EXTRACT FROM LETTER.
THE RECKLESS DRIVER.—Mr. G. J. Withington (Vice- President, National Cyclists' Union) writes :—The rear light on cycles is a danger to the eyclist as he never knows when it is in or out, but the use of a good reflector is, in my opinion at any rate, a thing that would meet the difficulty, and if a reflector is used then the motorist, especially the driver of the very high-powered fouring car on the one hand, and the heavy lorry on the other, should have proper lights, the beams of which would "pick up" a reflector and disclose to the oncomieg driver the presence of the cyclist in time to avoid an accident. But let us get away from that selfish idea that the roads belong to the motorist or even that he has first claim On them. They are my roads and your roads, and everybody
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