Bikes warn drivers to take extra care

8:22am Thursday 1st May 2008

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LAST week's letter (Barmy bike decision) gives me the opportunity to highlight one of the important cycle routes in Wyre Forest, even though it's not quite complete.

The cycles painted on the road are a safety feature, warning motorists to take extra care, so we ensure these roads are safe. The signs are painted on the road when the road is not wide enough to have a separate cycle lane.

News hot off the press: Worcestershire's NHS Operational Plan 2008-2011 highlights widening health inequalities - specifically, there is a higher prevalence of childhood obesity in Wyre Forest.

We have got to get more children travelling safely, walking and cycling, burning off the calories.

Most other European countries resource cycle lanes, but we in England compromise, so more is spent on the motorist.

I wonder who is barmy?

DR CLIVE PRINCE Chairman, Wyre Forest Cycle Forum