I can’t believe we need to say this, but here goes: Motorists should not pull over to allow cyclists to overtake. I know it’s obvious, but the cycling elites have been agitating for this ridiculous rule-change, led by Jeremy Vine.
In an interview yesterday, he upped the ante in his general campaign to turn the country’s drivers into a second-class citizens. ‘I’m starting to think I want cars to pull over if they see me behind them because they know I’m faster,’ he told the Sunday Times.
Thus the shark was jumped. I’m a cyclist myself and I’d wager I’m quite a lot faster than Vine. I’m younger, for a start, and in addition to commuting daily on my Brompton, on weekends I am a fully paid-up member of the Lycra brigade. True, my training has been suffering recently, as I’ve been busy with my new book but still, if Vine wants to race me, I’m confident I’d leave him for dust.
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