The Times Cycling Campaign

As a vauge aside (and without any stats to back it up), I'd imagine that the bulk of the average car driver's impression of cycling is made up of what they see out of the windscreen, rather than what they read.

Drivers seeing hordes of 'normal people' trundling past them in a dedicated cycle lane as they sit in traffic are presumably much more likely to give it a go. ** Much rather that impression than solitary, well trained cyclists, mixing it up with general traffic because we're too stubborn to accept any help we can get.** If it requires a bit of literary exaggeration to get the former then fine - long term gain is well worth it.

Er being forced to ride much slower in a segregated cycle lane is not of much help to me.