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Old September 25th 06, 10:24 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Pete Biggs
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Default CTC error

wafflycat wrote:
The CTC has made an unwise move, I think.

According to the copy of Cycle which arrived this morning, Jon Snow
is the new CTC president, having been invited to take the role once
Phil Liggett steps down.

This will be Jon Snow, the newsreader, who back in February on
'Richard & Judy' (13th February 2006) admitted he tells people not to
take up cycling as "it's too dangerous out there" and that cyclists
should be kept separate from traffic on separate facilities, so
promoting the erroneous view that cycling is inherently dangerous.
How long is it going to take before this comes back and bites the CTC
in its organisational backside when the media picks up on how the CTC
has a president who thinks cyclists should be kept off the roads, yet
at the same time supporting Daniel Cadden, a CTC member who was fined
for cycling on the road. Mixed messages from the CTC, anyone?
I feel like handing in my CTC membership in disgust.


Jon with his high media profile should generate a lot of good publicity for
the CTC and cycling in general. Perhaps he will change his erroneous views
once the CTC educate him. Though it is weird to hire a president who needs
such education!

~PB


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