I have just been laughing about your column re cycling, as I feel you have ‘hit the nail on the head' and also saw the very serious side of the Suicide Lane.
Having been a cyclist in my earlier days, and living in town with no climbing, I felt it was fairly safe ride my bike to town. However, I found out there were many occasions when I found there were many ‘jack-in-the-boxes' leaping out of parked cars, and I nearly lost my teeth and my spectacles.
There seems to be some foolish decisions made concerning exiting cars. It pays to know Jesus as our Saviour before we leave home, as we could get to eternity sooner than we think when we start out on the roads, as many have experienced lately. That person who flung open her car door caused the death of that young cyclist. Wouldn't that be a case of manslaughter, and she should be charged over this. We have to teach people to be responsible for their foolish actions which can be ‘deadly' as the recent case also of the young hunter who shot the teacher in camp.
Maybe this is a case for the Sensible Sentencing Trust to follow up and sort out, if the Police have not, or add to the road rules. Frances Ralston, Greerton.