It is indeed a conundrum. Whichever side if the divide you find yourself on, spare a thought for us here in the New Forest. Commercial organisations now organise huge bike rallies and time trials on our Forest roads. Upwards of 2,000 riders can descend on us for a weekend of gross 'peletons'. Thus far, the organisers have refused to limit their entries to 1,000, require their members to wear an identifying number, or encourage them to carry personal insurance. Is it any wonder there is bad blood between cyclists, motorists and residents? You now have the awful contra situation of hardcore objectors throwing tacks in the road. Outrageous!
One does not like to resort to the Law because as a leisure pursuit it should be self policing by consent, but I see no way out if this impasse unless the 2,000 or so visitors abide by a basic and reasonable set of rules.
This experience seems to reflect a national swing in mood and I feel it is because the car driver has been labelled a "planet killer" by climate change nutters, failing to spot the extreme irony that they all drive to these events with the bikes on racks..
Why won't they wear numbers? It has sinister undertones....:shifty:
One does not like to resort to the Law because as a leisure pursuit it should be self policing by consent, but I see no way out if this impasse unless the 2,000 or so visitors abide by a basic and reasonable set of rules.
This experience seems to reflect a national swing in mood and I feel it is because the car driver has been labelled a "planet killer" by climate change nutters, failing to spot the extreme irony that they all drive to these events with the bikes on racks..
Why won't they wear numbers? It has sinister undertones....:shifty: