I've just reported the Department of Transport to the Advertising Standards Agency.
They're running a radio ad around here that lists things you shouldn't do in case your child copies you and listing not wearing a cycle helmet between not wearing a seatbelt and using a mobile phone while driving. Since both those are illegal, it could easily give the impression that not wearing a helmet is also illegal, so I've complained that the ad is misleading.
It seems to me like a way of bringing in compulsory cycle helmets via the back door and makes me very cross indeed.
-- Carol "If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth. Particularly if the thing is cats." - Lemony Snicket _The Wide Window_
I've just reported the Department of Transport to the Advertising Standards Agency.
They're running a radio ad around here that lists things you shouldn't do in case your child copies you and listing not wearing a cycle helmet between not wearing a seatbelt and using a mobile phone while driving. Since both those are illegal, it could easily give the impression that not wearing a helmet is also illegal, so I've complained that the ad is misleading.
It seems to me like a way of bringing in compulsory cycle helmets via the back door and makes me very cross indeed.
"Carol Hague" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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I've just reported the Department of Transport to the Advertising Standards Agency.
They're running a radio ad around here that lists things you shouldn't do in case your child copies you and listing not wearing a cycle helmet between not wearing a seatbelt and using a mobile phone while driving. Since both those are illegal, it could easily give the impression that not wearing a helmet is also illegal, so I've complained that the ad is misleading.
It seems to me like a way of bringing in compulsory cycle helmets via the back door and makes me very cross indeed.
Thanks Carol, I heard this on my local station and noted how misleading and inaccurate it was, but I'd forgotten to do anything about it by the time I got home. Can you complain to the ASA online?
"Carol Hague" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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I've just reported the Department of Transport to the Advertising Standards Agency.
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Thanks Carol, I heard this on my local station and noted how misleading and inaccurate it was, but I'd forgotten to do anything about it by the time I got home. Can you complain to the ASA online?
Sorry for the slow reply, the ISP's been playing silly beggars.
-- Carol "If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth. Particularly if the thing is cats." - Lemony Snicket _The Wide Window_
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:42:28 +0000 someone who may be [email hidden] (Carol Hague) wrote this:-
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I've just reported the Department of Transport to the Advertising Standards Agency.
The latter are useless in my experience, simply the PR arm of government departments. However, it's still worth a try.
I don't know if they'll do anything, but if no-one complains they *definitely* won't. :-)
-- Carol "If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth. Particularly if the thing is cats." - Lemony Snicket _The Wide Window_
I've just reported the Department of Transport to the Advertising Standards Agency.
They're running a radio ad around here that lists things you shouldn't do in case your child copies you and listing not wearing a cycle helmet between not wearing a seatbelt and using a mobile phone while driving. Since both those are illegal, it could easily give the impression that not wearing a helmet is also illegal, so I've complained that the ad is misleading.
Did they include driving 100m to the corner shop instead of walking / cycling?
I've just reported the Department of Transport to the Advertising Standards Agency.
They're running a radio ad around here that lists things you shouldn't do in case your child copies you
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Did they include driving 100m to the corner shop instead of walking / cycling?
I suspect you will not be overly surprised to learn that they did no such thing.
-- Carol "If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth. Particularly if the thing is cats." - Lemony Snicket _The Wide Window_
Well, yes they do!!! Anything less than a mile and I don't even bother getting the bike out, never mind the car!
I have about a 10 minute walk to take my 6yr old to and from Beavers. I've lost count of the amount of times other concerned parents have offered to take him for me. They look at me like I'm mad when I claim to actually enjoy the walk. Apart from anything else walking him home at the end of the night helps to calm him down after going ballistic while there.
I've offered to walk theirs too, but none of them have taken me up on it 🙁
David Martin said the following on 21/11/2007 09:30:
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Did they include driving 100m to the corner shop instead of walking / cycling?
I always thought that was one of these urban myths - I mean, people wouldn't really do that, would they?
I have seen this many times.
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Well, yes they do!!! Anything less than a mile and I don't even bother getting the bike out, never mind the car!
