Thursday, January 03, 2008
Matthew Parris loses his head
Matthew Parris, previously a charming if slightly dull ex politician turned radio presenter feels the need to string piano wire across the lanes and decapitate cyclists. Why? Because a few inconsiderate riders left bottles and energy drink wrappers in the hedgerows around his home.Ignore the fact that all the sins he attributes to cyclists are committed on far greater scales by drivers. You can bet if a cyclist wrote an article for the Times suggesting the keying of cars that blocked the advanced stop lane, putting a D lock through the windows of cars that come sailing into cycle lanes or slashing the tyres of cars parked on double yellows it would never see print. And those are calls to damage against inanimate objects, not violence against people.
via Matt Seaton in the Guardian
Technorati tag: Cycling
Labels: Drivers, idiots, Journalists
posted by Ian at 7:33 PM