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Survey - Lorry Drivers vs Cyclists
There is a running thread in uk.rec.cycling.moderated about a survey
being done for the CTC regarding cyclists and lorry drivers. Some have said that the design of the survey is totally biased in favour of cyclists The site says : "If you are a regular cyclist, please answer the 10 questions that follow." http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?s...DNa0bc2A_3d_3d I have x-posted to uk.transport,uk.rec.driving as there are probably occasional cyclists who may want to take part in the survey. -- Many cyclists are proving the need for registration by their contempt for the Highway Code and laws. The answer: All cyclists over 16 to take compulsory test, have compulsory insurance, and be registered. Registration number to be clearly visible on the back of mandatory hi-viz vest. Habitual law breakers' cycles confiscated and crushed. (With thanks to KeithT for the idea) |
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Survey - Lorry Drivers vs Cyclists
On 16 Jan, 21:45, JMS wrote:
There is a running thread in uk.rec.cycling.moderated about a survey being done for the CTC regarding cyclists and lorry drivers. Some have said that the design of the survey is totally biased in favour of cyclists The site says : "If you are a regular cyclist, please answer the 10 questions that follow." http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?s...DNa0bc2A_3d_3d I have x-posted to uk.transport,uk.rec.driving as there are probably occasional cyclists who may want to take part in the survey. -- Many cyclists are proving the need for registration by their contempt for the Highway Code and laws. The answer: All cyclists over 16 to take compulsory test, have compulsory insurance, and be registered. Registration number to be clearly visible on the back of mandatory hi-viz vest. Habitual law breakers' cycles confiscated and crushed. (With thanks to KeithT for the idea) So where's the part that the lorry driver fills in? McKevvy |
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Survey - Lorry Drivers vs Cyclists
On Jan 16, 9:45*pm, JMS wrote:
There is a running thread in uk.rec.cycling.moderated about a survey being done for the CTC regarding cyclists and lorry drivers. Some have said that the design of the survey is totally biased in favour of cyclists The site says : "If you are a regular cyclist, please answer the 10 questions that follow." http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?s...DNa0bc2A_3d_3d I have x-posted to uk.transport,uk.rec.driving as there are probably occasional cyclists who may want to take part in the survey. The design does leave a bit to be desired in some areas: 7. As a cyclist, which ONE of the following statements most sums up why you don’t like sharing the road with a lorry? There doesn't seem to be an option saying that you don't mind sharing with lorries. 8. Which ONE thing from the following list do you feel lorry drivers could do to make the roads safer for cyclists? One option is: Lorries should be banned in urban areas Hardly practical Later Lorry drivers are no better or worse than any other vehicle on the road So, comparing a driver with a vehicle - rather odd. |
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Survey - Lorry Drivers vs Cyclists
On 16/01/2010 21:49, Vicko Zoomba wrote:
On 16 Jan, 21:45, wrote: There is a running thread in uk.rec.cycling.moderated about a survey being done for the CTC regarding cyclists and lorry drivers. Some have said that the design of the survey is totally biased in favour of cyclists The site says : "If you are a regular cyclist, please answer the 10 questions that follow." http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?s...DNa0bc2A_3d_3d I have x-posted to uk.transport,uk.rec.driving as there are probably occasional cyclists who may want to take part in the survey. -- Many cyclists are proving the need for registration by their contempt for the Highway Code and laws. The answer: All cyclists over 16 to take compulsory test, have compulsory insurance, and be registered. Registration number to be clearly visible on the back of mandatory hi-viz vest. Habitual law breakers' cycles confiscated and crushed. (With thanks to KeithT for the idea) So where's the part that the lorry driver fills in? There isn't one, there aren't enough literate lorry drivers for it to be worth the effort. |
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Survey - Lorry Drivers vs Cyclists
"JMS" wrote in message ... There is a running thread in uk.rec.cycling.moderated about a survey being done for the CTC regarding cyclists and lorry drivers. Some have said that the design of the survey is totally biased in favour of cyclists The site says : "If you are a regular cyclist, please answer the 10 questions that follow." http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?s...DNa0bc2A_3d_3d Hmm. That's fair and unbiased isn't it? Mike P |
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FrengaX wrote:
