Thursday, April 1, 2010

UK - The end of the pedalling postie: Health and safety fears lead to phasing out of bikes

They have survived for more than a century as one of our most familiar sights: the traditional British postman trundling up the lane on his sturdy bicycle.
But now pedal-powered deliveries are falling victim to the 21st century's most fearsome foe... health and safety.

[Anyone else see the irony? As roads grow increasingly unsafe, and people bcome less healthy from lack of physical activity, something that resists both those trends is eliminated. - MH]

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