On 5 Feb, 15:50, Adrian wrote:
spindrift (spindrift ) gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

This is a statistical fudge similar to helmet compunction in australia
saving lives cos fewer cyclists were hurt cos there were much fewer
cyclists!

Hmmm. Either that was indeed seriously flawed, or you don't understand
the concept of "per million (or whatever) vehicle kilometres"

I know where my money lies.

Wanna Prove it?

£50 to a charity of your choice that vehicle km didn't come into it?


Cyclist numbers vs cyclist injuries in Western Australia

The introduction of mandatory helmet legislation in 1992 heralded a
major downturn in cyclist numbers (approximately 30%) on West
Australian roads by 1996.

Despite this, the number of cyclist hospital admissions per annum
increased after 1992 helmet law enforcement to consecutive record
levels, the increase in hospital admissions in line with the recovery
in cyclist numbers to pre-law levels by 1998/99.

http://www.cycle-helmets.com/

My charity of choice is the spindrift Kronenbourg Trust, providing
beer to the needy for twenty years.


Get ready for some hasty withdrawal of that oh-so-confident pledge of
money....