briantrumpet: You'll find Stuart Hughes to be a decent bloke and passionate about Devon being a cycle friendly county. I have had may dealings with him over the years from my time as a journalist right through to know through my cycling endeavours. He was posection of (not particularly narrow) road as opposed to using the path (which has about 15 conflict points along it). possibly the most instrumental person (along with the cycling officers at DCC) in bringing the Tour of Britain and the Tour Series to Devon and bringing it back every time.
He may be elected under a tory banner these days (I remember a time when he was the representative for the Monster Raving Loony Party!) but he is a true independent and really cares about the people of this county.
As for Mr Nero stating there will be an 'article to bring balance' to the piece. There should have never been a need to bring balance in the first place because the Express and Echo should not have printed it (Mark Astley's last huzzah before leaving perhaps?). The Echo know this is a contentious issue, they only need look at the James Martin fiasco to know that. But then perhaps that was their intention seeing as the paper is struggling to survive!
It's laughable for him to say that he never intended to encourage people to go out there and injure cyclists. Perhaps he should think before he writes, it's commonly accepted in criminal science circles that known figures in the media can say or do something that validates a psychopaths actions, they see or read something and think that validates their actions. Ok I'm not saying all motorists are psychopaths, far from it, the majority are decent people just getting through life like any cyclist. But there are motorists out there who will take his words as some kind of validation of their actions behind the wheel!
He may be elected under a tory banner these days (I remember a time when he was the representative for the Monster Raving Loony Party!) but he is a true independent and really cares about the people of this county.
As for Mr Nero stating there will be an 'article to bring balance' to the piece. There should have never been a need to bring balance in the first place because the Express and Echo should not have printed it (Mark Astley's last huzzah before leaving perhaps?). The Echo know this is a contentious issue, they only need look at the James Martin fiasco to know that. But then perhaps that was their intention seeing as the paper is struggling to survive!
It's laughable for him to say that he never intended to encourage people to go out there and injure cyclists. Perhaps he should think before he writes, it's commonly accepted in criminal science circles that known figures in the media can say or do something that validates a psychopaths actions, they see or read something and think that validates their actions. Ok I'm not saying all motorists are psychopaths, far from it, the majority are decent people just getting through life like any cyclist. But there are motorists out there who will take his words as some kind of validation of their actions behind the wheel!
