Dangerous cyclists
Sir,—As a cyclist I object to those drivers who think they have a better right to be on the road. Actually, the opposite is the case. They are filling my lungs with lead and smoke, deafening me and endangering my life. They are wasting our overseas funds and the heritage of our children, by such squandering of oil and other non-renewable raw materials. They are causing more road wear than me, and taking up far more road space. And as for the road code — forget it. Any cyclist who put his trust in that would soon be dead.. The cyclists’ rule of the road is: flesh gives way to steel. Or,, if you like, fresh human gives way to tinned human. — Yours, etc".
PIERS MacLAREN. July 9. 1981.
Sir.—Richard Sole's latest letter (July 9) is so naive as to leave one doubting his seriousness. That he can suggest cycling accidents are generally attributable to motorists’, and not the ever-suffering cyclists’, behaviour is almost beyond belief. One only has to observe children riding to school each day to see that truly appalling standards of ability are the norm and not the exception. I would like to suggest to Richard Sole, and all others who think like him, that they would be better off to lead by example, to wear correct gear, obey all road and not
just those that suit them at the time, and make themselves more visible to the other road users, than to sit back complacently criticising. After all, he will be the one protesting from the gutter, battered and bruised, after wobbling into the path of a car driver who has been unable to see, let alone avoid, him, due to his wearing dark clothing on his unlit cycle, and insisting on his “right” to be run down as and where he sees fit — Yours, etc., ROGER FITCH. July 9, 1981.
Dangerous cyclists
Press, 13 July 1981, Page 16
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