Ha! I saw a woman riding a horse whilst chatting on her mobile phone the other day! I wondered if she was committing an offence. There's a fair few horse riders in my part of the world. I find most of them polite and appreciative when you slow down (and keep engine speed down, too). I wouldn't want to see them banned. If you want the road to yourself...
On the wider point, I'm a road rider. Full Stop. I don't do TD's and I'm not interested in them. Yes, the roads get ever busier and more poorly surfaced (even in Scotland this summer, where I'd been led to believe the riad surfaces were very good, I thought them pretty ordinary), but bikes have always been my primary mode of transport, like Rocker above. I have a car, but don't use it that much. Isn't pitting your wits and skills (mediocre in my case) against the traffic part of the pleasure of biking? It is for me.
And I'd be amazed if TD's were actually safer, in terms of accidents/mile, as many claim.
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