++++++ at last someone with the courage to write what a lot of us do these days. GOOD ON YOU SIR I've been riding (as in road racing) for 40 something years and I've been knocked off my bike twice in that time. Luckily, neither time was too serious. In '87 an army dude ran into me(early in the am, he said the sun was in his eyes) and I somersaulted over the bonnet and roof. This 'accident' stopped me from doing the Durbs Iron Man, but apart from the wasted months of training and the damage to my bike I was OK. The second time was a little more serious, did some damage to my knees and my bike was a write off, but again I came off fairly lightly. But, the point is, I was bl......dy lucky both times! For me the major point is that rules for cyclists were made 150 years ago, when things were very, very different, cyclists were a threat to pedestrians, so were required to ride on the left. Cars were few and very slow. Nowadays, there are 11.5 million (registered) vehicles on our roads. Cars are much, much faster and surely it's time to rethink these rules for bicycles????? I feel safer riding against the traffic, there are still the idiots that ride in the yellow line, I'm just glad that I can now see them and avoid them. WELL DONE SINGLE TRACK, I'M ON YOUR SIDE.
