Cycle Safety: Minister acts! … Really?

The Times handed over a dossier with 25,000 signatures and 5,000 reader stories, resulting “The Minister” being galvanized into action (Note … irony there.):

Norman Baker, the transport minister with responsibility for cycling, today told The Times: “Cycling is good for your health and good for the environment and, as a cyclist myself, I know how important safety is. That is why I am going to give councils the power to use Trixi mirrors to make cyclists more visible to drivers, rather than asking them to come to the Government for approval.”

Well, I’m glad we managed to sort that out! I feel so much safer now! Cycling to work will be infinitely more pleasurable than it has been thus far.

Don’t get me wrong; these mirrors will certainly help in cases where cyclists, often foolishly, allow themselves to be caught in the blind spot of a truck. But we are talking about the Minister responsible for cycling in the UK Department for Transport! This is the same minister who, last year, sent me this reply via my MP, which basically agreed with everything I said, even reinforcing some points, then said words to the effect of: “but we can’t be bothered”.

Sorry if I sound a little ungrateful, but it is really rather pathetic!

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