Addison Lee drivers told to defy bus lane law (and to just say SMIDSY)

Steady now, don't just go by all the venting that people do on here. Cycling in London is pretty good, and the threat from crashes is over-reported. Of course there are problems, but it's not 'a really shitty deal'--if it was, we wouldn't have so many people riding bikes, and cycling growing.

fair enough, but the stats are not good either tho, isn't cycling growing out of necessity?