Cyclists are 'unaware of the risks from pollution'

Cyclists are 'unaware of the risks from pollution'
ISTM that this story is the same precursor to other bans and regulations - ie. scaremongering.- that has led to calls for restrictions in smoking, fatty foods, salt, sunbeds etc. You can be sure toe solution will not be to ban or restrict traffic.
The health police, "It's for your own good. We have to protect you from yourself."
Is this the opening salvo to ban cyclists from the road?Minimise risk
In the cycling community, there are many ongoing discussions on different cycling web sites that suggest ways to minimise risk.
These include finding alternative routes away from high density commuter traffic and major public transport routes, avoiding congested roads and utilising cycle paths and tracks and finding routes that offer some shielding from air pollution - eg trees.
Also, don't get stuck behind a bus or find yourself travelling downwind of vehicle's exhaust fumes and when stopping at traffic lights or a major junction, move out in front of the stationary motor vehicles so you are not inhaling the plume of exhaust fumes and by monitoring air quality in your area.
Public health is all about investigating and identifying ways to minimise risk but it's also about common sense. It is important that we consider what measures could be adopted to try and protect cyclists' airway function. ...
ISTM that this story is the same precursor to other bans and regulations - ie. scaremongering.- that has led to calls for restrictions in smoking, fatty foods, salt, sunbeds etc. You can be sure toe solution will not be to ban or restrict traffic.
The health police, "It's for your own good. We have to protect you from yourself."
A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject - Churchill
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I really don't think there is a problem unless you stick you nose up an exhaust, why would anyone do that anyway? and if that don't work, we are all fecked, cyclists, drivers or peds.
Keep calm, carry on...
There are some reasonable masks now, if people are that worried - wear a mask. I dont see the point myself, I have mild asthma and suffer no real effects from it, I see plenty of drivers coughing their lungs up so I'm inclined to think that maybe the experience of forcing the air out in the exhertion of it all does something to counter.
I know from hayfever that I cough and sneeze to remove the particles of pollen that cause irritation. I could imagine similar happens with the soot and other particles from exhausts.
I quite like that idea anyway for the visibility if nothing else...goos excuse!
- @ddraver
Answer is simple, move to a better city...
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