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    • CommentAuthorsleepy
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2008
     
    that's horrible, and an incredibly tasteless photo :-/
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      CommentAuthorSideshow
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2008
     
    :(
    • CommentAuthorlurkette
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2008
     
    :cry::cry::cry:
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      CommentAuthorBuffalo Bill
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2008 edited
     
    Sucks. And I think the picture is borderline tasteless. It's a difficult thing to get right.

    When Harriet Tory was killed on the Clerkenwell Road, I thought it was useful to publish a pic (taken by Caspar) of the crash scene showing the vehicle involved, because not everybody knows what a spoil lorry looks like. In this case, it's hard to imagine that anyone will be unaware what a double decker looks like.



    On the other hand, 4 years ago the Standard would not have even printed a small item in 'News in Brief' about it. So it's a question of balance, and at least we are talking about too much detail, as opposed to no mention at all.
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    the older we get the more we seem to loose,
    be nicer to eachother lifes too short!
    his name was David
    he was my friend
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      CommentAuthorSideshow
    • CommentTimeFeb 26th 2008
     
    According to the online Evening Standard article (http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23440749-details/Cyclist+dies+in+Park+Lane+collision+with+bus/article.do) about this very sad case, one cyclist is seriously injured every day in London, statistically speaking. Is that them finding that around 365 people get seriously injured each year, or is it really happening pretty much daily?
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      CommentAuthorBuffalo Bill
    • CommentTimeFeb 26th 2008 edited
     
    No, it'll be an average based on the total for the year, not actually 1 every day.

    For instance last year there were 7 cyclists killed by HGVs in London. That's an average of more than 1 cyclist killed in London by a collision with a HGV every 2 months. But 2 were killed within 24 hours of each other in March, another in May etc not one in January, March, May, June, August, October and November.

    The Standard's line: 'Statistics show that more than one cyclist is seriously injured on London's roads every day.' is just bad science, and poor journalism.

    It should say: 'Statistics show that, on average, more than one cyclist is seriously injured on London's roads every day.'

    Or even better, quote the figure for the year eg 380 cyclists ksi in London in 2006, giving an average of more than one cyclists killed or seriously injured per day.

    I suspect that the figure that they used would be the 'killed or seriously injured' number less the figure for deaths, but it may be that they did not even subtract the fatals from the ksi figure. Which would make the sentence total garbage, scientifically speaking.

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