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There's a report on how the long hot summer has taken it out on the
region's motorcyclists soon. I'll report back on what they say.

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It didn't really draw a conclusion. One argument was that the recent hot
weather has bought more bikers onto the roads hence more accidents. You
draw your own conclusions. I commented in a post a few days ago it seems
every few days a biker is reported killed.

Bill

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Lozzo said:

It must be a very long report.

 

IMO that's a far better conclusion to draw than "Speed/bikes are dangerous,
let's ban 'em"

 

Whinging Courier fascinated us all by saying...

It was crap, it drew no conclusions, apart from they think that the high
rate of casulaties is related to the greater number of bikes out because
of the nicer weather. Like ...D'uh, even my youngest kid could have
worked that out.

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Pip Luscher wrote:

I'd just like to say:

"And if you survive till two thousand and five
I hope you're exceedingly thin
For if you are stout you will have to breathe out
While the people around you breathe in"

Thanks,

Roger.

 

....and so do car drivers. And pedestrians. And others. It's not nice
and I *really* hope it doesn't happen to me but shit happens. If we
didn't die then it'd be standing room only.

 

It was an utterly blatant scaremongering piece of crap.
The report did not mention speed, power and size of bikes involved,
experience of riders who'd crashed, involvement of other vehicles, sites of
accidents...nothing. Not even how bad the accidents had been.
I was very annoyed watching this. But I couldn't be arsed to protest to the
BBC. Maybe now I will )

 

AJ left a note on my windscreen which said:

It's media - what did you expect?

 

Wouldn't the interesting statistic (if there is such a thing) be the deaths
by miles covered one?

With the increase in riders and riding, the mileage will have increased,
therefore the accident rate is probably exactly the same.

Still, 21 people in one area in one month is quite a lot.

 

I thought the report was OK as a news item, 21 deaths in August? Does
seem high.

 

I agree, it was a balanced and neutral report.

 

I thought it was 21 dead so far this year against a total of 20 dead in
the whole of last year, well thats what last nights local paper said.

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Wazza

T595

Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.

 

We had quite few outside my house [1] last year.

[1] So to speak.

 

Luscher? I 'ardly knew 'er.

 

I hope they at least mentioned congestion charging increasing the number of
organ donars[1] and how they affect the stats?

[1] Learner scooter riders

 

Heh!