From: Simian on
Rob wrote:

> On 06/04/2010 10:42, GungaDan wrote:
> >
> > My 'natural' argument? I never used the word so I guess you're
> > referring to the bit where I say 'biking is by its nature more
> > dangerous than driving a car'. If you don't or can't accept that I
> > wish you lots of luck in your future biking career.
> >
>
> By nature? Biking is not 'by nature' more dangerous than anything
> that I can think of. Depends how you define 'biking' and any other
> stuff. A pissed poor driver is far more likely to crash and die (and
> take a few with them) than a good biker.


What an awesome display of idiocy.

No more than you'd expect from an iFanboi, I guess,

From: Champ on
On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:08:33 +0100, Rob <patchoulianREMOVE(a)gmail.com>
wrote:

>> I've got nothing against additional training so long as it's optional
>> but even with all the training in the world the death/serious injury
>> figures for bikers will never reach parity with car drivers. Which was
>> my point.

>No, yes...

So what is it - 'no' or 'yes'?
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From: Rob on
On 09/04/2010 09:00, Champ wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:08:33 +0100, Rob<patchoulianREMOVE(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>> I've got nothing against additional training so long as it's optional
>>> but even with all the training in the world the death/serious injury
>>> figures for bikers will never reach parity with car drivers. Which was
>>> my point.
>
>> No, yes...
>
> So what is it - 'no' or 'yes'?

FYI: No, neither have I, and yes even with all the training in the world
the death/serious injury
>>> figures for bikers will never reach parity with car drivers. Which was
>>> my point.
From: Rob on
On 08/04/2010 21:47, Simian wrote:
> Rob wrote:
>
>> On 06/04/2010 10:42, GungaDan wrote:
>>>
>>> My 'natural' argument? I never used the word so I guess you're
>>> referring to the bit where I say 'biking is by its nature more
>>> dangerous than driving a car'. If you don't or can't accept that I
>>> wish you lots of luck in your future biking career.
>>>
>>
>> By nature? Biking is not 'by nature' more dangerous than anything
>> that I can think of. Depends how you define 'biking' and any other
>> stuff. A pissed poor driver is far more likely to crash and die (and
>> take a few with them) than a good biker.
>
>
> What an awesome display of idiocy.
>
> No more than you'd expect from an iFanboi, I guess,
>

Notch above :-)
From: GungaDan on
On Apr 9, 8:43 pm, Rob <patchoulianREM...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09/04/2010 09:00, Champ wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:08:33 +0100, Rob<patchoulianREM...(a)gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> >>> I've got nothing against additional training so long as it's optional
> >>> but even with all the training in the world the death/serious injury
> >>> figures for bikers will never reach parity with car drivers. Which was
> >>> my point.
>
> >> No, yes...
>
> > So what is it - 'no' or 'yes'?
>
> FYI: No, neither have I, and yes even with all the training in the world
> the death/serious injury
>  >>> figures for bikers will never reach parity with car drivers. Which was
>  >>> my point.

Oh, well I'm glad that's settled.