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The liberal elite should rethink its infatuation with bicycles

Keith Peat, Driver’s Union, Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire
02 April 2015
Cycling is “not an essential mode of transport”, says Keith Peat
Cycling is “not an essential mode of transport”, says Keith Peat

 

I hope that in my defence I may respond to a couple of remarks made about me in your last issue on the matter of cycling. 

Sam Jones of the CTC, just one of many anti-driver charities that want drivers jailed for long periods after an accident, is a classic example of the cycle lobby who just want a one-way debate about road cycling. It’s the cycle lobby who actually thrives from ‘tribalism’ since it’s an equalising device that, until I point out that the emperor is...

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