On Jan 16, 9:45 pm, JMS wrote: There is a running thread in uk.rec.cycling.moderated about a survey being done for the CTC regarding cyclists and lorry drivers. Some have said that the design of the survey is totally biased in favour of cyclists The site says : "If you are a regular cyclist, please answer the 10 questions that follow." http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?s...DNa0bc2A_3d_3d I have x-posted to uk.transport,uk.rec.driving as there are probably occasional cyclists who may want to take part in the survey. The design does leave a bit to be desired in some areas: 7. As a cyclist, which ONE of the following statements most sums up why you don’t like sharing the road with a lorry? There doesn't seem to be an option saying that you don't mind sharing with lorries. 8. Which ONE thing from the following list do you feel lorry drivers could do to make the roads safer for cyclists? One option is: Lorries should be banned in urban areas Hardly practical Later Lorry drivers are no better or worse than any other vehicle on the road So, comparing a driver with a vehicle - rather odd. Yup, that pretty much sums up the views of the cyclists who have responded on urcm. It's not a well drafted survey and the results shouldn't be taken seriously. |
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Survey - Lorry Drivers vs Cyclists
"Mike P" wrote in message ... "JMS" wrote in message ... There is a running thread in uk.rec.cycling.moderated about a survey being done for the CTC regarding cyclists and lorry drivers. Some have said that the design of the survey is totally biased in favour of cyclists The site says : "If you are a regular cyclist, please answer the 10 questions that follow." http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?s...DNa0bc2A_3d_3d Hmm. That's fair and unbiased isn't it? irony noted Yup, that pretty much sums up the views of the cyclists who have responded on urcm. It's not a well drafted survey and the results shouldn't be taken seriously. |
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Survey - Lorry Drivers vs Cyclists
On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:34:46 -0000, "OG"
wrote: "Mike P" wrote in message ... "JMS" wrote in message ... There is a running thread in uk.rec.cycling.moderated about a survey being done for the CTC regarding cyclists and lorry drivers. Some have said that the design of the survey is totally biased in favour of cyclists The site says : "If you are a regular cyclist, please answer the 10 questions that follow." http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?s...DNa0bc2A_3d_3d Hmm. That's fair and unbiased isn't it? irony noted Yup, that pretty much sums up the views of the cyclists who have responded on urcm. It's not a well drafted survey and the results shouldn't be taken seriously. You are right they should not be - it will be interesting to say the least as to how the results are reported. I expect that many "cyclists" who read uk.transport and uk.rec.driving will be adding their views :-) That may provide some balance Someone in uk.rec.cycling recently reported a survey that "showed" that: "Just 2% in favour of "Road Tax" for cyclists." What he did not say was that the major call for *requests* to complete the survey was on a cycling web-site. Well that will be a very balanced survey won't it. Perhaps it should have said "2% of cyclists are in favour of a Road Tax for cyclists": that was probably nearer the truth of the survey. -- Many cyclists are proving the need for registration by their contempt for the Highway Code and laws. The answer: All cyclists over 16 to take compulsory test, have compulsory insurance, and be registered. Registration number to be clearly visible on the back of mandatory hi-viz vest. Habitual law breakers' cycles confiscated and crushed. (With thanks to KeithT for the idea) |
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Survey - Lorry Drivers vs Cyclists
"JMS" wrote in message ... On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:34:46 -0000, "OG" wrote: "Mike P" wrote in message ... "JMS" wrote in message ... There is a running thread in uk.rec.cycling.moderated about a survey being done for the CTC regarding cyclists and lorry drivers. Some have said that the design of the survey is totally biased in favour of cyclists The site says : "If you are a regular cyclist, please answer the 10 questions that follow." http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?s...DNa0bc2A_3d_3d Hmm. That's fair and unbiased isn't it? irony noted Yup, that pretty much sums up the views of the cyclists who have responded on urcm. It's not a well drafted survey and the results shouldn't be taken seriously. You are right they should not be - it will be interesting to say the least as to how the results are reported. I expect that many "cyclists" who read uk.transport and uk.rec.driving will be adding their views :-) That may provide some balance How? The questionnaire is flawed and doesn't allow 'balance'. That's WHY it's flawed. How stupid are you? |
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Survey - Lorry Drivers vs Cyclists
In article , JMS says...
I expect that many "cyclists" who read uk.transport and uk.rec.driving will be adding their views :-) That may provide some balance How can it? It claims " The CTC Accident Line is surveying both cyclists and lorry drivers " yet where is the lorry side of this? -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally. |
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