It's amazing how cyclists are excoriated by car drivers, especially when you consider that cyclists are not emitting poisonous fumes or deadly particulates and are not refuelling with fossil fuel. Well I cycled through heavy rush-hour traffic, including many a jam, and I weaved in and out cautiously. I never jumped a red light or rode on the pavement (or wore Lycra) and if I felt it too dangerous I'd get off and push my bike across busy crossroads. A bike at the front of a queue at traffic lights can easily outrun a car across a junction when the lights change, so no cause of hold-ups there. Things must have changed since the mid-90s, because in thousands of miles of cycling in London I was never once shouted at or threatened by a motorist.

Cyclists are, arguably, far more virtuous road-users than car drivers. The sense of entitlement displayed by so many of the latter is staggering. There may be a few bad cyclists, but come and drive around Bude in the holiday season and I'll show you a damn sight more bad motorists.