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Thanks Khornight. I think I'm feeling a bit sensitive today!
But yes to your points. I think motorists are only going to take cyclists seriously when more of the motorists are cyclists. If that makes sense. Motorists 'get' cyclists in Holland or Berlin because many of them are cyclists too. Unlike here, where we make up less than 1%.
So I really do think it's about getting more people on bikes more often.
And the one thing I hear again and again from people is 'I'd love to cycle but....' And the but is usually fear of cars.
So we have a government committed to 'end the war on motorists' and that's just announced a mega road building programme. For motorirsts. And no real vision of how to ever get more people cycling.
And it all goes a bit round and round.