JOHN Atkin is right, (Letters, October 5), there are cyclists who flout the Highway Code by jumping red-lights, cutting across pavements and pelican crossings, cycling the wrong way along one-way streets, through pedestrian zones, etc.

But his comment about cyclists not being road tax payers is fatuous.

He neglects to mention that there are just as many road-users using other means of transport who flout the Highway Code, endangering the lives of themselves and others.

Some pedestrians are at fault too. They amble around in the roads rather than crossing properly or using the pavement.

Then there are drivers jumping red lights, making illegal turns, not paying any attention to cyclists or pedestrians.

Taxi and bus drivers over-take cyclists dangerously close and some drivers pull out right in front of other vehicles. The list goes on. What should be addressed is the issue of dangerous road-users and the actual designs of roads. This way, the problems can be assessed as a whole.

Dr Duncan Campbell,

Albemarle Road,

York

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