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Where do you draw the line ? The top causes of death can be summed up by "eating shit and not exercising enough", do you want to enforce these too ? Bicycle accidents caused by mechanical failure are less than a drop in the ocean



"11.4% of respondents had experienced at least one crash that they suspected was due partly to structural weakness"

Does not sound like a drop in the ocean.

"The top causes of death can be summed up by "eating shit and not exercising enough", do you want to enforce these too ? "

By that logic we should get rid of a lot of existing regulation.


We can talk when there is a proper study that isn't sponsored by a bicycle maintenance company, I'd be curious to see how they found the "participants"

> ARN reports a relationship with Cycle Inspect Pty Ltd. that includes: equity or stocks. ARN has patent ##PCT/AU2022/051284 pending to Cycle Inspect Services Pty Ltd

> By that logic we should get rid of a lot of existing regulation.

No, we should go door to door and check what people have in their pantry, probably even scan their credit card purchases, enforce daily calories quotas, &c.




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