On Sunday, September 4, 2022 at 12:43:10 PM UTC+1, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
> QUOTE: Only last year the Department for Transport ruled out any sort of bicycle registration system on the basis that the costs would outweigh the benefits, and that it would deter many people from cycling, particularly if riders (including children) had to cover the costs. ENDS
>
> That was in response to Mr Arsehole's failed petition.

Thanks to the unelected Baroness Vere from the unelected House of Lords.

swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, September 4, 2022 at 12:43:10 PM UTC+1, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
>> QUOTE: Only last year the Department for Transport ruled out any sort of
>> bicycle registration system on the basis that the costs would outweigh
>> the benefits, and that it would deter many people from cycling,
>> particularly if riders (including children) had to cover the costs. ENDS

>> That was in response to Mr Arsehole's failed petition.

> Thanks to the unelected Baroness Vere from the unelected House of Lords.

Wasn’t she the Labour peer that you often quoted?

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Spike

QUOTE: All of that was before the Daily Mail ran a front-page story earlier this month that claimed the government wanted to introduce numberplates for cyclists, and crack down on two-wheeled speeding. ENDS

How can you "crack down" on laws that do not exist?

swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:

> QUOTE: All of that was before the Daily Mail ran a front-page story
> earlier this month that claimed the government wanted to introduce
> numberplates for cyclists, and crack down on two-wheeled speeding. ENDS

> How can you "crack down" on laws that do not exist?

Even a moron only needs one guess…

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Spike

QUOTE: Talk to anyone who rides bikes in Britain regularly and they will probably have at least one story of deliberate driver aggression. The unlucky ones will have the scars to prove it. ENDS

I still have a lump on my collarbone after a driver knocked me off after undertaking another car.

swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:
> QUOTE: Talk to anyone who rides bikes in Britain regularly and they will
> probably have at least one story of deliberate driver aggression. The
> unlucky ones will have the scars to prove it. ENDS
>
> I still have a lump on my collarbone after a driver knocked me off after
> undertaking another car.

Some people are still dead long after being killed by cyclists.

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Spike

QUOTE: But in the Netherlands, 27% of all journeys are by bike ENDS

They have harsh winters there too.

Simon Mason <swldxer2022@gmail.com> wrote:
> QUOTE: But in the Netherlands, 27% of all journeys are by bike ENDS
>
> They have harsh winters there too.

⚠️Sleight Of Hand Warning!⚠️

There’s no context for ’journeys’.

🙄

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Spike

On Monday, September 5, 2022 at 2:21:41 PM UTC+1, Simon Mason wrote:
> QUOTE: But in the Netherlands, 27% of all journeys are by bike ENDS
>
> They have harsh winters there too.

So does Denmark.

See: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fb54iavWAAIVxCF?format=jpg&name=small

swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday, September 5, 2022 at 2:21:41 PM UTC+1, Simon Mason wrote:
>> QUOTE: But in the Netherlands, 27% of all journeys are by bike ENDS
>>
>> They have harsh winters there too.
>
> So does Denmark.
>
> See: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fb54iavWAAIVxCF?format=jpg&name=small
Ask the Germans about Russian winters…

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Spike

On Monday, September 5, 2022 at 5:15:24 PM UTC+1, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, September 5, 2022 at 2:21:41 PM UTC+1, Simon Mason wrote:
> > QUOTE: But in the Netherlands, 27% of all journeys are by bike ENDS
> >
> > They have harsh winters there too.
> So does Denmark.
>
> See: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fb54iavWAAIVxCF?format=jpg&name=small

Note the total lack of plastic hats in that photo.