'Doctors' do NOT say that helmets should not be compulsory

Out of a poll of 1439 people on the BMJ website 68 per cent said that
bicycle helmets should not be compulsory.

There is no proof that any of those that took the poll were doctors.

http://gothamist.com/2011/08/03/doct...ts_shouldn.php

On 07/08/2011 23:27, Mrcheerful wrote:
Out of a poll of 1439 people on the BMJ website 68 per cent said that
bicycle helmets should not be compulsory.

There is no proof that any of those that took the poll were doctors.

http://gothamist.com/2011/08/03/doct...ts_shouldn.php

Anyone can subscribe to and read the British Medical Journal.

"JNugent" wrote in message
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On 07/08/2011 23:27, Mrcheerful wrote:
Out of a poll of 1439 people on the BMJ website 68 per cent said that
bicycle helmets should not be compulsory.

There is no proof that any of those that took the poll were doctors.

http://gothamist.com/2011/08/03/doct...ts_shouldn.php

Anyone can subscribe to and read the British Medical Journal.

so why on Earth was it touted as being 'Doctors ' say no to helmet
compulsion. ?

It should have read 'two thirds of anonymous internet poll responders' say
no to helmet compulsion.

or: no credibility what so ever.

On 07/08/2011 23:42, Mrcheerful wrote:

wrote:
Mrcheerful wrote:

Out of a poll of 1439 people on the BMJ website 68 per cent said that
bicycle helmets should not be compulsory.
There is no proof that any of those that took the poll were doctors.
http://gothamist.com/2011/08/03/doct...ts_shouldn.php

Anyone can subscribe to and read the British Medical Journal.

so why on Earth was it touted as being 'Doctors ' say no to helmet
compulsion. ?

No idea.

It should have read 'two thirds of anonymous internet poll responders' say
no to helmet compulsion.

Maybe the "anonymous" would be OTT.

"JNugent" wrote in message
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On 07/08/2011 23:42, Mrcheerful wrote:

wrote:
Mrcheerful wrote:

Out of a poll of 1439 people on the BMJ website 68 per cent said that
bicycle helmets should not be compulsory.
There is no proof that any of those that took the poll were doctors.
http://gothamist.com/2011/08/03/doct...ts_shouldn.php

Anyone can subscribe to and read the British Medical Journal.

so why on Earth was it touted as being 'Doctors ' say no to helmet
compulsion. ?

No idea.

It should have read 'two thirds of anonymous internet poll responders'
say
no to helmet compulsion.

Maybe the "anonymous" would be OTT.


Not really, I have just registered and been accepted as a retired doctor
under an assumed name. Presumably I am now eligible to take part in polls.
So anonymous is quite appropriate since there is no check made in any way,
just a working email address is the only requirement.

On 08/08/2011 00:02, Mrcheerful wrote:
wrote in message
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On 07/08/2011 23:42, Mrcheerful wrote:

wrote:
Mrcheerful wrote:

Out of a poll of 1439 people on the BMJ website 68 per cent said that
bicycle helmets should not be compulsory.
There is no proof that any of those that took the poll were doctors.
http://gothamist.com/2011/08/03/doct...ts_shouldn.php

Anyone can subscribe to and read the British Medical Journal.

so why on Earth was it touted as being 'Doctors ' say no to helmet
compulsion. ?

No idea.

It should have read 'two thirds of anonymous internet poll responders'
say
no to helmet compulsion.

Maybe the "anonymous" would be OTT.


Not really, I have just registered and been accepted as a retired doctor
under an assumed name. Presumably I am now eligible to take part in polls.
So anonymous is quite appropriate since there is no check made in any way,
just a working email address is the only requirement.

This is exactly what happens with any online poll about cycling. Its
immediately picked up by the no life cycling muppets & spread by the
tosspot cycling groups.

Having nothing else to do, they all vote several times & then use the
poll to justify their idiotic form of transport.


--
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

"Dave - Cyclists VOR" wrote in message
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On 08/08/2011 00:02, Mrcheerful wrote:
wrote in message
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On 07/08/2011 23:42, Mrcheerful wrote:

wrote:
Mrcheerful wrote:

Out of a poll of 1439 people on the BMJ website 68 per cent said that
bicycle helmets should not be compulsory.
There is no proof that any of those that took the poll were doctors.
http://gothamist.com/2011/08/03/doct...ts_shouldn.php

Anyone can subscribe to and read the British Medical Journal.

so why on Earth was it touted as being 'Doctors ' say no to helmet
compulsion. ?

No idea.

It should have read 'two thirds of anonymous internet poll responders'
say
no to helmet compulsion.

Maybe the "anonymous" would be OTT.


Not really, I have just registered and been accepted as a retired doctor
under an assumed name. Presumably I am now eligible to take part in
polls.
So anonymous is quite appropriate since there is no check made in any
way,
just a working email address is the only requirement.

This is exactly what happens with any online poll about cycling. Its
immediately picked up by the no life cycling muppets & spread by the
tosspot cycling groups.

Having nothing else to do, they all vote several times & then use the poll
to justify their idiotic form of transport.


--
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


interesting too that previous polls usually only get about 500 responses,
whereas this one got triple that. Makes you wonder, don't it?

On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 23:27:52 +0100, "Mrcheerful" wrote:

Out of a poll of 1439 people on the BMJ website 68 per cent said that
bicycle helmets should not be compulsory.

There is no proof that any of those that took the poll were doctors.

http://gothamist.com/2011/08/03/doct...ts_shouldn.php



As Mike Clark said on URCM

"I did vote against compulsion in the poll and I also left a comment. I
was alerted to it through a cycling twitter feed so that would
definitely not generate a random sample."

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Q1 2011:

DfT : Pedal Cyclists KSIs : up by a massive 36% increase.

It's official cycling is dangerous.

On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:52:55 +0100, Dave - Cyclists VOR wrote:



Having nothing else to do, they all vote several times & then use the
poll to justify their idiotic form of transport.

It is not an idiotic form of transport.



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If you are riding a bicycle you are winning.