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@firsttimer
My Auntie Brenda
who you may have seen on her shopper in Tooting and has been toddling around on it since before I was born, hates cycling in the primary position. She thinks I'm trying to kill her. Even with the HGV left-turning argument, she reckons she's safer out of the line of traffic, that she goes so slow that she's not going to broadside an opening door, person pulling out of a side road etc.
I'm glad she's cycling at her age and she needs to feel comfortable doing it. I do not want to put her off.
It does make me wonder if some parts of Bikeability are most suited for confident fast-moving cyclists (in the image of the people who wrote it?) and that not only neglects people like my Auntie but is actually shifting blame to them in the event of an accident.
There's a lot of sense written on this forum so I would genuinely appreciate people's opinions please. Thanks.