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Garage at Large wrote:
In any case who mentioned the man was on planet Earth?It’s a fair point, given that the person answering the questions doesn’t spend any time there.
1. He doesn’t. TTs are so
1. He doesn’t. TTs are so phenomenally dangerous that the whole thing is called off due to it causing a massive accident before he has the opportunity.
2. Trick question. He’s a fatty, so he would be riding large tyres at lower pressures.
3. Only so long as there isn’t a Very Important Driver who requires me to pull over out of their way.
4. c) I ride slowly and cautiously and pull over and stop every time I encounter a Very Important Driver, cheerfully accepting the drenching as they speed through the puddles with a courteous wave in response.
[I may have collaborated with another regular poster on my answers – I hope that’s OK?]
ParcelForce has, for some reason, sent it to Wales.It’s gone looking for some of those views from G’s twitter.
No gold starsSupply chain issues?
never pick up a used leaf in the woods, unless you are sure what it has been used forReminds me of the story of a man who presented himself at A&E complaining of severe abdominal pain. They examined him and found a lettuce leaf sticking out of his anus.
“This will only take a second to remove” says the nurse.
“That’s just the tip of the iceberg” explains the man
Could have been worse – he could have had a rocket up there.
On that basis the override idea doesn’t work (I imagine the argument runs) because it’s exactly when people are stressed / under immediate threat that you’d need it, so that will delay them / they’ll just keep stamping vainly on the pedals because they won’t remember.It always seemed to work fine for Michael Knight.
And meanwhile, there’s been
And meanwhile, there’s been no notable change in slight or serious injuries, so relative to cycle traffic those were down a lot.
Not a great deal of
Not a great deal of information, but for what it’s worth…
Employ someone else and call them “Driver”.Or just stand down as director and appoint someone else.
Sriracha wrote:
kill them in droves year roundI thought it was the droves that were only a few days in the year?
the angle of the north!Is that related to the Mull of Kintyre test?
How come everyone’s
How come everyone’s overlooked this case of someone crashing a car into the most famous building in the country?
Podc wrote:
where the risk of injury and death is actually reduced by the risk reduction measures then it doesn’t really matter if people change their behaviour. When it does matter is when the actual risk isn’t reduced – just people’s perception – and then the risk increases.Not quite. What matters is whether the risk reduction from the measures is greater than any increased risk from changed behaviour, and then whether that net gain in safety is worth any loss of freedom from the imposition of the measures.
Arguably, it also matters who that risk is to. If an activity poses a danger to a third party, it’s more reasonable to impose measures on those taking part in that activity, before demanding that the third party protect themselves. Or if a measure increases overall safety, but does so by protecting those taking part at the expense of the safety of bystanders, then that’s morally questionable, since the former at least have a choice about whether to take part.
As far as this article goes, it seems to me that it’s guilty of precisely the inverse of what it’s arguing against. It criticises people for taking the risk compensation concept and applying it liberally as an objection to any proposed safety measure without evidence. But then it turns around and takes a handful of cases where it doesn’t appear to outweigh the benefits, and tries to use these to argue that we should basically ignore risk compensation altogether. But since every intervention is different, and will have a unique psychological impact, the more valid approach would be to try to model what role it might play on a case-by-case basis.
Having gone to the trouble to
Having gone to the trouble to put it all out for you, I’m pretty sure they’d be offended if you left any.
depends on your definition of advanced reallyFurther ahead in the queue.