Cyclists pay more than fair share of costs

Sir, - I’d like to assure Mr Clark Cross that there is no conspiracy against him from the pro-cycling correspondents by “orchestrating” our letters to appear the same day in The Courier letters section.

That is entirely up to the editor to decide if and when letters are published.

Unlike Mr Cross, I do read all the information contained in reports and letters before I reply and I cannot recall any report or letter that supports the small minority of adult rogue cyclists.

Where did he get the definitive information that there are “supporters” of rogue cyclists?

One thing I’ll ask Mr Cross to do is to write to the letters section in, say, two years’ time, to confirm, citing official reports so I can read them myself, that all of the 500,000 air weapons have been accounted for by licensing and being surrendered to the police if he thinks that’s a good example of effective legislation.

Many letters have highlighted the reality that cyclists pay more than their fair share for the total road transport system and the health and environmental benefits of cycling and I’m not willing to continue to flog a dead horse.

No doubt there will be more letters from Mr Cross against cyclists, every time he has his car insurance, MOT bill and vehicle excise duty to pay, which seems to me to be his motivation in writing his anti-cycling letters. Dave Brimner. Mearns Drive, Montrose.