Sir, - The cyclist is an anomaly motorists would gladly do without. Why are bikes allowed on roads at all? An unfortunate historical accident: they were there before cars and lorries.
Up to the present the cyclist has had the legal status of a glorified pedestrian, and continues to behave like one. Perhaps, as the law begins to protect cyclists, cyclists will begin to respect the law. - Yours, etc.,
Andrew Robinson, Marlborough Road, Dublin 4.