I discovered this video clip while trying to find out if ‘family’ cycling in Looe, Cornwall was a possibility.
Okay, so this chap gets up to 47mph downhill. Neat. However, if I were driving the cars he tailgates (and overtakes) I’d have my already-low opinion of hardcore cyclists confirmed. The cyclist just leaves no margin for error, performing proximity stunts that would make a kevlar-clad motorcyclist shudder.
Oh, and never mind the pedestrians…
Well I never! Really?
Non-news nuggets like this never cease to annoy me: the art of stating the bleeding obvious. It never hurts to highlight safety issues, especially in an area where there is a need for ongoing and drastic improvement. However, the smug complacency of whoever is driving the publicity smacks of an outfit that has so little passion for their ‘boggle’.
Public safety groups: if you’ve got an annual schedule of trying to promote your area of concern, please at least try to think about a new angle - you don’t have to do it that often, it shouldn’t be difficult.
Taking this piece as an example, it may have been more punchy to lead with the drug-taking statistics rather than, ‘young drivers take risks’.
