John G's Page

"I work in the CBD (although sadly I don't ride there on a weekday).  Happy to meet late afternoon or early evening."

"Roisen, this is an excellent post.  I've argued before that one of our problems is a lack of organisation.  While there are a lot of very passionate people here, our fragmentation is one of the key things that marginalises…"

"Has everyone seen the Herald? http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/fitness/blogs/on-your-bike/share-bike-schemes-need-to-lose-the-lids-20120920-267wg.html"

"Back up now.  It was down for about 6-7 minutes.  Curious..."

"The story seems to be down.  It may be a temporary thing, but can people check please?   As an aside, you would need to clear your browser objects if you wanted to vote more than once.  Not that I'd suggest such a thing,…"

"Omar, I certainly agree with you about the complexity of the issues facing cycling. But in my view, helmet laws in this country are a key issue that must be faced head on. The current laws distort public debate about real bicycle safety. They also…"

"Omar, thanks for the prompt response. I did note that Go! is actually part of a private company. You've said that with conditions it would be a 'good idea'. That's a little different from support. I'd compare that to…"

"I said I'd come back with some more information on how we can use risk based modeling to compare Tom's question on the relative health benefits of helmets.  This is easy to describe, although the execution gets a little…"

"Omar, I congratulate you on founding Go! and also your participation on this forum.  To take the focus off radical politics, I have a question.  I've looked at the Go! website and you comments here, and there is still one thing…"

""We can't quantify the answer to this question, but can we articulate it without damaging the anti helmet law cause?"   I'd disagree with this.  We can use risk management techniques to provide specific estimates of the…"

"According to the Rissel study, the people who supported helmet law tended to be the non-cyclists, and the greater the amount of cycling, the less support for the law.  Of course a survey of 00's of people couldn't be better than one…"

"I don't normally publish links, but I happened to come across a thoughtful article on helmets through my normal risk work. http://www.risksense.org/2012/06/14/the-myth-of-the-bicycle-helmet/ It's good to see a serious research institute…"

"Absolutely - just don't want to close any options or loose any potential support almost any change would be an improvement on the current situation I would take back as much of this unfair law as possible. FYI below is the link to a google…"

"Last time I was stopped by the police (about two weeks ago) I was given a warning for riding on the footpath, but issued with a fine for not wearing a helmet.  Police discretion is a hopeless tool to rely on, at least in Victoria.  Parts…"

"Helmets and children is an interesting discussion and I have a view on this myself.  Nonetheless, it is a bit off topic for protest riding.  Perhaps for now we can agree that we are working for change to the current regulations."