Two assertions that I cannot prove:
·      No one, anywhere, ever, has been killed by a bicycle bomb.
·      No life, anywhere, ever, has been saved by the life jacket under their seat.
 Anywhere is a large place, and ever is a long time. The most one can do is broadcast an appeal for disproving evidence. In the [...]

Letter accepted for publication in Significance, December 2008. This is a much abbreviated version of the letter submitted.
Apologies for my delayed reply to the Controversy piece by Richard Allsop, et al  (Significance, June 2008) – challenging my piece – “Britain’s seatbelt law should be repealed” (Significance June 2007). The myth that seat belt laws save lives [...]