On 22/11/2018 08:00, Bod wrote:
On 22/11/2018 07:51, Simon Jester wrote:
On Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 7:09:01 AM UTC, Bod wrote:
Motorists should be offered cheaper insurance if they take a course to
make them more aware of cyclists on the roads, the government says.

The Department for Transport also wants to give councils more powers to
tackle parking in cycling lanes.

It is proposing a series of 50 measures in a bid to reduce the number of
cyclists and pedestrians killed.

Last year, 100 cyclists died on UK roads and 470 pedestrians were
killed, an increase of 5%.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46294511
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Bod

Interesting how the cyclists "died" but the pedestrians "were killed".

Grammar.
Avoiding the use of the same verb in a single sentence, I assume.

But! taking your point, it does read as if the cyclists just simply
died of natural deaths. a perverse Lol

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Bod