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All he's doing is cleverly externalising his responsibility for road safety onto cyclists.
He's made several statements and taken a couple of actions this past week that very clearly show that Addison Lee do not respect the laws of the land, and as these laws relate to other road users that John Griffin as owner of Addison Lee does not respect other road users.
Ignoring laws that have been on the books for the longest time, such as the cyclists right to wobble, and that SMIDSY is to drive without due care and attention... is reckless and irresponsible.
Do not allow yourself to get caught up in his deflection plan. There isn't a cyclist amongst us that wouldn't argue for more training and funds for training, but the issue is a minicab company led by a man who has instructed his drivers to ignore road laws, and by doing so put cyclists at increased risk.
Don't let this fool take your eyes off the real issue.
Until he makes a statement in which he commits Addison Lee to be a paragon of road safety, fully respecting all laws of the road and the rights of other road users to use the road... then Addison Lee should feel the effect of a full boycott by cyclists and our employers.
It has got to be the case that no company can knowingly use Addison Lee, as they would be allowing a contracted company to flaunt laws in their name (to move an employee from A to B).
Simply put: Fuck off John Griffin... tell us how you're going to respect all road laws and road users or STFU and feel our boycott.
There is always space for a reasoned debate on cycle training, but the issue here is the reckless actions of a minicab company.