Don't get riled by the AA advising cyclists – save your anger for the Highway Code

Despite a backlash by some cyclists at the motoring organisation's Cyclist's Highway Code, the AA's new book on cycling isn't as bad as you might think

When the AA, the UK's largest motoring organisation, published a Cyclist's Highway Code on Monday, I thought it seemed like a bizarre but effective way to wind up passionate cyclists such as myself.

I already don't like the official Highway Code for telling me I "should" wear a helmet and fluorescent clothing to ride around in daylight when studies have concluded neither will make cycling safer for me or the community in which I cycle.