I can see both sides to this debate having taken up cycling last year during lockdown (like loads of others) - I really enjoy getting out and I am much fitter for the exercise. There are a number of cycling clubs near me (I am not a member) and they go out in a pack and it can be frustrating when you are driving as they are very difficult to get past.

Re lycra - road bike saddles are not comfy so you do need to have a pair of padded shorts - not everyone who wears lycra is a lout..

I wonder whether the issue of riders going through red lights is partially to do with having clip-in pedals and losing momentum?

If you want to kill someone, do it on a road. A quick search of cyclists killed on the road includes.

A lorry driver, Neil Gass, 48, drove into Mike Seminara, 71, on Cargo roundabout in Carlisle in March 2018. He later admitted the lesser charge of causing death by careless driving. Gass was sentenced to 12 weeks in jail, suspended for 18 months.

A motorist who killed a cyclist in Fife after driving carelessly has been sentenced to 300 hours unpaid work and banned from driving for 10 years. David Gordon, 56, was overtaking when it was unsafe to do so and hit Gary Christie on his mountain bike.

There is a 2008 article in the Sun that over 80 per cent of drivers involved in the death of a cyclist in a road collision aren't sent to prison.

And a couple of cyclists who killed pedestrians.

Ermir Loka, 23, jumped a red light on his bicycle and collided with Peter McCombie in Tower Hamlets on 3 July 2020, leaving the pedestrian with serious injuries from which he died in hospital eight days later. Loka, was sentenced to two years in prison.

Cyclist Charlie Alliston jailed for 18 months over death of pedestrian.

It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses.

Add a cyclist that killed a bloke in Regent street a couple of years ago and cycled off, never to be seen again! If there was a number plate on his bike the culprit could have been traced.

The thing is, if the cyclist knew he would get a tug by the police for breaking highway code he might not have ridden so recklessly and the victim might not have been struck in the first place! Anyone, whether cyclist or motor vehicle, should obey the highway code, and if they don"t and injure/kill someone they deserve what ever comes their way!The one thing we need is id on the back of any bike used on the road, it can only enhance the cycling experience of all law abiding cyclists, getting a bad rep by the increasing lawless lycra louts!

As a habit, I always stop at red lights and pedestrian crossings , always drive with insurance, always pay road tax for driving on the road I use,(whether it goes on the roads is questionable),never eat or drink at the wheel, bar sweets from time to time.You must want id to be attatched to cycles as a responsible cyclist surely?You no doubt get off your bike and take a walk now and again? Maybe use a crossing? Do you not think you shouldn"t have to pray the cyclist doing the tour de France in the centre of your town is going to stop for you?

Bicycles cause considerable emissions when they dawdle along in bus lanes. When they should dawdle, i.e.when going the wrong way up a one-way street they don’t.