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Freeman was commenting in the Daily Heil. Says it all.

Absolutely! I have an "ebike" - but a UK legal one So the motor cuts out at 15.5 mph (it makes sense in kph!) and anything after that is just me pedalling a bike that is much heavier that an normal bike and with a motor adding drag so that won't happen. Even in a 20mph zone then I would be pushed to break the 20mph unless it was a steep downhill! Therefore, any "bike" exceeding a 30 mph speed limit is NOT an ebike it is a motorbike - no ifs or buts - it is a motorbike probably unregistered, no MOT, no plate, no insurance and mostly the ride is not licensed and is not wearing a helmet so the laws needed are there already and have been for many years

Sorry. I wrote that with the implicit assumption the overtaking cyclist had looked and there was nothing coming the other way. I don't see the problem here. Pretty sure the cyclist (Aleix) had visibility to the next corner, could see they could safely pass. I've done many similar passes myself on descents in Spain and Italy. The problem here seems to be the car driver's ego got hurt that a cyclist passed them.

I also see a lot of cars this winter with numberplates completely obscured with grime.

Damned if you do and damned if you don't! If you do, you'll be 'close passed', honked at, cursed at, and told to use the &^%$!! bike path! Drivers 'might' glance slightly over their shoulder ---- maybe, before throwing the door open! I even had one guy throw open his door with a cake in one hand, coffee in the other and his phone cradled under his chin! I've had so many near misses I can't count!

And that would be different to now how exactly?

Mr Loophole -"Thousands of cyclists breaking the rules" Me - "Millions of motorists breaking the rules" 70% of drivers in our village over the speed limit.

I like James May. He always has sensible things to say about cycling and road safety.

RE Bath cycle improvements - on my one foray about Bath on bike I noticed two things - first the usual UK incongruity of a "historic tourist attraction" with large flows of motor traffic round and through it. And second their odd "bus stop plus cycle lane" designs, which build out the whole area but ramp up the cycle lane to the level of waiting passengers. (No idea why they couldn't just have a standard bypass round the back of the bus waiting area if going to that much engineering anyway...) If I visit again I'd be delighted if somehow there was less of the first (fat chance). But ideally there would be no more of the second (just use standard designs already...)

"Search me - I'm just out for a ride Wait - no - I didn't mean ACTUALLY search me...!"