WHEN is something going to be done about cyclists riding on the pavement?

There seem to be more people cycling on the pavements now than there were last year. Maybe I've missed something: do the non-cycle pavements now carry pedestrians and cyclists together and no one has bothered to tell me?

It is bad enough trying to cross the busy city centre roads and weave in and out of the traffic without having to dodge cyclists on the pavements as well.

At one time cyclists just indulged in road and pavement hopping to pass traffic waiting at the traffic lights. Now it is head down, yippee and look out pedestrians.

If the authorities could only introduce stocks again for cyclists who rode on pavements, I am sure I could find a rotten cabbage to throw.

Martin Bull,

Dorset House,

Lowther Terrace, York.

Updated: 12:18 Wednesday, September 26, 2001