Channel 5's nonsense will make me and other cyclists less safe
by Peter Walker from on (#4JPSC)
Cyclists: Scourge of the Roads? isn't just as bad as the title indicates - it's irresponsible
On Wednesday morning, I'll be a little bit more wary when I cycle into work. I'm always hugely careful, anyway - the trip involves sharing space with tonne-plus lumps of speeding metal - but this time I'll be particularly on my guard. Why? Because Channel 5 are putting me, and others, at risk.
At 9.15pm on Tuesday, a reasonably sizeable number of people, the majority of whom probably drive motor vehicles, will sit down to watch what is undoubtedly the worst, most scaremongering, inaccurate, downright irresponsible programme on cycling I've ever seen.
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