Letter: Lawless cyclists: drivers hit back

Monday 12 May 1997 23:02 BST

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Sir: How helpful of Hugh Hollinghurst to explain that what I had simply dismissed as selfishness and ignorance is in fact a protest against the lack of provision for cyclists. May I explain in my turn that when I exceed the speed limit in my car, I am actually not showing disrespect for the law. I am only hurrying in order to get my car off the road, the sooner to leave it free for cyclists?

PHILIP CRESSWELL

Oxford

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