In response to John Atkins (Readers' Letters, October 5), I would suggest there is a need to reconsider some of the regulations which apply to cyclists and pedestrians. The Highway Code is anti-cyclist and anti-pedestrian in some respects.

It can be used as an excuse in legal proceedings against cyclists and pedestrians if they have an accident and are not dressed as prescribed in the code, as the advice given in the code is set as the standard to which people are expected to adhere.

High Petergate allows cyclists good access to the Minster cycle route and should be either kept as it is, or possibly given a 10mph zoning with increased parking and access restrictions.

If you wanted to cycle from Clifford's Tower over Skeldergate Bridge you would have to go all the way around the Fishergate loop, so cycling provisions can be improved even in York. The shambles on Hull Road shows how facilities can be made worse for cycling.

York has many orange badge users and I have yet to see a cycle with an orange sticker to gain access to pedestrian areas, so car users are getting a better deal than cyclists.

The whole road system could be more suited to vulnerable road-users, but I must admit some cyclists should show more care and attention at times.

Colin Clarke,

The Crescent,

Stamford Bridge,

York.

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