48,000 Dead on our Roads

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Originally Posted by trog

Wasn't there a thread bemoaning the fact that a sizeable percentage of youth were not interested in driving ? Myself. , I walk to and from work now as my hours have been changed , so that meeting my wife , with the car , is no longer viable , nor is public transport. I would consider a bicycle but the prevailing attitude is not very conducive, as are the mandatory helmet laws. So I guess in a way I am helping to save the public purse by being almost invisible to the roads and parking spaces. Too bad I don't buy much that I can't carry on my walk home.

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Walking is far better for your health than cycling anyway. All that bent over stuff is bad for your breathing, as it forces you to use a lesser percentage of your lungs to do a greater job of supplying oxygen, puts unnecessary pressure on your diaphragm, and the saddle is bad for your, as Clarkson puts it, Gentleman's Sausage. If you must cycle, it is far better to realise that you are not Cadel Evans, and get a sit up and beg type bike. It is far healthier than the lycra mob would have you believe, but unfortunately it is not fashionable. But, maybe, if enough sensible people did it, it would be. Not holding my breath.

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Originally Posted by johntins

Walking is far better for your health than cycling anyway. All that bent over stuff is bad for your breathing, as it forces you to use a lesser percentage of your lungs to do a greater job of supplying oxygen, puts unnecessary pressure on your diaphragm, and the saddle is bad for your, as Clarkson puts it, Gentleman's Sausage. If you must cycle, it is far better to realise that you are not Cadel Evans, and get a sit up and beg type bike. It is far healthier than the lycra mob would have you believe, but unfortunately it is not fashionable. But, maybe, if enough sensible people did it, it would be. Not holding my breath.

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Never said anything about the serious lot . I have never been one , never want to be one. I am happy to get from a to b. Give me the " right " to trundle about without abuse as the majority of the countries do , and I will do my best not to clog up your roads or parking.

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Originally Posted by trog

Never said anything about the serious lot . I have never been one , never want to be one. I am happy to get from a to b. Give me the " right " to trundle about without abuse as the majority of the countries do , and I will do my best not to clog up your roads or parking.

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Never said that you were. I spent around 30 years on a bike, emphasis on bike. I got around North Sydney, and through to Balmain, on an old Repco bike. I went everywhere on it. I'm a little bit sad that I don't have a badge or a Lycra suit to prove it, but who knew?
Well, apart from some folk on here, of course.

I also rode the Mornington Peninsula on an old, new then, Apollo 10 speed for a number of years, and also the Dandenong Ranges; but I wasn't trying to prove anything, I was just getting about. Sadly, this concept seems to have been lost here, on this forum.

I used to commute all about Toronto from home to work . On nice nights one end of the city to another. Lights only the glow of what I was smoking , soundtrack from the Walkman. No problems at all . Wish I could turn the clock back.

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Originally Posted by Fatso

According to the ABC news there has been 48000 Deaths on our roads since 1989 , comes as bit of a shock when presented with these numbers , i was going to make a point but i just can not put any words to it......... . Sad .

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That's only deaths, then multiply that by many times over for those that are seriouly injured but are not deceased.

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Originally Posted by Ean Austral

They were saying on the radio the other night , over 100,000 per year killed on the roads in India.

Cheers Ean

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And then there are those many who are killed in Train accidents where they all go flying off the roof.

What about sharks? They must kill millions.....well , you'd think so according to the media and public frenzy that occurs whenever someone is attacked.
Why isn't the public response so immediate when someone is attacked by a killer car?

Sharks and crocs don't pay rego

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Originally Posted by trog

Sharks and crocs don't pay rego

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You forgot to mention treadlies. [bigwhistle]

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Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

What about sharks? They must kill millions.....well , you'd think so according to the media and public frenzy that occurs whenever someone is attacked.
Why isn't the public response so immediate when someone is attacked by a killer car?

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But it is...

Red commodore in Melbourne.
Those vans ploughing pedestrians etc...