Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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It would be cheaper if it was possible to change all the drivers in the UK's mind-set, and made them drive in the correct manner.
I'd gladly volunteer to drive past government movers and shakers at 85mph whilst yelling abuse about using 'my road' if they really want a genuine UK cycling experience.
I guess with a bit of a twisted arm I could be persuaded to seriously injure some of them, accidentally of course and give them a personal UK cycling experience involving extreme bias towards myself as the aggressor and frustrating lack of justice and care by the entire 'justice' system.
Just to top it off I could show them how my life has been utterly ruined because I've had to pay a £200 fine and narrowly escaped a 4 week driving ban just because I'd forgotten to get any insurance whilst all they had to deal with was paralysis, a touch of brain damage and a lost career leaving their life in tatters.
Yep, welcome to cycling in the UK movers and shakers. I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't want to get involved in the sport or consider it as a viable transport alternative, just beyond me.