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CanucksTraveller

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[QUOTE 4958653, member: 45"]It was on the BBC news last night.[/QUOTE]

What they said was that "The BBC understands that a timing device was used".

Edit: Or do you mean the police stated it as fact on the BBC news last night? I didn't see that in the statement that the Deputy Commissioner delivered.
 
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MacB

Lover of things that come in 3's
[QUOTE 4958717, member: 9609"]this whole thing about stats of cycling and terrorism is all down to one innocent comment by User46386 ??? [/QUOTE]

Have you quite got the hang of this forum thingy? you read contributions from others, hopefully understand them and then respond if you want. Just doing part 3, and with added vitriol, just makes you seem like an ignorant foghorn, not helped by proclaiming that you pay no attention to the news anyway.
 
It isn't playing it down. It is trying to understand the real risks involved.

The reality is that if someone wants to reduce their risk of being killed in London, they should stop cycling and start taking the tube
Don't know if its that simple... if one just considers getting run over v getting blown up perhaps there is a marginal benefit to give up the bike and take the tube, but in the longer run don't you have to factor in the health and change of lifestyle benefits of cycling... I'd have thought such benefits would far outweigh the additional comparatively small risk of being on the road?
 

nickyboy

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Don't know if its that simple... if one just considers getting run over v getting blown up perhaps there is a marginal benefit to give up the bike and take the tube, but in the longer run don't you have to factor in the health and change of lifestyle benefits of cycling... I'd have thought such benefits would far outweigh the additional comparatively small risk of being on the road?

You're quite right of course and it was a somewhat glib and over-simplistic post of mine. The over-simplification was to boil down the issue of whether I was more likely to die cycling a mile in London or taking a tube for a mile and the stats are very clear on this. Merely to flush out the misperception that public transport in London is "dangerous"...cos it ain't
 
You're quite right of course and it was a somewhat glib and over-simplistic post of mine. The over-simplification was to boil down the issue of whether I was more likely to die cycling a mile in London or taking a tube for a mile and the stats are very clear on this. Merely to flush out the misperception that public transport in London is "dangerous"...cos it ain't
Yes... I should have acknowledged that... was trying to add to rather than counter your post...
 
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