Comments on: Critical Mass London- Get out your Bike [Updated] http://jasonball.com/2008/08/20/critical-mass-london-get-out-your-bike-updated/ Technology & Venture Capital. Early stage venture capital news mixed with personal views and comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:08:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Max Bleyleben http://jasonball.com/2008/08/20/critical-mass-london-get-out-your-bike-updated/#comment-289 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:57:50 +0000 http://jasonball.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/critical-mass-london-get-out-your-bike-updated/#comment-289 Good choice Jason — that Critical Mass thing looks quite reckless! Having said that, I don’t quite agree that cyclists shouldn’t ‘break the law’. I ride in to work daily and if I stopped at every traffic light it would take me 45 minutes – at that rate I might as well take my car, pollute the air and stay dry.

You can be responsible and safe and still run 65% of red lights, as most cyclists do. What’s more, the statistics (often-cited, though I’m not sure how reliable) say that cyclists who run red lights are less likely to be injured than those who stop. (See the TfL’s own report here: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1695668.ece).

What we really need in London is more separate bike paths and ways to avoid large intersections. Like Hyde Park corner, which has become a complete nightmare since they closed the underpass…. Ride on bro.

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