>You say more people <> cars, yet you also say that there are too many cars on the road and traffic is increasing. How does that work? I'm a good driver (in my mind!) but I think I'd struggle to drive two cars at the same time.Don't own a car! There you go same number of people, fewer cars.Move 1,000 people in, none of them own cars, that's more people, not more cars as well.>I get a bit of that, you're in favour of more minimum wagers shooting around on GetIr and Zoom bikes dropping off groceries. Sorted. Extremely disingenuous to make stuff up about what I think!>Tell me how my dog walker gets to me from out of the Borough and transports numerous dogs around on a trike? How does my window cleaner get to me and others? Underpinning the lot of it.... at say £3.50 a drop are we expected to be affording having numerous things delivered by the peddle-terriat??There are lots of ways and with a bit of imagination we can all do this sort of stuff!This on habits is interesting.https://twitter.com/ianwalker/status/1536234868627148800>Whats the options for those of us who simply cannot pull ridiculous lycra over our ample arses and cycle? I don't wear lycra when I cycle (other than that mixed into my under pants, and yours will probably have that too), why the fascination with lycra?>Say if you've had major spinal surgery even though you're a reasonably fit mid 50's yet you need to visit your parents in another part of the Borough?You are trying to make out I don't think anybody should use a car, this is made up nonsense again, I'm not doing that.Also, driving is EXCEPTIONALLY BAD for backs, especially bad ones!A friend of mine had a terribly bad back and cycling massively improved it for him. In fact, doctors these days are likely to prescribe cycling for such stuff!Obviously each case is different, but then trying to make out everybody is driving around because they have bad backs is a bit over the top, reductio ad absurdum I think! > Here's a view - theres too many cyclists and they need to be regulated with ID, insurance and needing to pay a fee to sit a road test and get a licence. They also need to take their bikes to a goverment approved bike mechanic once a year to confirm it's roadworthy and they also need to observe the Highway Code.Well, thankfully this is a minority view and one not shared by government.https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/585474?reveal_response=yes>Same goes for the electric scooter brigadeClearly the regulations around what is basically a motor vehicle DOES need to be similar to that of motor vehicles. Speed limiting them for instance I strongly support as do you I suspect?>Convince me why your two statements above are right though and my view will changeYou won't change your views. Have a read of this!http://archive.boston.com/news/science/articles/2010/07/11/how_facts_backfire/
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