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Now it's cyclists, not trains, who rattle along under a canopy of hawthorn and silver birch, seeing the trees parting from time to time to reveal a glimpse of the sea far below.
"It's not just pedestrians, it's cyclists," says Inspector Parr.
Once again, a decades-old debate has opened up: on one side, those who argue that obnoxious cyclists pose a danger to public safety, or are just generally unpleasant to share a road with; on the other: those who argue that it's cyclists who are most at risk, surrounded by motor vehicles that could do them serious damage.
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"We have been treated so badly for so long …" It is cyclists who are only just emerging as a group with a voice who have been treated so badly for so long – and this threatens them far more.
It was cyclists, and not motorists, who first pushed for high-quality, dust-free road surfaces (dust was a major irritant at the time, believed to be a cause of disease, especially as so much of it was powdered horse shit).
Whether it was cyclist Jody Cundy turning the air blue with rage after he was disqualified or Oscar Pistorius being a sore loser in the 200m T44 race, it confirmed that Paralympian is not a synonym for saint – that a disabled person is also capable, as the Last Leg put it, of "being a nob".
The motorist tells the cyclist: "it's gruesome that someone so handsome should care".
Tell us more about your role, whether it's supporting cyclists, running radio programmes or mobilising online.
"A lot of the coverage was, oh, yeah, it's the cyclists' fault they're getting killed, and I felt the behaviour of drivers got even worse".
Ask them why and most will say it's because cyclists break rules, which they do but no more frequently than pedestrians or motorists.
And what it also makes clear is cyclists and HGVs should, wherever possible, be kept apart particularly on busy dangerous junctions.
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