Whilst at a dinner party on Saturday night, a couple of people asked about where I'd been on my bike, having heard that I was a bit of a fan of using a bicycle as a means of exploring foreign lands... Unfortunately however there were also a couple of others who used it as an opportunity to vent their spleens about how cyclists ran red lights, blocked their roads, and so on, which then initiated the whole almost inevitable argument that cyclists:
- Should carry / require a license if they want to ride on the road;
- Should display a registration plate of one form or another;
- Should pay a tax for the use of said road infrastructure
Having heard all this nonsense before, knowing that their views were entrenched. I decided rather than biting and trying respond to their argument to instead simply get up from the table, help the host with the dishes in the kitchen before departing for the evening.
Oh, as a bit of a hint as to why I get so hot under about these sorts of stupid suggestions and as a bit of a post-script, here are some comments / thoughts from the endurance cyclist Mike Hall, about cycling in Australia, before he was killed by a motorist on the outskirts of Canberra, earlier this year.
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