[_] Fwd: Fw: attack on cycle path
mike karthauser
mikek at brightstorm.co.uk
Wed Jun 4 07:21:16 BST 2008
hi fraser On 4 Jun 2008, at 00:07, Fraser Stephens wrote: > I could have chosen to avoid empty roads after I was pushed off by a > happy slapper 18 months ago... but that would have been victory for > the idiots. Humans are terribly bad at the assessment of statistics & > risk, so until someone can show me that the odds of getting mugged on > the cycle path are high enough to avoid the activity, I think I'll > carry on riding it. Chances are I'm still way more at risk of > seriously injury from self-inflicted means (eg off-road rocks) than > these particular youths. i agree. if we transposed this into 'three people hurt over the weekend in football related clashes in bristol' we wouldn't consider banning the sport? (although not having city would be a plus sometimes (esp when trying to park in ashton on a saturday)). youth gangs are worth avoiding but with an increased police presence added to deter the gangs from 'winning' then the cycle path will be back safe soon. -- Mike Karthauser Managing Director - Brightstorm Ltd Email: mikek at brightstorm.co.uk Web: http://www.brightstorm.co.uk Tel: 07939 252144 (mobile) Fax: 0870 1320560 Address: 1 Brewery Court, North Street, Bristol, BS3 1JS