Letters: Cyclists reply to Rod Liddle, and an MP replies to Hugo Rifkind

Rod rage

Sir: Like most cyclists, who also own a car and pay road tax, I enjoy a pedal along the lanes where I act with consideration for other road users, and the vast majority of them treat me likewise. Cycling in traffic is quite scary but now I know that Rod Liddle could be behind the wheel of an approaching car it becomes positively terrifying (‘Off your bike!’, 9 November). Anyone who can express such road rage on a keyboard is hardly fit to drive. How fortunate that he is part of a minority. Oh, and I wear Lycra for comfort, a helmet for safety and am 71 years old. David Mitchell Llangorse, Brecon Sir: I am indebted to Rod Liddle for his entertainingly intemperate piece on the scourge of the roads. In Surrey our roads are awash with self-righteous cyclists, particularly at the weekend when they flaunt their vulnerability by sometimes riding three or four abreast on the wider roads, secure in the knowledge that in the case of an accident the motorist will be blamed.