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From: Doug on 29 Dec 2009 01:33 On 28 Dec, 14:15, Conor <co...(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > In article <cda4c07c-3bff-4254-a6fd-76640e37e458 > @e37g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, Mas...(a)BP.com says... > > > Another story from a long time ago, this time 16 months old. Since > > then cars have killed about 4000 people. > > Try and keep things into perspective. > > Since then cigarettes have killed around 150,000 people. > Try to keep things in perspective. > This is about people killing other people, not people killing themselves. -- UK Radical Campaigns www.zing.icom43.net A driving licence is a licence to kill.
From: Adrian on 29 Dec 2009 02:34 Doug <jagmad(a)riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> > Another story from a long time ago, this time 16 months old. Since >> > then cars have killed about 4000 people. Try and keep things into >> > perspective. >> Since then cigarettes have killed around 150,000 people. Try to keep >> things in perspective. > This is about people killing other people, not people killing > themselves. So why are you including the "people killing themselves" deaths in the road deaths?
From: Doug on 29 Dec 2009 03:32 On 29 Dec, 07:34, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were > saying: > > >> > Another story from a long time ago, this time 16 months old. Since > >> > then cars have killed about 4000 people. Try and keep things into > >> > perspective. > >> Since then cigarettes have killed around 150,000 people. Try to keep > >> things in perspective. > > This is about people killing other people, not people killing > > themselves. > > So why are you including the "people killing themselves" deaths in the > road deaths? > I'm not. Why do you imagine I am? -- UK Radical Campaigns www.zing.icom43.net A driving licence is a licence to kill.
From: MasonS on 29 Dec 2009 06:35 On 28 Dec, 20:35, "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > I assume from this avoidance that you can't supply the figures for killer > cyclists? > > -- > Dave - the small piece of 14th century armour used to protect the armpit. If you insist. 23 million bicycles in the UK . 3000 miles per year average (about half what I do) Zero to 1 road death caused per annum in 69, 000, 000, 000 miles. Nearly 600 to infinity times less than drivers then. -- Simon Mason
From: Happi Monday on 29 Dec 2009 09:33
On 28/12/2009 20:37, The Medway Handyman wrote: > Happi Monday wrote: >> On 27/12/2009 13:43, The Medway Handyman wrote: >> >>> Thats fairly obvious. If only cyclists were as adept at avoiding >>> collisions as they are at avoiding questions, they would be >>> perfectly safe. >> >> Not with cnuts like you on the road, they aren't. > > But I've never hit a cyclist. I've been hit by one, in Amsterdam. I'm not surprised - I'd clock you one too if I had the chance. |