The economics of cycling

[Anthony]

I thought this article in The Telegraph, could do with an airing here.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2005/07/24/do2404.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2005/07/24/ixop.html

[Karen Sutton]

Try
http://arts.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/mai ... do2404.xml
instead

[Karen Sutton]

Shame there's no edit button on this board, and no preview facility either. Try this one:

http://arts.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/mai ... do2404.xml

[gar]

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[gar]

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[A H B]

She quotes cycling as 14 times more dangerous that driving. Surely cyclists should be compared to driver only (come off worse than passengers). And I have seen claims that this risk is equal.
eg from cyclehelmets.org "USA
0.26 cycling fatalities per million hours cycling, which is about half the risk for riding in a car.

Source: Failure Analysis Associates"

The DT also recently had a paragraph
on the increase in bike use/purchases and about half consisted of someone saying maybe cycling is dangerous and many wont be wearing helmets: they didnt bother suggesting that the cyclists could buy the Cyclecraft book and/or take some training etc.

NB I oppose helmet compulsion: I want to be able to legallly remove a helmet when too hot. NB I read that (Cricket I think)helmets have been shown to slow reactions due to heating

[gar]

I wear a hat to keep cool or warm 80% of heat
being lost thru the scalp.

Also to say goodday to anybody passing.

Can I do that with a helmet?

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