Origamist
Legendary Member
MacBludgeon said:sorry yes you have and I probably wasn't clear, I meant from the 'ho-hum' just another stat angle. I particularly meant the line:-
It’s worth noting in most years since 1999 no more than nine London cyclists have been killed by collisions with lorries.
I see that as an oh my God type headline, it just came across rather dismissivley, as if those were 'good' years. I haven't visited the source web site etc but am sure they do a good job. But this quote, in this article, came across in the wrong way to me.
Oh, I see. I suspect the quote from Bill C was simply lifted from the Moving Target website out of context (a lot of the other quotes in article were cut and paste jobs) or he was misquoted.
He's been campaigning on the issue for years and anyone interested in the subject would do well to read his pieces at:
www.movingtargetzine.com
It's probably worth mentioning that more pedestrians are killed by HGVs than cyclists in London