I'm sure there's not much merit in starting a "debate" about the merits, or otherwise, of the Royal Mail's decision and it's Union backing. However we could start one about the "evidence" provided by the Union.
For every postman and woman who loves their bicycle, there's one that hates them," a union spokesperson said.
Okay, let's get rid of half the bicycles then. And I'm sure that there's 100% love factor for their LDV vans.
"We fully support the changes for improved efficiency, safety and environmental performance.
Yes - 24,000 bicycles off the road and replaced by van journeys will really increase environmental performance. And for those replaced by walking posties, that will really increase efficiency and safety.
The union said that 13 cycle delivery postmen and women had been killed at work over the past 15 years, and thousands more injured as the result of road traffic accidents.
Of course all the figures above are a tragedy, but there is no mention of the number of postmen and women killed and injured in traffic accidents, walking posties killed crossing the road, or other workplace industrial accidents (which I'd wager must happen a lot in such a mechanised, fast moving environment)
And do we even have cycling posties in Embra? I don't remember ever seeing one around Bruntsfield / Marchmont neck of the woods.
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