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From the Glasgow Evening Post - Wednesday 04 October 1893
A PROTEST AGAINST FURIOUS CYCLING.
Furious cycling in the Metropolis has at last aroused the National Cyclists' Union into action. In a circular letter to its members the London Centre rightly says that the time has come when A STOP SHOULD PUT TO A PRACTICE which brings discredit upon the whole body of cyclists and is fraught with much danger to all users of the road. Clubs are requested to urge upon their members the desirability, when passing through the streets of a town, and particularly the main thoroughfares of London and its suburbs, of riding cautiously, and moderate pace. With an eye to unpleasant possibilities, the Union points out that “a continuance of the practice complained of must inevitably, sooner or later, result the passing of stringent laws to regulate the conduct of cyclists, which would press most heavily on all riders, and not the least so on those who now, often through mere want of thought, are the chief offenders. It is obvious that the best way to maintain our present exemption from taxation as cyclists, and our rights and privileges on the road, is to win public opinion to the side of cycling, and not to alienate it by showing disregard for the ordinary courtesies life and for the safety of pedestrians, as is now too often the case.” Members are also ASKED TO USE THEIR INFLUENCE with the unattached,” who are by far the most reckless of wheelmen, being responsible only to themselves.
A PROTEST AGAINST FURIOUS CYCLING.
Furious cycling in the Metropolis has at last aroused the National Cyclists' Union into action. In a circular letter to its members the London Centre rightly says that the time has come when A STOP SHOULD PUT TO A PRACTICE which brings discredit upon the whole body of cyclists and is fraught with much danger to all users of the road. Clubs are requested to urge upon their members the desirability, when passing through the streets of a town, and particularly the main thoroughfares of London and its suburbs, of riding cautiously, and moderate pace. With an eye to unpleasant possibilities, the Union points out that “a continuance of the practice complained of must inevitably, sooner or later, result the passing of stringent laws to regulate the conduct of cyclists, which would press most heavily on all riders, and not the least so on those who now, often through mere want of thought, are the chief offenders. It is obvious that the best way to maintain our present exemption from taxation as cyclists, and our rights and privileges on the road, is to win public opinion to the side of cycling, and not to alienate it by showing disregard for the ordinary courtesies life and for the safety of pedestrians, as is now too often the case.” Members are also ASKED TO USE THEIR INFLUENCE with the unattached,” who are by far the most reckless of wheelmen, being responsible only to themselves.
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