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On 04/08/2011 08:32, Simon Mason wrote: > > "Abo"  wrote in message > news:j1c3rl$tk0$2@news.albasani.net... >> On 03/08/2011 17:19, bugbear wrote: >>> Abo wrote: >>>> On 03/08/2011 15:26, Simon Mason wrote: >>>>> QUOTE: >>>>> "THE parents of a teenage cyclist caught in a road smash will fight >>>>> for greater speed restrictions in residential areas after their son >>>>> "miraculously" escaped death on a busy main road just weeks after a >>>>> new 30mph zone was introduced. >>>> >>>> It could be argued that if the speed limit were higher then the car >>>> would already have been further along the road when he fell off >>>> therefore no accident would have happened at all >>> >>> Not if he'd started further back. >> >> Good point :P >> >> *but*, if he had started even further back then he'd have seen it in >> time despite the extra speed :D > > Assuming there was going to be a collision, the reduced speed would have > contributed to his survival.

There would be fewer collisions if we had had proper road safety policies over the last 20 years, rather than assaults on the motorist crudely dressed up as road safety.