Re: Bourke Street Bicycle Road

On May 13, 5:13 pm, terryc <newssixspam-s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Tue, 13 May 2008 01:23:29 -0700, tenspeed wrote:
> > Looks as if a "focus group" of "potential cyclists" was shown pics of
> > various sorts of bike lanes and thought the two-way ones looked nice:
>
> Yer, I can imagine what sort of cyclists the focus group consisted of.
> They have focus groups that choose the adverts we see. Nuff said.


I'm often in those focus groups, every few months I get called in to
give my opinions on all kinds of random crap, like for example an
advertising campaign about to commence for a big company, a political
session for marginal seat voters just before the election,
questioetc.  They're not entirely stupid, though there is a cross
section of people in these things and therefore a few opinions
expressed which were a little bit dumb... :)

They're not bad.  You get between $50 and $100 in your hand for an
hour of two of talking.  There are usually snacks, cans of drink, and
icy cold pizza on offer.

I got on their list by not rudely hanging up on a telemarketer, at the
end of the call I was asked if I'd like to attend paid focus groups,
but you can register for focus groups yourself here in Perth at
http://www.wcfs.com.au/

No idea about where you'd register in the eastern states for a focus
group, but I'm sure you could find something in Google.

And maybe next time there is a cycling focus group, some people who
aren't "differently clued" about cycling might be consulted.  ;P

And if you think the ads which get aired are bad, you should see the
ones we reject!

Travis