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@cornelius_blackfoot
oliver correct me if I'm wrong but isn't there some cycle training, that you were talkign about with festus last sunday. Wouldn't it be best to point journalists, magazines, new riders to that, as riding on london's roads is about confidence and experience, the more experience you have, the more confident you become, but gaining the experience is difficult if you have no confidence, catch 22 thing. But in my opinion, the safety course would give you the confidence to get out there and ride on london streets.
Cycling safety, road awareness, courses should be pointed to at every turn when someone is purchasing a bike, or thinking about riding a bike.
Also I think some sort of pamphlet for riding safely and confidently on the road, should be made up, IF IT HASN'T BEEN DONE SO ALREADY, (saw a little comic one from like canada or the states which was linked to on this forum) which gives peoples the do's and don'ts about riding in london, or any other heavily congested area, maybe given away free with new bikes etc etc.
knowledge is king, and we shouldn't be hiding the knowledge we have acquired, so people learn the hard way...