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TRiG_Irelandtoday at 10:22 AM1 replyview on HN

And yet he owned a motor car, and enjoyed fast driving. Humans are complex.


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ionwaketoday at 11:54 AM

well he probably had a problem with cars around the university. Ive lived there and the traffic with cars is basically horrendous, for a small university town ( and Ive lived in Birmingham and London very crowded places). Finally after a century they have made big changes to reduce traffic.

Its such a problem that if you investigate cycling deaths, the biggest hotspot is literally a roundabout in the center of Oxford outside a college. By hotspot I mean , its literally the number one most dangerous location ( about a 10 meter stretch) for cyclists in about a 50 mile radius. I discovered this one day just doing some random research on my own.

Also unfortunately I know someone whose girlfriend got killed near that same roundabout.

I dont even think its common knowledge, other than "watch the traffic".

Its actually quite shocking they even allowed the traffic to get that bad, it is after all "meant" to be the brightest minds in the country ( or was at some point).

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