[IanMSpencer]

See https://issuu.com/immediatemediabrandedcontent/docs/iam_006_digital_combined_pdf/60

– the letter titled “Cycling co-operation needed”.

(If the link is dodgy, it is on page 63 as per the printed version)

I had a bit of a wobbly at the IAM for publishing this letter without editorial comment in this month’s members mag. As an IAM member as well as a cyclist, I was surprised they published a letter with the rather snyde descriptions of cyclists – but also published opinions on the safety of cycle lanes contradictory to their own professional view. The real gem is that the author basically says if you get killed by not cycling in a cycle lane, then whose fault is it? The writer also does not understand bunch cycling – while claiming to be a cyclist –  I believe the writer could be our very own NG!

As a member, we are taught observation, but also that the attitude we bring to driving is part and parcel of the skills. Here we have a member claiming to be an advanced driver, who does not understand how cyclists use the road, and objects to the advice he has received from the police on the matter.

I’ve written a stroppy complaint asking for an apology to cyclists from the Letters Editor and that they publish a suitable article in the body of the magazine addressing the issue of how cyclists use the road. We will see how far it gets!

What comments do you think I should have made? Have I over-reacted?

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[hawkinspeter]

They’re basically saying that

They’re basically saying that cycle paths should be compulsory for cyclists to use when the Highway Code most definitely states that they are optional. That doesn’t sound like an advanced driver to me if they don’t even know the basics.

[Rendel Harris]

Nick Griffin, Nigel Garage,

Nick Griffin, Nigel Garage, Nigel Griffiths…seeing a pattern.

You’re entirely right to object, it’s a colour by numbers ignorant objection. Isn’t there a recommendation/regulation from the DoT that riders exceeding 18mph shouldn’t use cycle paths – which is what what most of the “Lycra Brigade” will be doing?

[Hirsute]

Some local knowledge needed.
Some local knowledge needed. Are they actual cycle paths or a shared pathway?
What state are they in?

Anyone who claims to be an iam and then tells people it’s your own fault for being on the road needs to be drummed out of the organisation.

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