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TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher  
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 More options Aug 3 2012, 8:51 am
Newsgroups: alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent, uk.rec.cycling, rec.bicycles.misc, rec.bicycles.soc, misc.consumers.frugal-living
From: "TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher" <thetibetanmon...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 05:51:30 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Fri, Aug 3 2012 8:51 am
Subject: Re: Making people exercise
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On Aug 3, 7:19 am, John B. <johnbsloc...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:15:50 +1000, James <james.e.stew...@gmail.com>
> wrote:

> >On 03/08/12 10:37, Wes Groleau wrote:
> >> On 08-02-2012 10:29, John B. wrote:
> >>> But, while some 4 thousand pedestrians died, an infinitesimal
> >>> percentage of the population who, for the purpose of this study will
> >>> all be assumed to be able to walk, some 618 cyclists lost their life.
> >>> or to put it another way those who died on bicycles were something
> >>> like 1/6th of the numbers of pedestrians who died. Or another way of
> >>> calculating it shows that 1/74,665th of the population died from
> >>> walking and 1/6th of that number died on bicycles.

> >>> On the other hand, some 300,000 die every year due to obesity related
> >>> problems.

> >>> It is obvious that walking or riding a bicycle is a highly dangerous
> >>> pastime and one that people should avoid like the plague.

> >> My grandfather's sister died at age twelve.
> >> And I have photographic evidence that she owned a bicycle.

> >Riding bike is dangerous.  Mr Wiggins says so.

> >http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/9445920/Bradley-Wiggin...

> Canceling the Olympics would eliminate the accident he describes.
> Cheers,
> John B.

Banning cars in the immediate vicinity would help. But London is
already trying to restrict cars to the city. There's a city in the
Netherlands where the cars never get to the center. And people are
naturally happy about it.

 
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