771 were killed or seriously injured (The Times's figure covers both) in that year.
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"8 pt manifesto is good"
Not if your eyesight's deteriorated - I'd like it a little larger.
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seriously injured means (usually) overnight in hospital so any concussion or neck injury or many broken bones
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