swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:
Deacon replied: "Balance? Bad drivers kill 1,800+ people every year in
the UK and seriously injure 60,000 more. Would make more sense to start a
page about champagne corks, which kill more people than bad cyclists do."
Deacon is over-egging the cake.
His ‘serious injury’ figure is twice the actual figure.
Any reason why he should do this?
QUOTE
In reported road collisions in Great Britain in 2022 there were an
estimated:
1,695 fatalities, a decline of 3% compared to 2019
29,795 killed or seriously injured (KSI) casualties, a decline of 3%
compared to 2019
136,002 casualties of all severities, a decline of 11% compared to 2019 ENDQUOTE
https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-drivers-filmed-using-mobile-25376994
Deacon replied: "Balance? Bad drivers kill 1,800+ people every year in
the UK and seriously injure 60,000 more. Would make more sense to start a page about champagne corks, which kill more people than bad cyclists do."
https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-drivers-filmed-using-mobile-25376994
Shocking footage shows five Edinburgh motorists appearing to use their phones as they wait in a line of traffic in the city centre.
A loony-cyclist, Deacon Thurston, captured the incidents on his GoPro head camera as he passed a queue of motorists on Castle Terrace in on Wednesday, October 26.
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