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More nonsense from Farrell

How much longer is MCN going to allow Steve Farrell to discredit bikers by peddling this nonsense?

There is no evidence that the bus lanes trials reduced accidents – except on planet Farrell.

On planet Farrell you're allowed to rummage through the results of an investigation and pick out any number you think will make your case look good.

In the real world professional statisticians want to know about a load of stuff that makes it dangerous to rely on juicy looking data -- things like sample size, for instance: if you only have a little data, apparently big changes can in fact be meaningless.

Read the TfL report and you’ll see the phrase “not statistically significant” crop up over and over again.

That doesn’t mean that an apparent effect is “small” – it means that the data is isn’t good enough to draw any conclusions from it (you can have large effects that are statistically insignificant).

Note, by the way, that being statistically insignificant doesn’t mean that there’s no effect: once again, it just means that the data doesn’t tell you anything either way.

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Please add my name to the petition Mark Bernard Bellhouse, got to get this sorted chaps x

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Please add Roger Matthews to the petition

Wrote to my Council too

I wrote this to my Councillors... Dear SIr, I am a resident of Telegraph Hill and a responsible motorcylist and pedal cyclist. I understand that Lewisham Council are opposing the London Mayor's campaign pledge to allow motorcylces to use London bus lanes. While the topic is an emotive one, particularly for the highly vocal cycle minority, the fact is that stated accidents fell 42% on routes where motorcycles in bus lanes has been trialled. This means that congestion will be reduced and injuries reduced by supporting this initiative. The cyclist lobby seems to think this will discourage people from cycling. There is no evidence to support this. Allowing motorcycles to use bus lanes is simply sensible since it will mean fewer injuries, less congestion and a happier driving experience for everyone -- motorcycles will have more space and will not need to annoy motorists with filtering; motorcycles and cyclists can continue to share the roads as responsible users. Please consider my view in your thinking. Kind regards, Kevin Keohane Nicola Keohane

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Please add my name. peter hearn