Letter to the Editor – 9 January 2025

Letters to the Editor

It’s great to see more people out on bikes enjoying fresh air and exercise even if at a reduced rate on an e-bike. I don’t even mind sharing the footpath with them. But why should they assume right of way over pedestrians?

No one objects to stepping aside to let pre-schoolers or even primary school children cycle past them. However, many cyclists have not seen the inside of a classroom for decades and still expect, with the ding of a bell of a call from behind, that walkers will step off the path for them.

Cyclists expect and deserve tolerance from faster, heavier traffic when on the road. Surely pedestrians deserve the same tolerance on footpaths.

Ray Milner

Cambridge

Cyclists in Cambridge

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