I gained a lot of experience biking in Holland where, as you can well imagine, it is a dream to go biking. Mind you, there aren’t many hills there so they can make really good time, even when they’re loaded down with a couple of kids and groceries!

She had no idea who she was messing with, did she?

I mean, you have the martial-arts offspring at your beckon call. Then if she knew she was tampering with “The Typist?” Well, I hate to see anyone deleted with just two keystrokes.

Tonardo II, yes they should buy us the bikes so we can train and learn to operate them safely - just like they buy the ATVs.

Falwless, you should be afraid.

Alias Grace, welcome to GT. yep, that is the other side - cyclists are not pure either. But I was pure - I didn’t drive on sidewalks and knock over pedestrians

TagBagger, (ignoring the slight about my notepad-reporter age group), yes that is the thing, although it’s hard to take note when navigating on a bike in traffic. But you w3ould think with the GPS technologies they have these days that these infractions could be picked up and recorded.

Dick, I like the last suggestion and it doesn’t even have to be for bicycling. And thanks those are good tips. You have to be confident on the road

I would, however, like to share some advice I got when I was a young gaffer that I think saved my ass a few times.

You are a vehicle on the road. You are subject to all of the same rules as any other vehicle. My advice…Ride in the lane as you would on a motorcycle. Do not ride the far outside of the lane, as cars will squeeze you off the road surface and will get dangerously close as they pass. Also a second vehicle may not even know you are there and may hit you as they pass.

Be courteous and pull off the road to let vehicles go by, but don’t let them think they have the option of going around you when there is on-coming traffic.

I would also suggest a full face helmet and some body armour.

Get out your old pad and paper from your reporter days (assuming you were in the days when reporters reported, as opposed to spell checking CP, AP Reuters etc releases) write down license and infraction and report it to the police. It may not help, but it will make you feel better.

In this day and age of computers and correlations, it is a pity we don’t have a computerised system to allow riders and drivers to flag other vehicles infractions - “Oh, I see Mr Jones Silver Accord has had 50 verified “failure to yield right of way” complaints - suspend the Vehicle registration for a month, and let him know it will be 6 months suspension for 10 more in the next 6 months…”