4 NOVEMBER 1995, Page 31

Danger to the public

Sir: It is, of course, sad to read of a young man's terrible accident on a motorcycle in Your 'High life' column (21 October). What, I wonder, happened to the poor man in the hired car?

It is time to stop glorifying the self- inflicted fate of speed maniacs and concen- trate on eliminating this danger to the rest of us. It is purely a matter of self-defence, and maybe even Taki could grow up just a little bit.

Robert V. Israel

Utrechtseweg 57, Hilversum, Netherlands