If drivers' attitudes towards ordinary people cycling locally, say to the shops, to friends houses, to the pub, to the football, to the tennis courts, to collect their fish and chips etc - i.e. not strenuous journeys - then cycling would become more enjoyable for everyone, safer for everyone and more people would do it.It cannot be repeated enough times that if more people cycled drivers would have quicker journeys, use less fuel, probably drive less aggressively (less cars = less overtaking), OUR roads would be safer, OUR roads would not need to be repaired as often and air quality would improve. I would love to hear the argument against journey times not improving if there were less cars on the road. I cannot think of a single one but I invite you to argue your case why it is good for drivers if more people drove.If there is one quick fix that I would like to change is the one of the driver attitude thinking that someone on a bike should not be using the road in the first place! Add to that the unnecessary risk of a driver thinking that the person on a bike must concede the space to let the vehicle pass has to stop. I could go on but I will stop here.
Ben Owen ● 212d