Not sure how high-profile all this is to the rest of the country. But it's ongoing here in that kind of "well, let's not actually report totally honestly, we need to get our message board stats up this month..." manner so beloved of the petty, self-righteous mediocrities you find in provincial journalism these days. So, to set the record straight. Barry Sheerman, MP, used the local rag to request people implore their male relatives between 30 and 50 not to buy a motorcycle. So, mothers, wives and daughters, really. Ah, he's a ladies' mand at heart eh? MAG have invited him to attend their meetings, which he so far hasn't, to discuss the matter with him as part of their "Riders Are Voters" campaign. And he has apparently referred to motorcycles as "orphan makers", which is odd as I thought you had to have lost both parents to be an orphan. In fairness there has been a fair old number of deaths involving motorcycles the last couple of years up here, they have for the most part been men in the 30-50 age bracket, and friends have gone on to describe them, straight after the event, as "experienced riders". On the one hand, coverage here has implied that the majority of fatalities have involved excessive speed; but there has been at least one in which a forktruck came trundling out of a yard and smashed the rider into his headstone. Still, he seems to be fighting shy of asking his constituents to implore their male relatives not to develop a heroin habit. One way or another my feeling on the fatality rates involved is that they are broadly comparable per annum and per capita. Bikes are probably still quite a bit safer in fact, as none of the fatalities appears to have experienced any acute cardiac dysfunction such as is associated with moderate cocaine use. The rag has seen a flurry of letters, few in support. I thought there'd be some mention here. Still at least it's not in the league of some of Peter Bottomley's more madcap schemes--no need for a no claims bonus, with these leg protectors you're virtually guaranteed to require at least a partial amputation following most collisions. I'm rather relieved there hasn't been. Yet another of those distracting sensationalisms that keep the paper filled with trivial crud rather than much in the way of real news. Odd how he isn't suggesting the good womenfolk of Yorkshire implore their men not to go work in factories, really, when you look back at some the fatalities around here. Why, only last year a man died when an oven exploded. G DAEB COPYRIGHT (C) 2010 SIPSTON --
No, he uses such a short line length because he has a truncated attention span. That, and he's a fuckwit.
G Daeb wrote: **** him & **** you, ****. Fucking prick. -- Nige, Land Rover 90 Yamaha R1 Range Rover Vogue
And who needs someone who hasn't got the bollocks to tell his relatives to **** off when they suggest you stop riding/don't get a bike? They're as bad as those fuckers who have to ask permission to go out at night or go for a ride at weekend.
