On 03/03/2012 14:24, JNugent wrote:
On 03/03/2012 14:15, Adam Lea wrote:

On 03/03/12 11:58, Dave Plowman wrote:

Given pretty well every cyclist commits traffic offences many times a
day,

Incorrect.
Assertion /= fact.

It is observable empirically.

Indeed. Today at 3:48 pm in Greenhithe, Kent I saw a cyclist stop at a
red light & wait till it changed.

"When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often.
But if a man bites a dog, that is news".

Attributed to New York Sun editor John B. Bogart (1848–1921):


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Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a
legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a
vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton - Lancaster
University