Bicycles more dangerous than terrorism?

“But if you asked which killed more people in the last 10 years in London, international terrorism, or bicycles, the answer would definitely be bicycles"

And other really badly worded statements based on seriously flawed and flimsy "research"...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6128325/77-London-bombings-may-have-resulted-in-second-wave-of-casualties-on-the-roads.html

and from Moving Target / Buffalo Bill...

http://www.movingtargetzine.com/article/psychologist-stands-by-his-statement

http://www.badscience.net/

Living is a dying art.....

Interesting read for a Monday morning

jesus, what about cars?

I can't count the number of times I've come downstairs in the morning and my bike has jumped out at me and tried to kill me.

jesus, what about cars?

you might be on to something there

I bet more people have been stabbed to death in London over the last 10 years than killed by terrorism. These articles are utter wank, just a bored, talentless, doodler manipulating statistics to scaremonger.

The first article has been posted before. I believe Ms Devlin got a heap of deserved abuse, 'orrible cnut she is.

let Bill keep his own stories!

This is a really bad study.

I think he has been reading this book.

How to Lie with Statistics (Penguin Business): Amazon.co.uk: Darrell Huff: Books

If anyone wants the full stats geekout on cyclist casulties in London:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/PC-Cas-Factsheet-Final-1986-2007.pdf

Of course, its not really that unexpected from the the torygraph. Perhaps the Mail will pick it up and run with their own take on it: CYCLING IS NEW TARGET OF WAR ON TERROR

Which may not be that far from the truth, since cycling avoids propping up the oil industry, and we all know what the 'war on terror' is actually about, right?

They believe that a “dread” effect, that people swapped their form of transport because they were too frightened to travel by tube, was to blame.

ie: Terrorism is having its desired effect, causing fear (terror) to such an extent that peoples' behaviour changes.

This does not mean that bicycles have become some kind of homicidal inanimate object.

I don't have a problem with moderate bicycles who live and let live. Its the extremist and fundamentalist bicycles that hate my way of life and abuse their female counterparts i hate!!!!

reeee
http://www.londonfgss.com/post919371-200.html

Although having said that the moving target link hasn't been brought up before so cheers for that and well done to Bill for emailing Ayton - bizarre stuff.

YouTube - Terrorist on a push bike

Just needs a rucksack full of explosives

Best thread title of the month!

I read somewhere (so it must be true) that some students bike was cordoned off by police in the USA because they had a TBIAPB sticker on their frame.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Bike_Is_a_Pipe_Bomb#In_the_news

to be honest i have been wondering why my web history includes the anarchist cookbook whenever i leave my bike alone in the house.

YouTube - Terrorist on a push bike

Just needs a rucksack full of explosives

and fundamentalist islamic ideals, and less conspicuous methods.

the article seems more like an attempt to wave for attention. But surely it shouldn't come as a surprise that anything is more dangerous than terrorism in the UK. As for it causing more deaths because more people cycled, ludicrous. A little war in Afghanistan would like to disagree.

But surely a fundamental bike is a... fixed gear?

Duhh duh DAHHHH.

We are the terrorists of the cycling community.

zing!

http://bristolcars.blogspot.com/2009/09/two-wheeled-terrorists-official.html

looks like Bristol is breeding them as well, damn terrorists.