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The R4 interview was rubbish. When sustrans rep made the point about his comments on cyclist deaths, Evan Davies / the reporter said something like 'we've covered that now, let's move on' when it hadn't been discussed properly, and then went back to the bus lane debate. If I was Evan Davies I would have said something like 'when you make what are widely considered to be disgusting and irresponsible remarks about the right to life of other road users, why should we take seriously your other concerns? How are they legitimate in this context?'. The two are intrinsically linked and allowing the bus lane question to be given airtime legitimises the idiots points about road users. R4 didn't dispell the road tax myth, that was left to sustrans. Compare the feature with the abortion piece before led by John Humphrys, which probably went to far in the other direction (he really is an imbecilic journalist - and I'm pro-choice so that has nothing to do with the feature)... overall it was an amateur hour morning on R4. James Naughtie is a bit more balanced.
Also, no mention by R4 of the fundamental difference between black cabs and mini cabs - very high levels of mandatory training, and much more regulation.
It pissed me off.