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Thinking about this some more....
TFL can go hang. They want to dictate where we should ride across all london but refuse to dictate any cycling policy to the local authorities who take their grants. Cycling conditions vary massively from bourough to bourough. There IS NO default position in the real world. We should ride where ever the hell we need to on our own roads. Until TFL are prepared to roll out a coherent and progressive cycling policy for London, they really need to "lip up" about where we should position ourselfs. We are doing what we HAVE to do to ride safely. I'v got 30 years riding in london and I know in my bones that what we teach is right! TFL are not really concerned with cyclists (in my view) except when they become a "problem". They are the last people who should be suggesting changes to the syllabus.
Sorry, always angry in the mornings, it's the coffee....
PS "lip up" - see what i'v done there? ;-)