Bicycle safety is an important issue. No-one can really argue that it’s not a good idea to be safe on a bike and try and avoid getting hurt or worse. Various different organisations had some intriguing ideas about how to be as safe as possible last week.
The AA (the motoring organisation, not the addiction people) felt that the answer was to hand out free helmets and high-viz jackets in London on Friday. Which fairly understandable annoyed some cyclists out there who felt that it wasn’t really promoting the message that cycling in London can be safe and efficient, and would be more-so without cars, arguably.
Another option was to use the Boris Bikes, but not actually go anywhere on them, as docking stations were hijacked by spinning flashmobs. You can’t crash a bike if you’re not actually moving on tit, I suppose.
At least one sensible option came from a scientific team in America who have put the effort in to try and understand exactly what makes a bike balance on its own. This surely means the chance at having a bike that you don’t even need to actually ride…
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