Re: Main letter in local rag.

Adam Lea wrote:
rive 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.


This is a very big assumption, pavement cycling makes car drivers more aggressive to bike riders. I can't prove it but I actually think the opposite is true. I think car drivers give more room to cyclists in central London and are more aggressive in the suburbs. Where as cyclists are more likely to break the law in central London.



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