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Jeremy Parker said:

I particularly liked the last paragraph, describing the virtues of
Sustrans, but specialising in only one part of the body is slightly
odd.

I've asked them about that - apparently they "have to optimise
individual pages for individual potential search terms and this page
is aimed at searches involving cyclists with head injuries". They
would be happy to deal with all types of bicycle accidents.

I was less keen about the last paragraph, particularly the assertion
that "by taking leisure riders off the roads the incidence of bicycle
accident head injury will be reduced". I asked whether they would
also approve of a scheme forbidding women to be out in public alone,
which would presumably reduce the incidence of rape. Apparently I was
being a little disingenuous and taking the statement out of context.

On the plus side, the response I got back was rapid, courteous and
seems to have been composed by a human being of reasonable
intelligence rather than a machine.

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Jeremy Parker said:

I guess Brit's will never be able to laugh at American lawyers again.
Take a look at

www.roadsafetyuk.co.uk/cyclists.htm

I particularly liked the last paragraph, describing the virtues of
Sustrans, but specialising in only one part of the body is slightly
odd.

I've said it before, but Sustrans are an unwelcome distraction in the
campaign for road safety. They reinforce the view of drivers that
cyclists shouldn't be on the road, and their paths are mostly useless
due to coarse gravel surfaces [1], gates (there are something like 4
sets in half a mile on the Cricklade part of NCN 45) and the fact that
they just don't go anywhere useful half the time.

What Sustrans paths *are* good for is for families to ride their MTBs
offroad in a safe, non-challenging environment. Many of those families
will go to the start of the ride in a car. Similarly, how much
vehicular traffic does the C2C route create, seeing as the western end
is miles from any major centre?

[1] I understand that planning restrictions, as well as costs, often
preclude the laying of proper tarmac, but that doesn't make the paths
any better.

Last I heard the majority of car accidents happened within 2 miles of home.
2 miles to the nearest official cycle route - do we fly or walk to get
there?

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Quoted message said:

I guess Brit's will never be able to laugh at American lawyers again.
Take a look at

www.roadsafetyuk.co.uk/cyclists.htm

I particularly liked the last paragraph, describing the virtues of
Sustrans, but specialising in only one part of the body is slightly
odd.

Jeremy Parker

Zog The Undeniable said:

I've said it before, but Sustrans are an unwelcome distraction in the
campaign for road safety. ...
What Sustrans paths *are* good for is for families to ride their MTBs
offroad in a safe, non-challenging environment. Many of those families
will go to the start of the ride in a car. Similarly, how much
vehicular traffic does the C2C route create, seeing as the western end
is miles from any major centre?

True, that's undeniable. Sustainable - yes, Transport - no.

Zog The Undeniable twisted the electrons to say:

Quoted message said:

Similarly, how much vehicular traffic does the C2C route create,
seeing as the western end is miles from any major centre?

When I did the C2C (from Whitehaven) last September, I was 1 of about 6-8
cyclists who got off the train. OTOH, mine was the only bicycle that
came off the train (though given the train was a "Dogbox"[1] we probably
wouldn't have got anymore on anyway!) - theirs all seem to arrive in the
back of a 7.5ton truck ...

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Quoted message said:

When I did the C2C (from Whitehaven) last September, I was 1 of about 6-8
cyclists who got off the train. OTOH, mine was the only bicycle that
came off the train (though given the train was a "Dogbox"[1] we probably
wouldn't have got anymore on anyway!)

Assuming sensible staff and no other passengers needing the space
one could easily get five bikes on such a train. Two in the "bike
space" and three by the tip-up seats at the other end of the train.

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...though given the train was a "Dogbox"[1]

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Ian Smith said:

I've asked them about that - apparently they "have to optimise
individual pages for individual potential search terms and this page
is aimed at searches involving cyclists with head injuries". They
would be happy to deal with all types of bicycle accidents.

I have to admit, the page is scarily reminiscent of something
generated by one of the less reputable "SEO" specialists with the
intention of artificially inflating their google results.

You say they're genuine? Colour me surprised

-dan

[snip]

Quoted message said:

What Sustrans paths *are* good for is for families to ride their

MTBs

Quoted message said:

offroad in a safe, non-challenging environment. Many of those

families

Quoted message said:

will go to the start of the ride in a car. Similarly, how much
vehicular traffic does the C2C route create ...

[snip]

Bicycles are vehicles. Bicycles are traffic. Your brain has been
reprogrammed by the evil motoring lobby to make you go round
intermittently telling everyone that bikes are not proper vehicles,
because the only proper vehicles are vehicles with motors.

I bet they wiped your memory clean, so that you don't even remember
when they did it to you.

Jeremy Parker

David Hansen twisted the electrons to say:

Quoted message said:

Assuming sensible staff and no other passengers needing the space
one could easily get five bikes on such a train. Two in the "bike
space" and three by the tip-up seats at the other end of the train.

I'm not convinced there was really room for another bike next to mine,
still that's probably my fault for owning a recumbent ...
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