MIKE Usherwood, 61 years of driving does not necessarily mean you are a good driver.

In fact, from your blinkered view of cyclists, your general observational skills may be lacking (Meldrew moment, Letters, April 11).

Dr Ward (Scant respect, Letters, April 5) is so right; cycling offences become almost irrelevant when we see the appalling standards of driving.

Quite frankly I am appalled at times by the so-called "experienced" drivers who quite simply have no idea of what they should be doing, or do know but choose to ignore it.

You state: "I do not have much experience with children." That is apparent from what you write.

Finally, it looks like the motorcyclist is next on your hit list, but you obviously do not have much experience with them either. The majority of motorcyclists are car drivers, so any bad habits are likely to come from their bad driving behaviour rather than being cycling-related. (The majority of cyclists I know use a car as their motorised transport, not a motorcycle.) Motorcyclists are the most rigorously trained, tested and restricted of all road users - just, unfortunately, vulnerable, as are cyclists.

As a pedestrian, cyclist, motorcyclist and car driver, I do appreciate that all road users must act in a responsible manner if we are to improve road safety.

John Clark, York Road, Haxby, York.