Incremental disdain? It seems more to be extreme prejudice against anyone on two wheels in recent months. I'd like to consider myself one of the 'good girls' on my bike. I stop at lights, I stop at zebras, I don't use the pavement, I have lots of lights, I have reflective things and a helmet, I don't weave in and out of traffic, I hand signal when I turn, I've been to training, I'm even insured for 3rd party liability. And yet, when I'm pointing out above that cyclists should give way to pedestrians even on shared use paths, you still found something to complain about in an antagonistic way.

Licensing and insurance requirements haven't stopped poor driving; the good ones comply and the bad ones drive regardless even when legally disqualified and uninsured. The same would happen with cyclists - the good ones follow rules now; the bad ones don't. I'd welcome better policing of bad cycling now just as I'd welcome better policing of bad driving. It would make the streets a safer place for all of us.

The crazy thing about the antagonism between pedestrians and cyclists is that we have bigger common threats than each other. Together, we are a bigger group than motorists at many crossing points and junctions. We should be lobbying together for safer streets designed to suit us rather than the status quo which emphasises motorised traffic speed and flow at the expense of those not surrounded by a tonne of metal.