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The BMA Promote Safer Cycling
"Judith Smith" wrote in message Well, I've drunk 100-120 units a week for 30 years, so I must be due to die very soon! How do you make up this 100/120 units a week - if you don't mind me asking? It would be nearer 100 units in a normal week. In an evening, I might have 5 x 440 ml cans of 1.9 units and 2 x 440 ml cans of 2.1 units which is 13.7 units. I then go to bed at 9-00 pm to get up at 5-30 am. I don't get dehydrated as the stuff is 96% water anyway. In a week, that is nearly 96 units. If I am not at work the next day, I may have a couple more which would take the total over 100 units. -- Simon Mason http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/ |
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The BMA Recycle BeHIT Bull****
Marc wrote:
Tony Dragon wrote: Sir Jeremy wrote: On 19 Apr, 15:37, "Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote: On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:31:31 -0700 (PDT), francis wrote: Misleading subjectline corrected Francis Ditto :-) Guy --http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/urc "To every complex problem there is a solution which is simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken Newsgroup may contain nuts. At the end of the day when the government decides that "something must be done" , whose advice will they follow - the BMA or Guy Chapman? We're dooomed They are going to follow Chapman. Is his advice cheaper? He gives it free to this NG. -- Tony the Dragon |
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The BMA Promote Safer Cycling
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:09:44 +0100, "Simon Mason"
wrote: "Roger Thorpe" wrote in message Well, I've drunk 100-120 units a week for 30 years, so I must be due to die very soon! Blimey, I couldn't do even a quarter of that and be a reasonable tester too. I'm even more impressed (sort of!). Well, it's not something to boast about really! I never touch wine or spirits and can get on the road every day at 6-00am, so it doesn't do me much harm. Come to think of it, I've cut down a lot. In my 20's I'd have 10 pints of beer a day (3 at dinner) and now I might have 5-6 every evening, so I've slowed down in my old age. So BP (if it was them) didn't mind you being drunk at work? -- "Primary position" the middle of a traffic lane. To take the "primary position" : to ride a bike in the middle of the lane in order to obstruct other road vehicles from overtaking. A term invented by and used by psycholists and not recognised in the Highway Code. |
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The BMA Promote Safer Cycling
"Judith Smith" wrote in message ... Well, it's not something to boast about really! I never touch wine or spirits and can get on the road every day at 6-00am, so it doesn't do me much harm. Come to think of it, I've cut down a lot. In my 20's I'd have 10 pints of beer a day (3 at dinner) and now I might have 5-6 every evening, so I've slowed down in my old age. So BP (if it was them) didn't mind you being drunk at work? I worked for Croda then. It was the 1970's and everyone went out for drinks at dinner, it was considered normal. Nowadays, we have random blood checks for drugs and alcohol at work. I never drink during the day now anyway, even on my days off. -- Simon Mason http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/ |
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The BMA Recycle BeHIT Bull****
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:07:44 +0100, Marc
wrote: And again I would like to understand why anyone pays that much attention to body technicians? If I want to know how to cycle safely, I consult a cycling coach, not a cycle mechanic. This is essentially what they are doing, much to the irritation of the "cycle safety=helmets" mob. Guy -- http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/urc "To every complex problem there is a solution which is simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken Newsgroup may contain nuts. |
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The BMA Recycle BeHIT Bull****
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:15:16 +0100, Marc
wrote: Tony Dragon wrote: Sir Jeremy wrote: On 19 Apr, 15:37, "Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote: On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:31:31 -0700 (PDT), francis wrote: Misleading subjectline corrected Francis Ditto :-) Guy --http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/urc "To every complex problem there is a solution which is simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken Newsgroup may contain nuts. At the end of the day when the government decides that "something must be done" , whose advice will they follow - the BMA or Guy Chapman? We're dooomed They are going to follow Chapman. Is his advice cheaper? Chapman? Surely you meant cheap-and-nasty: "inexpensive but with the disadvantage of being unsuitable to one's purposes" -- "Primary position" the middle of a traffic lane. To take the "primary position" : to ride a bike in the middle of the lane in order to obstruct other road vehicles from overtaking. A term invented by and used by psycholists and not recognised in the Highway Code. |
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The BMA Promote Safer Cycling
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:27:28 +0100, Tony Dragon
