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  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4097490.stm

    City's workers top healthy table

    Cambridge tops the table for the country's healthiest workers, according
    to a new survey.

    Research for the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy showed 44% of
    working people cycled or walked to work.

    Norwich at 33% was behind Glasgow's Kelvin district, Aberdeen and York
    (38%) and central Edinburgh (37%).

    Enfield was bottom of the list at 5% above Ilford and Hornchurch, Essex,
    Old Bexley and Sidcup, Kent, and Sutton Coldfield (all about 6%).

    Society chairman Grahame Pope said roads should be made safer to
    encourage people to switch from four wheels to two.

    "Physiotherapists are seeing an increasing number of people with
    problems caused or made worse by poor fitness levels. Walking or cycling
    will improve your health," he said.

    "Summer is an ideal time to make this lifestyle change, but many people
    will be deterred by dangerous roads.

    "We are urging local authorities to support their communities by making
    safer walking and cycling routes a top priority."

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    Tony

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  2. "Tony Raven" <[email hidden]> wrote

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    Society chairman Grahame Pope said roads should be made safer to
    encourage people to switch from four wheels to two.

    Or to paraphase: "Don't ride a bike - it's far too dangerous -
    nearly one fifth as dangerous as swimming. However, one day utopia
    will arive, and then you can get your bike out of the shed."

    [snip]

    Quoted message said:

    "Summer is an ideal time to make this lifestyle change, but many


    people

    Quoted message said:

    will be deterred by dangerous roads.

    So, if you do have an accident, it will be your own stupid fault for
    being a reckless idiot, and disturbing the journey of some poor
    innocent motorist

    [snip]

    Quoted message said:

    "We are urging local authorities to support their communities by


    making

    Quoted message said:

    safer walking and cycling routes a top priority."

    Anyone should agree that getting cyclists off the road should be a
    top priority

    Jeremy Parker

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