Another bonkers survey

[Dogtrousers]

Please merge if there's already a thread. I looked but did not find.

Cyclists demand loads of stuff to be made compulsory. Or something like that. The wording of the findings is unsurprisingly imprecise, and it looks like a frightful load of cobblers, but anyway ...

Article here: Cycling Weekly

A survey carried out by a car hire company [cheapcar.co.uk] has revealed that 87 per cent of its cycling customers believe bike lights should be compulsory at all times.
‘what could make cycling safer in the UK?’ in October 2017.

• • 87% – Bike Lights all the time
  • 81% – Compulsory helmets
  • 77% – Mirrors
  • 54% – Reflective jackets
  • 15% – Brake lights and indicators

I mean, only 15% for indicators? Come, on, you can do better than that.

 

[Threevok]

No need for a survey

Want to make cycling safer in the UK ?

Stop driving like a cockwomble

 

[presta]

"We have seen great advantages in modern cars running daytime lights"
Reference?

 

[MossCommuter]

It makes me sad when I see cyclists dressed all in black for example – if I pull alongside them at lights I always make sure they know they can’t be seen.

Eh?

 

[Apollonius]

Surely you don't get fake news in the Internet....do you?

 

[Yellow Saddle]

I for one am constantly shouting abuse at cyclists dressed all in black. I can't see them, but I know they are there. Why won't they listen to me?

Show yourselves, you inconspicuous ninjas!

So it is you shouting at me all the time. Better not come close. I throw stars.

 

[classic33]

Indicators, we've got arms for that job.

DLR's, if the people in the vehicle behind fail to see a set of traffic lights, with the red lit, a normal bike light won't stand a chance.


Edited to say that the traffic lights mentioned were actually being carried at the time, not at the side of the road(where they would normally be expected to be).

 

[Profpointy]

In a recent ships chandler's survey 15% of respondants supported a call for submarines to be fitted with cat flaps.

 

[chriswoody]

You want your survey to show that the majority of cyclists believe leopard skin print lyrcra makes you faster?
Let me show you how the experts do it:

 

[pawl]

Can anyone explain how some people are able to easily see cyclists at night and complain to the local rag.

In the same paper .Cycist in collision with car in broad daylight.Excuse to court I just didn’t see him.

Why is it it’s always the cyclist in collision with the car and not the prat in the car.

 

[Nonethewiser]

I wanted to type a witty reply but my brain failed me. I agree, this survey sounds like a load of old cobblers but unfortunately is the sort of stuff that gets the anti brigade all hot and bothered and makes government ministers start to think. And the latter is rarely a good thing.

 

[classic33]

I wanted to type a witty reply but my brain failed me. I agree, this survey sounds like a load of old cobblers but unfortunately is the sort of stuff that gets the anti brigade all hot and bothered and makes government ministers start to think. And the latter is rarely a good thing.

Over works the grey matter.

 

[growingvegetables]

A survey carried out by a car hire company [cheapcar.co.uk]

Umm - not a car hire company, just a front for http://www.autoeurope.co.uk/go/about-us/?

 

[Vapin' Joe]

I wanted to type a witty reply but my brain failed me. I agree, this survey sounds like a load of old cobblers but unfortunately is the sort of stuff that gets the anti brigade all hot and bothered and makes government ministers start to think. And the latter is rarely a good thing.

I'd be surprised if any government minister had even seen the survey, let alone devoted time to it.

 

[Drago]

So they asked a bunch of unqualified people "what would make cycling safer!" and came up with a load of crap answers. Quelle surprise!