TimPBristol

Huge Flag Here.

[TimPBristol @TimPBristol]

@pouparts_junc @mcm_home @sophielouisecc They all spend more GDP/capita than we do. The idea that a switch of system is magically going to make money appear or treatments cost less is nonsense.

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@DaveAMarsh @PaulCra33107260 @2wheelsgoodBrum @AdamBronkhorst The average distance cycled in GB on roads between any sort of injury at all is over 200,000 miles. If I fell off at your frequency I'd probably view protective gear as essential also (as I do MTBing) but it's fair to say whatever you're doing on a bike isn't representative.

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@maxboon @beardedjourno Fairly sure the council crops locks off occasionally for safety/structural reasons, despite whatever Rees may have said.

If you want something to stay yours it's usually not wise to abandon it.

[TimPBristol @TimPBristol]

@climbtechy @beardedjourno In a representative democracy we elect representatives to make informed decisions on our behalf, not guess at what the popular vote on any specific issue might be.

Demand is related to supply, if supply is restricted, demand will be limited.

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@Farnsworth100 @beardedjourno @stillawake @DanicaPriest @bristol_citizen @martr101 Can you steal litter?

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@TristanCorkPost @David_on_a_bike @JamesReedTV @TempleQuarter @MarvinJRees Wonder if there was a major funded and permitted project that could've been built by now and helped with that. 🤔

[TimPBristol @TimPBristol]

@climbtechy @beardedjourno Because planning decisions are initially made by locally elected councillors.

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@KarlOnSea @Wombletom @Jeannie1957 Varies by country, it's actually somewhat safer driving in GB by both time and distance metrics. Walking, by distance, is worse than cycling here however.

And they're all within an order of magnitude so it's an awfully convenient line to draw that singles out just one mode.

[TimPBristol @TimPBristol]

@beardedjourno @browne_jc Think any suggestion for improving the mayor model needs to address how this can be practically done & secured such that a future mayor cannot reverse those changes without Westminster legislation.

[TimPBristol @TimPBristol]

@OKftl @EllisOrgan @pj_clinch @CyclingLawLDN So it's just % of absolute numbers.

No information on the relative exposure of head injury of pedestrians and cyclists (to distance or time travelled) that would support the contention that use is worthwhile on a bike but not on your feet.

[TimPBristol @TimPBristol]

@OKftl @pj_clinch @EllisOrgan @CyclingLawLDN Except if you dig into that you find the helmet wearing rates came from a TRL paper which itself noted that whilst the helmet rate of adults increased, that of children did not.

Meanwhile this paper finds significant reductions in both so how does that work?

[TimPBristol @TimPBristol]

@OKftl @EllisOrgan @pj_clinch @CyclingLawLDN There's no way the error margin on those trendlines is smaller than the gap between them.

Also not sure what the y axis is? % of absolute numbers or rates?

Regardless, provides no argument as to why if bike helmets, why not pedestrian helmets?

[TimPBristol @TimPBristol]

@OKftl @EllisOrgan @pj_clinch @CyclingLawLDN Pedestrians in GB suffer a higher fatality rate per mile travelled and a higher fatal head injury rate than cyclists.

[TimPBristol @TimPBristol]

@flaneurbear @Pinarello_Pete @Tdr1nka @jakeyc And yet none of that actually looks at how risky cycling actually is.

Probably because they know full well that the overall and head injury specific fatality rate of pedestrians is higher.

If cycle helmets are appropriate then so are pedestrian ones.

[TimPBristol @TimPBristol]

@Jonthemon6 @OneAdultSwim1 @StuartRaw @ldnmoves @ldnparks The fatal head injury rate (by distance travelled) of pedestrians is higher than cyclists.

If you think it's worthwhile for the latter it is irrational not to also think it worthwhile for the former.

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@OneAdultSwim1 @PollyWaterside @Jonthemon6 @ldnparks Just a private members bill, never made it to a second reading before that session closed and the bill died with it.

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@blogboynick @MontagueShane You're assuming people walk perfectly and never trip or get hit by drivers when crossing the road or even minding their own business on the footpath.

As far as the stats go, helmets for cycling but not for walking or driving is simply not a rational position to hold.

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@Opensout @seeyouinpub @spectator Er, no.
OECD Chart: Real GDP forecast, Projection 2021 Dec, 2019Q4=100, Quarterly, Q1 2017 – Q4 2023
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@bristol247 Bristol is a designated smoke control area, anything other than smokeless fuels or dry wood in a defra approved stove is already illegal.

Some of the pubs in the replies openly flout this.

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@m1nt9reen @HateToHate @herzberg19 @adjenkins @theJeremyVine Note that a significant minority of pedestrian casualties are where a motor vehicle has run into the pavement, you're not really as far removed from heavy vehicles as you might think. The rest is crossing roads etc (which is required unless you want to go in circles!)

[TimPBristol @TimPBristol]

@m1nt9reen @HateToHate @herzberg19 @adjenkins @theJeremyVine There is very little difference in the % of head injuries so it largely just follows the overall fatality rates. These are published annually by the dft and consistently show a higher fatality rate (by distance) for pedestrians than cyclists.

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