Bicycle Test and Being Fair
Oct 13th, 2008 by papabear
Have you ever wondered how safe your neighborhood is? Can you safely leave your doors or your cars unlocked? Mariano Pasik from Buenos Aires came up with the bicycle test to see how long an unchained bicycle last before someone comes and takes it away.
Just by using hidden cameras and cheap bicycles as bait, the Argentine publicist set out to gauge crime in different neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The longer it takes for the bike to be stolen the safer the area, is his hypothesis.
I could still remember the good old days when things can be left safely unlocked or unchained in my neighborhood. Life was not as affluent as it used to be now but we had enough to eat and to wear. May be those those days people believe more strongly in God and punishments as compared to now.
Or, it could be that the beliefs are still as strong as it was today but people are getting more desperate to make ends meet and therefore resorted to crimes as the easiest way out.
Anyway, this bicycle test did produce some interesting results.
In the latest video posted, a bike lasted an hour without being stolen in the unsavory Constitucion neighborhood. But on the upscale shopping street of Santa Fe, a bike lasted a few short minutes before it was stolen.
I wonder how long would an unchained bicycle would last in downtown Kuala Lumpur? Any guess?
Read How safe is your city? Put it to the bicycle test for details.
A divorce settlement can be costly to some couples but nothing can beat this Cambodian couple. In the interest of being fair, all properties should be shared equally including the house that they used to live together.
There is no better way to split a house other than to literally cut it in half. The husband insisted that their house being cut into half so that they can part with their properties equally and he brought his relatives and they used saws to cut the house in half.
I just could not imagine how long or difficult it is but I guess some people would go beyond reasons to get what they wanted. I would say that this is a good example of what could happen if we didn’t use our head that much and follow our heart too much and let our emotions get the better or us.
“Very strange, but this is what my husband wanted,” she said by phone from a village about 62 miles east of Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. She said they ended their marriage last month.
Do you think that this is the best way to split our properties? I think the best way, if you are married, is to avoid divorce and try to settle our differences as we are all humans after all. I didn’t know whether to laugh or not when I read this but finally, I laughed…
Have you seen any half-cut house in Kuala Lumpur yet?
Read Cambodian couple saw house in half in divorce for details.
About the bicycle test.. Here in The Netherlands the most common thing which gets stolen is the bike! Almost everybody uses bicycles to get to there work/bus or home.. So when I leave my bike on the train station, I lock it up with 2 different locks! :p
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bioteck, do you want to try and see how long your bicycle would last unlocked? hehehe…
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wow! that some interesting test!.. even cheap bicycle gt stolen in few minutes.
Btw, in Netherlands people use bicycle to go to work? wow, may be kay el shpuld try this.. so no more traffic jam.. Guys eyes will wide open when raining, seeing wet ladies on bicycle.. haha
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smaelz, good idea. You do not need for the rain to do that as the heat from the Malaysian weather would help you with that… haha!
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hehehe..bicycle aja dicuri shaxx..:)
harus bawa helikopter ato pesawat kayanya ga bakalan dicuri..hihihi..;))
jarang orang bisa bawa itu barang..wekekek..:)
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sweat will have smell.. nut not the rain.. huhu.. “Open wide while in the rain, cause the will be a free show”.. haha
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sanggup dia kerat rumah tuh, camtu haha lawak betul.langusng tak leh pakai
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gosh. i’m dreaming for an ultimate safe city.
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hurm.. itu pasal basikal kat luar umah.. here, in my housing, people sneak into your room, even you’re in there, just to steal your laptop. they manage to grab several notebook. ergh.
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On the bicycle test it wouldn’t work here in my city. Sad to say but true because when my second child drop his cell phone on the jeep he was riding beside the driver we have not retrieved it because the driver strongly denied he found when my child was the only passenger riding in that jeep. Even if my son had texted somebody on the way. That’s how hard this days..
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blogger addictor, ember! tapi kalo semua orang bawa pesawat sendiri, parkirnya gimana tuh?
smaelz, as long as you are happy… haha
lankapo, serious bro! memang berkira abis… haha
alone, just do not wake up…
abdusfauzi, that’s bad. kat mana tempat sedara ni?
malou, it would work and show that your place is not safe from bad people at all… yup, life is difficult…
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if only we can cut properties into half!
i have this prob lately.
divorce rate increased in UK which caused me problem to discuss debt settlement.
Tuhan aje yg tau!
kalo la sha boleh kerat bank account dowang macam rumah tuh:P
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cheryna, susah jugak ye kerja melayan masalah kewangan ni ya…
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ehm, i’m no longer bicycle rider. I’m driver now.
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ihateher, congrats to you!
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Yeah in my old hood I left my bike in the front yard every time I needed to go to the bathroom or eat lunch. Never lost it.
Things are different for the city kids though. I think most people consider a bike laying around as free transportation. they use it… drop it off somewhere and someone else uses it to go somewhere else. the original owner usually ends up finding it again after it gets a flat tire. This is only true when you’re talking about kids but thats what I’ve seen
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paunchiness, you are right. different places, different things can happen. thanks!
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