Quoted message said:Is it just me, or would anyone else rather not know? We don't post everytime someone dies in a car
accident, so why make us all paranoid by listing all the cycling deaths?
I'd personally rather know *all* the *potential* dangers in *any* activity I take part in. If you
don't want to read the crash reports, then don't read them!
Individual reports of incidents (many of which occur in places miles away from my home) certainly
*don't* make me paranoid - any more than reading the reports on people getting electric shocks would
make me frightened to wire up a plug or the mains distribution to my friends' recording studio.
What these reports *do* do is:
1. Alert people to dangerous situations in certain areas.
2. Make people think of their *own* personal safety whilst cycling - this is *not* the same
as paranoia!
3. In some cases, they may publicise a case the Police wish to investigate further, and these
reports could potentially encourage further witnesses to come forward.
If you came to my city for a ride, and there was a bad turning where people had come off or been
involvedf in collisions, a place where the road always iced up, or a dodgy part of town where thugs
would knock you on the head for your bike (or just for fun), I would consider it to be my *duty* as
a citizen to warn you of these potential dangers. That is all I think people are trying to do here,
not be "macho" or frighten anyone!
Anyway if we listed all the *car* accident victims there wouldn't be much space for anything else.
In my area (Thames Valley) it seems that driving is far more dangerous than cycling anyway!
Alex
