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On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 11:27 +0100, Ed Mitchell wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Tim Beadle <tim.beadle at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Ed Mitchell <ed at edmitchell.co.uk> wrote:
> >> Be alert on the Easton stretch of the Bristol Bath cyclepath, all -
> >> some sad and bad business afoot atm... forwarded message follows...
> >
> > >From the subject line, I thought you meant the proposed attack on the
> > *actual path*.
> 
> bad copywriting on my part. should know better!
> 
> Still, some brighter news on that front:
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7430797.stm
> 
> indeed - but people being beaten up on the path that the corporates
> want to turn into a road is not good for those who want to keep it as
> a path...

surely this is a problem because the cycle paths are relatively empty ?

If it was full of people or at least more busy then it follows that
people
would be less likely to attack. The solution here seems clear , get more
people on the cycle paths to provide saftey in numbers. 

Hi-vis jackets might also help make you look less vunerable or give
the illusion that the police are paying attention.

Is it too paranoid to ask if first bus might have paid the gangs to 
intimidate cyclists in an effort to close the cycle lane in favour of
its "hi-tech buses" ? what other interest could they possibly have 
if things aren't being stolen ?

for what is worth i know lots of people who regularly cycle that
route at all sorts of crazy times of night without incident.

Fear is what you make it .

Toodle-pip
Amias

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