Re: Main letter in local rag.

Don Whybrow wrote:
Nick wrote:
Nigel Randell wrote:
marc wrote:
Barb wrote:
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?

About 4 minutes prior Nick also wrote:

> JNugent wrote:
>
>> Cycling on the footway is illegal and anti-social,
>
> Why? There are a lot of shared use paths. We all have to live together
> and a little give and take from responsible people doesn't seem to be a
> problem.
>
> What is antisocial is dangerous riding or driving. While this behaviour
> is sometimes seen in pavement cyclists it is very common in cars on the
> road. Particularly the type of self righteous driver who feels they own
> the road and likes to intimidate slower more vulnerable road users.

Somehow I have a feeling that Nigel was referring to the *attitude* of antisocial and self righteous behavior you comment on as opposed to the *action* of riding/driving on the pavement.

Maybe I hadn't read it very well. I thought he just meant pavement cycling turned cyclists into bad drivers.

I still think it is a little dangerous to condemn behaviour based on a very tenuous link as to what it may lead too.


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