AS a road user with more than 40 years experience of driving most types of vehicle from bicycles to heavy goods, I am sick and tired of the anti-car rhetoric and propaganda from the “safety charity” Brake.
Their one theme agenda appears to be to reduce all road traffic to a standstill. Not only the obsession with speed cameras, but now 20mph zones, using the emotive statistics of pedestrian (particularly children) and now cyclist deaths to bring in more anti-car legislation.
Were it not so serious, the use of cyclist deaths in this would be laughable. To think that a rider can get on a bike, with no training, insurance or safety gear, and yet Brake still blames motorists for the escalation in these deaths.
This, to me, demonstrates the biased, blinkered and ill-informed view of this campaign group.
The problem with these anti-motorist groups is that they end up adding to congestion and frustrating drivers who HAVE left enough time for their journeys. A small percentage then feel forced into breakneck speeds where urgent appointments are concerned.
I believe these groups make the roads MORE dangerous - not less.
Were it not so serious, the use of cyclist deaths in this would be laughable. To think that a rider can get on a bike, with no training, insurance or safety gear, and yet Brake still blames motorists for the escalation in these deaths.
The problem with these anti-motorist groups is that they end up adding to congestion and frustrating drivers who HAVE left enough time for their journeys. A small percentage then feel forced into breakneck speeds where urgent appointments are concerned.
I believe these groups make the roads MORE dangerous - not less.
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