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Al C-F
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On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 12:37:26 GMT, "Rich"
<[email protected]> wrote:
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>"Chris Malcolm" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Al C-F <[email protected]> writes:
>>
>>>On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 10:10:35 GMT, "Saxon" <[email protected]>
>>>wrote:
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>>>> but if the government put enough money in then
>>>>your Son would get a dedicated cycle route which is as direct as the road
>>>>from door to school and segregates him from traffic as is done in much of
>>>>Holland.
>>
>>>Wrong answer. A zero-cost solution could be effected by better
>>>standards of driving.
>>
>> Explain how you improve driving standards without spending any money.
>
>without wishing to take the words out of anyone's mouth, the answer is that
>any spending on improving driving standards is more than offset by the
>reduction in costs of collisions. Indeed, it would appear to be the case
>that spending on improving driving standards would be extremely profitable,
>the only problem being that the profit accrues to a government department
>different to the one spending the money on improving driving standards.
>> --
>
To which I can only add that proper enforcement of the existing laws
would also reduce the spend on collisions.
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Chris Malcolm" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Al C-F <[email protected]> writes:
>>
>>>On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 10:10:35 GMT, "Saxon" <[email protected]>
>>>wrote:
>>
>>>> but if the government put enough money in then
>>>>your Son would get a dedicated cycle route which is as direct as the road
>>>>from door to school and segregates him from traffic as is done in much of
>>>>Holland.
>>
>>>Wrong answer. A zero-cost solution could be effected by better
>>>standards of driving.
>>
>> Explain how you improve driving standards without spending any money.
>
>without wishing to take the words out of anyone's mouth, the answer is that
>any spending on improving driving standards is more than offset by the
>reduction in costs of collisions. Indeed, it would appear to be the case
>that spending on improving driving standards would be extremely profitable,
>the only problem being that the profit accrues to a government department
>different to the one spending the money on improving driving standards.
>> --
>
To which I can only add that proper enforcement of the existing laws
would also reduce the spend on collisions.