A way to go on greener travel

Your recent article asks if cycling in Kent could soar after lockdown. Having taken advantage of quiet roads to get out more, I can say it’s highly unlikely without certain fundamental changes.

Firstly, the roads. Many are positively dangerous. Like car drivers, I try to avoid those potholes that will damage my wheels. The difference is that the holes are smaller and because they are not a driving hazard, there are hundreds more of them.

Secondly, those that are cycling need to remember that their wheels are designed for roads and cycle paths, not footpaths. Both sides of this argument need to give the other a lot more respect.

Lastly, dog owners must be made to realise that their pooches do not have rights over humans when it comes to using cycle paths.

L. D. Goddard an hour. He received the answer by text the next day (happily, the result was clear).

Where did this take place? At Melbourne, Victoria. Come on, Britain, shame on us!

Martin Collings 19 we see history repeating itself, assertions that mobile transmissions cause health issues or affect the immune system do not seem to be supported by any scientific evidence and yet gain credence with a small but gullible section of the public.

What scientists deduced for 3G and 4G would seem to apply to

5G, which essentially uses the same basic system; an antenna transmits a signal looking to see if “there is anyone there”, that signal is a fairly weak pulse by the time it reaches you; your phone replies saying “yes, here I am” with a stronger pulse in order to get the signal strength to reach the antenna. Antenna signals are moderated to the minimum strength necessary to talk to your phone - after all the stronger the signal, the more electricity it uses and the higher the costs involved.

What scientists worked out was that whilst signals could warm cells in the body, the signal strength from the antenna was so low it would have no discernible effect; their precautionary advice was that continuous use of your mobile phone at the side of your head might have a warming effect, although none had been observed and that it might, following the precautionary principle, be wise not to carry your phone in your pocket, close to your reproductive organs.

Within a few years, the whole brouhaha had blown over so it will be with 5G in a few years’ time.

Bob Britnell