The cyclists' organizations, always conspicuously active in defence of their
clients' interests, have not lost a moment in challenging Mr. Hore-Belisha's comments on the cyclists he saw riding three and four abreast on Bank Holiday. On one point at least there ought to be general agreement once for all. Cyclists are as fully entitled to a reasonable use of the road as motorists, horse-vehicles and pedestrians. Once the C.T.C. and the N.C.U. realize that no one disputes that, they may fairly be asked to support proposals that make for every- one's safety and convenience—the cyclists' included— such as separate tracks for cyclists, rear lights at night like cars and motor-cycles, and a prohibition against riding more than two abreast. Cyclists have every right to ride two abreast. Two machines side by side take no more room than the average car, and cycling solo is a dull amusement. But three side by side take definitely more room than a car, and on any ordinary road while two's company three's a public danger.
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