Will Self burbles inconsequentially about London Cycling

[spindrift]

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/stand...to+make+London+a+real+cycling+city/article.do

Why not simply make it illegal for private businesses and dwellings to forcibly remove locked bicycles, except where they are an actual obstruction? At one fell swoop this would massively increase available bike parking in central London.

The campaigners call for more cycle lanes, too, but research shows cyclists who jump red lights are safer than those who don't, while allowing cyclists to go the wrong way up oneway streets has already been adopted in at least one borough. So, why not a moratorium on all traffic controls - apart from biking in pedestrianonly areas - for cyclists?


As for the perennial threat of actual bike theft, my own preferred tactic is to daub any new bike I have with paint - my hunch is that thieves are even more brand conscious than legitimate consumers.


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Cycle parking isn't actually that difficult, i can usually find somewhere with no trouble.

Nobody's putting paint on my Dawes.

 

[Riding in Circles]

And do you know why RLJ'rs appear safer? Because they are generally more confident cyclists, it is not because RLJ'ing is safe. It's like people who wear helmets have less leg injuries.

 

[spindrift]

Fewer, FFs.

 

[PBancroft]

Fewer, FFs.

People who wear fewer helmets have less leg injuries?

 

[spindrift]

People with fewer legs have less helmets.

 

[domtyler]

People with fewer legs have less helmets.

Link? Source?

 

[Riding in Circles]

Link? Source?

Highway code page 34.

 

[spindrift]

One arm, one leg, no helmet:

http://www.yangshuo-travel-guide.com/chinese-calligraphy.html

 

[Dayvo]

People with fewer legs have less helmets.

People with fewer legs have NO leg injuries!

 

[domtyler]

People with fewer legs have NO leg injuries!

Sicko!

 

[PBancroft]

That's right. And the stats used to come to this conclusion include those cyclists who have found themselves to the left of trucks at traffic lights, or being drunk on a bike, or riding into a bollard, or hopping off the pavement into the path of a car. Something that a RLJer is less likely to experience. And something that a more aware cyclist will go out of his/her way to avoid.

The only problem I have is the fact that people tend to jump onto stats as the be all and end all.

RLJers have less accidents? That's because RLJing is inherently safer! Everyone should do it!

 

[Dayvo]

Sicko!

Yes, terribly sickening!

You took offence, I assume; you who has two legs to boot! And possibly, just possibly, a sense of humour!