Letter: Cars and Bikes Simply Don’t Mix

Published on: 31 Oct, 2013
Updated on: 31 Oct, 2013

From Bernard Parke

Hon Alderman

It is a long time since I threw a leg over my trusty old Dawes tourer (it’s now exhibited in a museum – some say I should be too!) but I wonder if cycling in our congested town these days is really as healthy as we are told?

The problem seems to be inhaling black carbons of fossil fuels burned in the engines of our motorised road users.

The cyclist, unlike the pedestrians, inhales more deeply, sucking in these chemical agents which can cause irreversible lung  damage.

We are told that even pedestrians using pavement may suffer similar effects to those exposed to passive smoking.

Perhaps more attention should be given to lessen this potential health problems by providing safer cycle ways away from motorised traffic?

This was of course recommended in the Buchanan Report, commissioned by the borough back in the fifties.

The car and the cyclists simply do not make good bed fellows.

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