I regularly walk a round trip over four miles down to the city centre and back, especially if it avoids cycling in rush hour traffic. IMHO walking around Bristol around 6pm can't be slower than driving.
(Although other times I deliberately go for a cycle in the rush hour traffic).
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:13:42 -0800 (PST) someone who may be jen <[email hidden]> wrote this:-
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Well, yes they do!!! Anything less than a mile and I don't even bother getting the bike out, never mind the car!
I have about a 10 minute walk to take my 6yr old to and from Beavers. I've lost count of the amount of times other concerned parents have offered to take him for me.
Some of my neighbours drive to the shops. It must take three or four minutes to get the car out, drive along several roads, park and get to the shops.
It takes two minutes to walk down the path and get to the shops...
I have about a 10 minute walk to take my 6yr old to and from Beavers. I've lost count of the amount of times other concerned parents have offered to take him for me. They look at me like I'm mad when I claim to actually enjoy the walk. Apart from anything else walking him home at the end of the night helps to calm him down after going ballistic while there.
Expect a middle of the night knock on the door from social services investigating child abuse ;-)
-- Tony
"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" George Bernard Shaw
I have about a 10 minute walk to take my 6yr old to and from Beavers. I've lost count of the amount of times other concerned parents have offered to take him for me. They look at me like I'm mad when I claim to actually enjoy the walk. Apart from anything else walking him home at the end of the night helps to calm him down after going ballistic while there.
Expect a middle of the night knock on the door from social services investigating child abuse ;-)
My partner works for Social services , she can't get social workers to take calls or meet people in reception let alone raise themselves in the middle of the night!
My partner works for Social services , she can't get social workers to take calls or meet people in reception let alone raise themselves in the middle of the night!
Using the right magic words seems to do it. See Cleveland, Rochdale, Orkneys, Western Isles....
-- Tony
" I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong." Bertrand Russell
David Martin said the following on 21/11/2007 09:30:
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Did they include driving 100m to the corner shop instead of walking / cycling?
I always thought that was one of these urban myths - I mean, people wouldn't really do that, would they?
There was a outraged letter in my local paper from some bloke whining about the traffic and insisting that 'they' should do something about it. It was no SO BAD, he said, that he had bought a bike because it was actually quicker for him to cycle the quarter-mile to the paper shop each morning than to drive! Preposterous!
David Martin said the following on 21/11/2007 09:30:
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Did they include driving 100m to the corner shop instead of walking / cycling?
I always thought that was one of these urban myths - I mean, people wouldn't really do that, would they?
There was a outraged letter in my local paper from some bloke whining about the traffic and insisting that 'they' should do something about it. It was no SO BAD, he said, that he had bought a bike because it was actually quicker for him to cycle the quarter-mile to the paper shop each morning than to drive! Preposterous!
I recently read a letter in our local rag where a parent was complaining that the school did not provide parking spaces for parents because it is unreasonable to expect children to walk to school if it is raining.
David Martin said the following on 21/11/2007 09:30:
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Did they include driving 100m to the corner shop instead of walking / cycling?
I always thought that was one of these urban myths - I mean, people wouldn't really do that, would they?
Well, yes they do!!! Anything less than a mile and I don't even bother getting the bike out, never mind the car!
On holiday in Fort William a few years ago, I walked off to the campsite shop to buy ice creams. As I set off, the chap in the neighbouring tent got into his car. I arrived at the shop just as the driver was coming out, carrying three ice creams.
He said, "Sorry mate, I could've offered you a lift if I'd realised" (or words to that effect).
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David Martin said the following on 21/11/2007 09:30:
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Did they include driving 100m to the corner shop instead of walking / cycling?
I always thought that was one of these urban myths - I mean, people wouldn't really do that, would they?
Well, yes they do!!! Anything less than a mile and I don't even bother getting the bike out, never mind the car!
On holiday in Fort William a few years ago, I walked off to the campsite shop to buy ice creams. As I set off, the chap in the neighbouring tent got into his car. I arrived at the shop just as the driver was coming out, carrying three ice creams.
Wot! didn't the fat bas*tard buy any icecreams for anyone else?!
