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Comment Re:The UK isn't a country (Score 1) 194

I did when I lived there and you hear them on the TV/radio. BBC presenters rarely get it wrong these days.
George Harrison doesn't seem to have differentiated between Britain and England either, check the original version of the cover for Somewhere in England,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somewhere_in_England

but I think we can forgive him for this.

Comment Re:Ride a bicycle (Score 2, Interesting) 480

You changed your proposition. Specify what you mean by "never position yourself in the blind spots of large vehicles". I'm not clear on how anybody could avoid that. I don't ride up the left hand side of them but I could be behind one and not be visible in their mirror thusly I would be in a blind spot.I over take them on the right unless they are signalling to turn right.

Pavements and red lights I don't do unless you include using drop kerbs which let me get into my driveway as riding on the pavement. Why would I ride on the pavement? The road usually has a better surface. Why would I ride though a red light? I'd come off worse in a collision.

Have you checked the kill rates for cyclists and cars? Do you still stand by "Cyclists are all - without exception - the most dangerous road users."? Or does it look like a silly comment? You are really saying that 43 year old me on a Brompton riding to work is more dangerous than a beered up 17 year old with no insurance driving an Astra with more power going to the woofer than an African village uses in a year?

Comment Re:Ride a bicycle (Score 1) 480

I ride a bike to work every day and I don't do any of the things you list.

Some cyclists do fit cams to record car driver behaviour. I don't as they usually fit on helmets and I have better things to spend the cash on.

Check the kill rates for cars and cyclists.

Review your comments.

Comment Re:depends (Score 1) 1137

I'm currently using a Brompton for a 10 mile each way commute (Glasgow, Scotland). I have used it for 19 miles in the past. I have a couple of faster Bromptons now so I wouldn't mind doing that kind of distance again.

In the last three years I've only used the car once when I had to pick someone up from the airport after work.

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