'Cyclists should be banned on environmental grounds': a ridiculous gem on the live blog this morning, plus a big win for rim brakes and Jeremy Vine's horror journey... cycling
with Ned, Laura Laker and Adam Tranter) and happened across this gem of a 10 metre-long cycle lane in the South West. And in a classic case of active travel juxtaposition, it's very close to the excellent Drake's Trail in West Devon. "Cyclists slowing down cars make cars burn more petrol or diesel. If this additional fuel use is then attributed to the cyclists, a quick calculation I did showed the cyclists doing about 8mpg.
Therefore cyclists should be banned on environmental grounds."Unfortunately this person did not show their working, so we're just left with this incredible take on how motor vehicles pollute. There are various theories on how this wise statsmaster worked it out, we reckon this is probably the best guess so far...
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