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@benjam
i'm sorry but... cycling isn't actually that dangerous in the grand scale of things. What we need to do is stop talking about how dangerous it is and start talking about which areas are particularly safe. In my opinion zone 1 is one of the safest places because the drivers expect cyclists... I say this after a 30km ride out to Uxbridge from work (City of London) to grab some shoes from Nebula. Two near misses, both in zone 3+
Them f*ckers don't expect you!
PS I have my back up about this at the moment as I'm trying to get my employer (a large telecoms firm -- put two and two together there) to sign up to the cycle scheme yet people seem to believe cycling is more dangerous than russian roulette with a semi-auto.