Beverley grammar school
Cycling is dangerous
Beverley Grammar School's senior leadership team need to be made aware of the following. Your pupils are riding bicycles recklessly on the public highways each morning and after school. I have witnessed BGS boys doing wheelies in front of traffic, turning without signalling, riding on and off the road and pavement with warning. This morning I witnessed BGS pupils riding in a group of 5 that consumed the whole of the pavement in Admiral Walker Way. This is unlawful. Moreover, where is the consideration for pedestrians, especially the elderly, disabled, mothers and children, pregnant women?
The nights are drawing in, being dark when the school day ends. However, many BGS boys do not have lights on their bike which is a legal requirement.
The area in and around the school in Queensgate is immensely bust during both school runs. These cyclists help cause traffic jams.
I am equally concerned for the safety of BGS pupils who ride to school. Concerningly, this seems to be an accident waiting to happen.
The left pretend that cycling will somehow miraculously save the planet. This is absolute, unscientific, unproven nonsense. No consideration whatsoever is given for the safety of the cyclists on busy roads, pedestrians and other road users.
In the interest of public safety in the 21st century, it is about time this crass Victorian notion of vulnerable cyclists cycling alongside vehicles from small hatchbacks to articulated lorries be banned.