wrote: We can't have anything about cycle helmets saving injuries published, can we? Sure we can as long as it makes the point that helmet use is not correlated with cycle safety in any cyclist population ever studied. From the BMA pages: * publicity and education campaigns in order to raise drivers' awareness of more vulnerable road-users, including cyclists * the creation of a safer cycling environment (eg improving cycle routes) * reductions in vehicle speeds and traffic volume in urban areas * the provision of cycling training for all children * recognizing road safety, including cycling proficiency education, as part of the curriculum for all school children. This should include basic cycle maintenance, and safety precautions (eg lights, reflective clothing), information on the health benefits of cycling, as well as encouraging cycle helmet use * ensuring the correct fitting of cycle helmets as poorly fitted helmets are less effective * advertising standards officials should ensure that the public are protected against misleading safety claims from manufacturers * cycle manufacturers and retailers should consider supplying a free cycle helmet (or helmet voucher) with every bike sold * helmet costs should be reduced substantially. (In the UK helmets are free of value added tax) So, the focus is mainly helmets despite the fact that there is no cyclist population which has ever demonstrated improved safety from increased levels of helmet use, and helmet use is lowest in those countries where cycling is safest. This reminds me, though, of a project I worked on just out of university. The Boss of an abrasives manufacturer (let's call it the Wobbly Wheel Company, as everyone there did) wanted us to design a really clever all-singing all-dancing balance testing system to check green state wheels before curing and reduce balance failures and rejection. Fair enough, you say. So as the first step we correlated balance problems against other factors and found that - guess what? - they were worst in the morning when the mix was left to normalise for only about half an hour, and had stabilised by evening when the normalising time was up to the recommended two hours. We also found that it was much worse on humid days, and was strongly dependent on temperature. So we recommended that he enclose and air condition the mixing bay and start the mixing crew two hours before the main shift. What was the response? Obviously that he wanted us to build the automated balance testing system first and /then/ look at the mixing bay project, which was cheaper and would make the balance testing system redundant. Now, the BMA page hints at this by alluding to the causes of risk, but then gets onto the hobby-horse of helmets even though it is quite possible that the risk could be reduced so far by the other measures - especially training for cyclists and education for drivers - as to make the problem even less significant than it is now. In other words, it's a coatrack on which to hang helmet promotion and completely fails even to acknowledge the fact that helmet use and cycle safety *are not correlated* in any known cyclist population. Which is not unexpected; doctors are paternalistic interventionists by nature. We just shouldn't place too much emphasis on what they say about subjects outside their expertise, like cycle safety. Guy -- http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/urc "To every complex problem there is a solution which is simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken Newsgroup may contain nuts. |
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The BMA Promote Safer Cycling
"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in message In other words, it's a coatrack on which to hang helmet promotion and completely fails even to acknowledge the fact that helmet use and cycle safety *are not correlated* in any known cyclist population. Which is not unexpected; doctors are paternalistic interventionists by nature. We just shouldn't place too much emphasis on what they say about subjects outside their expertise, like cycle safety. I can't see helmet compulsion for adults ever coming in. The cycling lobby is huge and when under attack or when needs must, closes ranks and comes together. Besides which, the biggest problems are obesity and CO2 emissions and of course the appalling road deaths in car accidents. Helmets for adult cyclists is small beer in comparision. -- Simon Mason http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/ |
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The BMA Promote Cycle Helmet Use to make Cycling Safer
francis wrote:
On Apr 19, 2:12 pm, "OG" wrote: Misleading subjectline corrected Misleading subjectline corrected Francis Are you able to point to any instances where mandatory helmet use (which the BMA is promoting) has made /cycling/ safer? |
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The BMA Promote Safer Cycling
Just zis Guy, you know? twisted the electrons to say:
So we recommended that he enclose and air condition the mixing bay and start the mixing crew two hours before the main shift. What was the response? Obviously that he wanted us to build the automated balance testing system first and /then/ look at the mixing bay project, which was cheaper and would make the balance testing system redundant. I think the clear fault there was giving the client what they needed, as opposed to what they said they'd wanted! :-) -- These opinions might not even be mine ... Let alone connected with my employer ... |
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