I have noted the tremendous increase in the number of cycles on Tauranga's roads since I became a cyclist myself. The Tauranga City Council has done a very good job in creating safer cycleways in Tauranga. The exception being the creation of one metre wide dedicated cycleways adjacent to parked cars. The problem for cyclists passing parked cars is the ever risk of motorists opening the driver's door in the path of cyclists.

Other problems for the cyclist are the need to share the roadway with motor vehicles. Motorists according to the law need to keep at least 1.5 metres away from a cycle, which means the motorists need to give way to a cyclist arriving at a roundabout or at a road narrowing if the cyclist is ahead. In other words no passing a cyclist on a roundabout or adjacent to a pedestrian refuge. All cyclists are also motorists and know the problems. This is an appeal to the other motorists to take care.

GL Hodgson, Bethlehem.