http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: 360 car crashes a month in Edinburgh en Fri, 22 May 2026 00:27:09 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9255#post-96591 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:14:59 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 96591@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>BINGO!!!!</p> <p>"<em>The council has created total clutter of our streets - Too many demanding signs, obstructions on the road - speed bumps and pot holes. Drivers are too busy looking at the road surface in front and lamp posts for signs instead of the whole forward view. Stangely allowing parking too near corners which forces drivers to edge out into the actual path of traffic to get a clear view.</em>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9255#post-96587 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:59:21 +0000 steveo 96587@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ok They're not worth getting incomprehensive for :D </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9255#post-96582 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:39:02 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 96582@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>Anth, walk away from the morons. They're not worth getting annoyed for!</em>"</p> <p>They're not annoying, just incomprehensible. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9255#post-96581 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:36:07 +0000 Calum 96581@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"accidents"</p> <p>Gotta love the normalisation of destructive car culture.</p> <p>It couldn't be helped. It was an "accident". 200 lives a year is a price worth paying.</p> <p>People have to drive cars? Humans managed without them for untold thousands of years. Then cars were forced upon us by corrupt politicians who built New Towns, tore up the railways and tramways, decimated the bicycle, and marginalised walking.</p> <p>Sickening. Another day, another reason to move to the Netherlands. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9255#post-96580 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:19:49 +0000 steveo 96580@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anth, walk away from the morons. They're not worth getting annoyed for! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9255#post-96578 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:18:21 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 96578@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh my word...</p> <p>"<em>Last published figures (2010) are 189 road traffic fatalities for approx 3.6 per week. In the summer of 2009, four people were trampled to death by cows over a two month period for 0.5 per week. Given the number of road users versus the number of people in close contact with cows, crossing a cow field is statistically more likely to result in "carnage".</em>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9255#post-96571 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:00:51 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 96571@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>If only 10% accidents are caused by drunk drivers is it therefore not safer to drive whilst drunk?</em>"</p> <p>Responded to with:</p> <p>"<em>Thinking about this rationally...it would seem to be so.</em>"</p> <p>I think you'll find that's the exact opposite of thinking about it rationally.</p> <p>Obviously the original is meant as a joke, not sure about the reply, though probably tongue in cheek.</p> <p>However, it seems one of our favourites on there condones racism: "<em>Just wait for the responses from the "offended". Talking of which, we can't comment on the football tweet story, but whoever reported it to the Police should be charged with wasting police time.</em>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9255#post-96570 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:35:45 +0000 steveo 96570@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>People HAVE to drive cars. Fact.</em></p> <p>Not for long!<br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18012812" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18012812</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9255#post-96568 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:33:43 +0000 fimm 96568@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>The accident map also revealed the number of these crashes which involved a drunk driver <u>snared by police</u>.</em></p> <p>What???? If a person has an accident and are found to be over the drink drive limit, in what way have they been "snared by police"....? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9255#post-96565 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:30:39 +0000 Morningsider 96565@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Only about 200 road accidents a year result in a fataility"</p> <p>I've tried to write a response to this, but can't really put what I feel into words. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9255#post-96564 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:28:54 +0000 crowriver 96564@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>And he's at it again!</em></p> <p>Or rather, the EEN is at it again. If they didn't keep phoning him up for a quote, he wouldn't get his drivel published. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9255#post-96562 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:26:02 +0000 crowriver 96562@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>The New Town had the highest volume of accidents with nearly six a week, with the city centre itself racking up 2256 over three years.</p> <p>Kirkliston, which includes the M9, was the scene of 512 reported accidents over the three-year period, while 497 took place in Longstone.</em></p> <p>It can be argued that the New Town accidents have a contributary factor in higher traffic volumes, due to tram works. However, Kirkliston? Longstone? A long way from the tram... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9255#post-96559 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:10:36 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 96559@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>most of these accidents are caused by incompetent drivers and brainless cyclists</em>"</p> <p>Well. He's half right. Bless.</p> <p>The second comment on the story does indeed pick up on that paragraph about the tramworks. And the trolls patting themselves on the back at the fact people who don't agree with them don't post there any longer (Smudge mentioned <em>again</em>!). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9255#post-96558 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:04:34 +0000 Min 96558@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>People HAVE to drive cars. Fact.</p> <p>In fact I am driving one right now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9255#post-96557 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:03:08 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 96557@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And he's at it again!</p> <p>"<em>Neil Greig, director of policy at the Institute of Advanced Motorists, said: “Only about 200 road accidents a year in Scotland result in a fatality so the massive majority of these accidents will be on the less severe and minor scale.</p> <p>“I think what these figures show is that we can’t be complacent when it comes to road safety. A lot of people will look at these numbers and think, ‘Oh my goodness, 13,000 is really high’.</p> <p>“It shows drivers are still having bangs and shunts and other accidents and that is due to human error. We have new car designs and road safety designs which are trying to minimise accidents but the fact is people have to drive cars. That is why the message about road safety needs to continue.”</em>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9255#post-96556 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:01:04 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 96556@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>Councillor Lesley Hinds, the city’s transport leader, said: “These figures do seem high on the face of it, but what they don’t show is the severity of the different accidents recorded. The vast majority of these will relate to accidents which caused vehicle damage but no injuries.</em>"</p> <p>Oh that's alright then.... *rolls eyes* </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9255#post-96554 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:59:45 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 96554@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah, the EEN got in there itself in the second paragraph!</p> <p>"<em>The worrying statistic has emerged from official police road accident figures, taken from the last three years, which paint a stark picture of the Capital’s roads during a period of changed priorities and non-stop tramworks.</em>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9255#post-96553 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:58:44 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 96553@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/over-360-car-crashes-a-month-reported-in-edinburgh-1-2732235">Let's see how the EEN trolls manage to make this one the fault of cyclists, the council etc etc etc</a>.</p> <p>I'm banking on speed cameras and bus lane signs distracting drivers; as well as <em>having</em> to swerve to avoid potholes. </p>