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I,m not a cyclist so I have not got a clue but it seems some seem capable of cycling for years without incident or injury..perhaps your question should be aimed at them.. And you contradicting some others on here. You accept cycling is dangerous, Flecc offers stats suggesting otherwise. I would...

Agree with that Mike but it cuts both ways. Years ago when I learned to drive the unwritten rule was assume car doors would open when passing parked vehicles and leave corresponding room to accommodate....but cycles undertaking can not possibly do that..look at the video that started this...

According to Cycling Intelligence there is massive variation in Lindon cycle deaths year on year. The lowest on record was in 2004 with 8. Unfortunately the following year there were 21. Over last 15 years ( their figures) the average is 17 pa.

In Holland 31% pedal to work and similar %age name cycling as their primary transport. In England under 2% of population cycle to work. Comparing total number of deaths between the two countries is flawed. Holland also has compulsory cycle test for all 12 year olds. They manage to test 200,000...

So you are happy wth the 11 London cyclists who died this year? Ir the 118 nationally? Ofcourse you are not ! So what are your suggestions ? We,ve been trying to reduce road deaths and injury since 50's. Had Ford, Volvo and a few others had tho attitude we,d not be bothering with seat belts(...

Flecc The 2016 results are not published yet but online there is a list of fatalities. It currently stands at 118 nationwide and having scanned them 11 were in London. So yes not quite averaging 1 a month for this year.Lets hope it does not increase before 31st to make it 1 a month. Serious...

No 6 were female and yes you are correct it seems a particular problem for what could be timid cyclists not getting away from junctions when large trucks turn left...but if you actually examine numbers killed and seriously hurt( life changing injuries) you,ll see even in London its males...

Flecc I used 113 deaths from danid post. And if those deaths ( whatever the number is its too high especially in London) were attriibutable to driver faults the distribution of cyclists killed would be random. It is not. It is predominantly male ( even after taking into account more males...

No matter how you analyse it 113 cyclist deaths is extremely high when you consider the number of miles and people going on car journeys. Had folk had same attitude to road safety in 70,s we would never have seen the dramatic reduction in road deaths we,ve seen. Arguing to keep current status...

Utter rubbish. In 2014 107 cyclists died on roads. 3 died off road. The fact cyclists are so vulnerable simply means the need more training or exercise much greater care. BTW there is no such thing as an accident. They all died in incidents caused by either themselves, a driver or combination...

I,m very surprised at your cavalier attitudes because as you point out its the cyclists that suffer. Perhaps you should google " Cyclist Deaths on UK roads" and read a few reports. The bottom line is a cyclist is 17 times more likely to die on a cycle journey than a car driver on a car journey...

All free for cyclists ???? Playing devils advocate and said tongue in cheek about tax , ins and reg....but think there should be some test for town riding and some kind of registration/ identity...

Agreed but neither is Hargreaves...common thing is they are positive about Brexit...which is kiss of death on here.

The cyclist in this clip was undertaking essentially parked cars. Grayling opened his car door onto pavement, which is where confusion arises. Pedalists make little distinction between the two, seem unable to recognise traffic lights but shout foul when inevitable happens. People open car doors...

He should introduce tax, registration and insurance for all cycles and then charge both car drivers and cyclists when they break rules. The rules are already there to prevent 99% of incidents. Some cyclists seem to ignore most road laws and seem impervious to prosecution.

Including both yourself and those of a negative attitude to leaving. Your comment, although valid, cuts both ways. Seems to me though Flecc generally folk on here take any negative predictions as correct, yet dismiss positive ones quite off hand.( as you did with Minford,Hargreaves and Woodruff)...

HL distance themselves from either view on political reasons. If you read their investment report their view is long term positive for Brexit. Woodruff argues similar as does Lyons. Infact there is fairly equal support for Brexit amongst economists, contrary to belief put forward on here or...

Rather a biased analysis. What about Woodruff report. Hargreaves investment analysis. Lyons study ? All dismissed. As normal.

Cheers Tillson. Good luck ..

Tillson Get a "Coolboard". I was very sceptical about claimed benefits but having used one regularly past 6 months been quite amazed at benefits. Its sort of a scateboard without wheels, you balance on it on a ball ( varying in hardness, harder as you become proficient) Exercises...