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This obviously smacks of anti-motorcyclist prejudice on the part of TfL

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Er, but it set up the trial in the first place, and has said that it was re-examining the results after querying methodologies.

And I've not looked into it, but this large scale trial was probably preceeded by smaller trials that demonstrated that a larger scale trial was worth it.

I not saying it is the case here, but querying methodologies is the one of the things people do when they don't like the outcome of research.

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They needed a major report to figure this out? And we wonder where our taxes are going. Sheesh!

Barkstar

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Have a look at the accounts of councils for the year after a housing stock transfer vote threw out the idea ---by order of the Gov't (Office of Deputy PM,I think) the council had to spend a huge sum asking the residents why they had rejected the idea ,and then worder why those councils were hard up.. Daft - you couldn't make it up.

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To compare this to a local example, my street had a parking scheme put in place in '98, they questionnaired the street initially, the street rejected it after a couple of residents went round explaining the full details to people. The council got the results in, tsk tsk - no support, so they re-did the questionnaire but included 4 additional streets. The original residents did not have time to campaign an extra thousand or so properties and the scheme was passed.

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Motorcycles offer safety benefits? Not what they want, query it until it says otherwise.

And as in my example - who footed the bill ????
And interestingly enough(in my example) - the Secretary for the department concerned - last heard of in Transport before being whisked off to perform magic on the economy(as in the Sorcerers apprentice) - the new Chancer of the cheques.

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lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on

motorbiking in london needs a beady eye on every single sign, as some bus lanes are allowed some not and some only at certain times of the day.

The most dangerous time to use a bus lane is 5 mins after the time ends. People suddenly realise they can use the bus lane and dive in without looking.