“Best to avoid cycling in case you fall off” says director of motoring group

Interesting view from the ABD about speed limits and limiters;

The ABD firmly believes that the main driver behind ISA implementation is to gain acceptance of autonomous cars. These vehicles will form mobile road blocks as other drivers attempt to drive at speeds they perceive correctly to be safe for what they see ahead.

I suggest we all stop breathing......

Best to avoid walking too, in case you get knocked down by a car when crossing the road.

Best to avoid driving in case you destroy the planet and behave like a fucking tool.

The times Ive been out either to get shopping or the one time I went to Regents Park for laps, I've seen quite a few idiots racing on the near empty streets.

Thats your problem right there.

Paul Biggs is such a bad faith character that I'm surprised his mum lets him anywhere near scissors

Paul Biggs - studied the sceince of biology of pollution/CO2. ABD Director & Environment spokesman.

But promotes driving and lobbies against climate change action. Considers those that challenge him cycling lobby extremists.

I bet he sat in lectures at uni perpetually shaking his head.
 

Some road users will never give a damn about cyclists.....I was out yesterday for 63 miles in the South Downs (roads were very quiet other than for joggers and cyclists) and I still almost got taken out by an artic down a country road who pulled back in a bit too quickly.  Just complete and utter poor driving practice, judgement and consideration.

Best to avoid driving in case you crash; best to avoid stairs in case you fall down; best to avoid cooking in case you slice your hand off at the wrist while cutting the onion.

This from a man who represents an alliance which is campaigning against 20mph limits, proven to lower pedestrian fatalities (eg Oslo, Helsinki). Campaigns against cycle lanes, pedestrianised zones, ULEZ. Yet he suggests walking to the shops is safer, go figure.

It’s a shame these effing cretins are given the airtime to voice their absurd views, but I guess that’s the price of democracy.

Shopping: 3 panniers and a large karrimor rucksack every week for the last five years. 

Yesterday I had to collect my brother's prescription from the chemist, he's a type 1 diabetic, he couldn't drive because he was self isolating, he's been off work for a week now.

I don't have a licence, my bike is my lifeline - people are depending on me!

It's ok for some! 

I'm sure there's a lot out there who think the same thing, especially if they see you out on a ride actually looking like your enjoying yourself. Quite a large % of antipathy towards cyclists comes from jealousy in the first place.  Of course we have the accept there is a risk, we may hit a pot hole etc etc. I know though that hardware stores have been able to stay open and we all know that more people get admitted to A&E due to DIY disasters than cycling. I for one wouldn't like to have call an ambulance cos I'd put a drill through my hand or sliced it gardening.

The M6 when I cycled over it this morning, has anyone ever seen it so quiet? Especially on a Saturday morning?

The 'we need to reduce the strain on the NHS' is an interesting argument.
I do want to reduce the strain on the NHS, which is why I cycle to improve fitnes.

Is it really statistically more dangerious than staying at home?

Also, remind me again how many hostipal admissions are linked to smoking or drinking??

if he has nothing constructive to say why doesn't he just shut the f**k up

ive ridden 100 miles in the last 4 days, and god, the amount of great passes ive had is lovely. Hardly anything coming the other way, the motorists that are out seem perfectly ok with having me cycling along. If only we could have it as empty as this normally, we'd get along far better. 

Quite an interesting comment, from someone from a driving group. Where driving is resposible for many more deaths than cycling. The greatest danger to cyclists is the danger from motorists. 

Is it just me, or does this sound not a little threatening 

“best to avoid cycling” during the coronavirus lockdown, “in case you fall off and require medical assistance.”

Sounds as if he'd be only too happy to assist....

Of course, with fewer drivers out there the odds of requiring medical assistance are much reduced.

Perhaps the advice should read:

“best to avoid driving, in case you inflict injuries on others that require medical assistance.”

The opinion of the "director" (how big is his staff, just him and his mum when she makes him a cup of tea?) of such a pitiful, short-lived organization (its been around for mere a blip compared to the CTC) is irrelevant. Alliance of British Drivers? What mutual benefit can drivers give to each other, when the environmental and societal costs of private car ownership make it a fundamentally selfish proposition. This would be like the "director" of the Alliance of British Smokers (if such an organization were to exist it would presumably be headed by Nigel Farage) saying it was best to avoid eating vegetables during the Mad Cow Disease outbreak, in case you get a speck of meat mixed in. Merely reporting this climate-change denialist's pratfalling on Twitter is to give him twelve thousand times more attention than he deserves.

Spoken in ignorance, Mr Biggs.

An idiot from ABD, the Association of British Dick***ds, making absurd, idiotic comments is hardly surprising.  It's a condition of membership that you don't have any trace of common sense.