I like my car because I can carry loads of supermarket shopping, bulky items, plants and compost from the garden centre and all sorts of stuff like that, which would be impossible on a bike. Also, it must be horrible cycling in the driving sleet, freezing wind and pouring rain. Even the hot weather must be very difficult when you're pedalling hard and sweating! I'm always very careful of cyclists, and conscious of the fact they may wobble, skid, veer off suddenly or do something unexpected. I do get cross when a cyclist has no lights at night, and no hi-viz clothes either. A poor man was killed during the night on the by-pass by one of our neighbour's sons in the last village. The chap had no lights, and the motorist felt a massive bump. He was traumatised after the event and felt dreadful, but it wasn't his fault.
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