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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!o30g2000vbc.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: 1 in 6 incidents involving cyclists are 'hit and runs' Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 00:56:56 -0700 (PDT) References:  <74fd14a6-54ab-4549-8436-d615c40cc27f@q14g2000vbn.googlegroups.com> <9ed9d9cf-5c1e-42fd-9a63-9d0c751a3718@x6g2000vbg.googlegroups.com> <76lum5F1e33cnU1@mid.individual.net> <360aa991-444b-4e00-a2a8-20a0b49e348a@o30g2000vbc.googlegroups.com> Lines: 34 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.145.66.20 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1241942216 20885 127.0.0.1 (10 May 2009 07:56:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 07:56:56 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: o30g2000vbc.googlegroups.com; posting-host=86.145.66.20; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Bytes: 2836 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:829165

On May 10, 7:21=A0am, Doug  wrote: > On 9 May, 19:00, "OG"  wrote: > > > "Doug"  wrote in message > > >news:9ed9d9cf-5c1e-42fd-9a63-9d0c751a3718@x6g2000vbg.googlegroups.com... > > > > On 8 May, 18:18, Mas...@BP.com wrote: > > >> On 8 May, 16:41, spindrift  wrote: > > > >> My own anecdotal evidence supports the safety in numbers theory. On > > >> our local dock's road I feel very vulnerable, but now and again a > > >> bunch of Dutch roadies ride down there to the ferry and the HGVs giv= e > > >> way to us all and drivers give us plenty of room. There also appear = to > > >> be fewer drivers exceeding the speed limit. > > > > One of the reasons given for Critical Mass. > > > A bloody stupid justification if you ask me. > > I didn't say it was a justification. A cycle ride doesn't need a > justification. > > > You don't make cycling 'normal' by making it a 'customary procession' > > (whatever that means) once a month in a small part of one SE English ci= ty. > > It provides safety in numbers for frightened cyclists.

That's not why you do it. You just do it to piss off motorists and show them that you think they shouldn't be driving. Unfortunately all you do is get their backs up and give cyclists a bad reputation.