Re: Main letter in local rag.

On 30 Sep, 08:23, Nick <nos...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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"Simon Mason" <si...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

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Well done Simon. I think you hit the Mail errr nail on the head.

Well if nothing else it should put people off taking up cycling. Who
wants to take up an activity that exposes you to "a
potentially deadly collision" every day?
I only tell it like it is Tony. I could have been killed 10 times
over had I not had my wits about me, although not everyone's
commute involves mixing it with dozens of HGVs on busy docks roads
in driving rain, I'm glad to say. My point was that a collision on
the road between a car and a cyclist can often be "deadly", whereas
a collision between a ped and cyclist is very rarely so.

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Simon Mason
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

As a - dare I admit it - habitual pavement cylist in certain places
(huge multi-lane roundabout type of thing), I am always aware that I
shouldn't really be there, and go very slowly and stop for people,
pushchairs etc. getting past. I try to stay very aware of small
children, dogs, greytops etc....I always make a point of making eye
contact and saying thank you when anyone stands back for me.

The biggest problem, I think, with pavement cyclists is these kids
who dodge about like fighter aircraft at 15 mph, even round corners
when they can't possible see anyone coming. These little b****ers
are lethal,
No they aren't,the incidence of deaths from pavemtn cyclits is so
close to zero as to be zero.That makes them non-lethal.

Until they take the same attitude behind the wheel of a motor vehicle.

A curious comment? Do you really think that pavement cycling encourages
car drivers to drive on the pavement?

We need to get away from the mindset which says that bad cycling, by anyone,
is OK because it causes little or no harm and recognise that an idiot PoB is
likely to also be an idiot when driving a car.

You seem to be assuming that all pavement cycling is bad cycling?


It is when it damages the reputation of responsible cyclists and
results in motorists acting with more aggression towards cyclists in
general.

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