Once again I find myself incensed by the inane comments from your cycling columnists.

I will not dwell on the fact that my grandfather was killed by an idiot on a bike, riding on a pavement, a subject aired in Tuesday’s On Yer Bike.

No, as a pedestrian and motorist in Oxford, I am constantly irritated by the anarchic nature of these cycling columnists.

They seem to be hell-bent on inciting the already down-trodden and demonised motorist.

In the latest statement “in Holland, presumption of guilt falls on the larger party in any collision”.

Firstly, having lived in the Netherlands for some time, the attitude of respect between cyclists and other road users is significantly better than in this country – cyclists there know that they do not have a God-given right to flout every accepted rule of the road. That, is why it is safe and a pleasure for all road users.

Secondly, as an example, while attempting to turn left off Iffley Road towards Donnington Bridge the other day, having indicated way in advance, a cyclist passed me at speed on the left, while talking on his mobile phone and with an MP3 player plugged into the other ear.

Braking hard, I missed him, causing consternation to motorists behind me, narrowly avoiding a collision with the fool on his bike.

Under the suggestion made by James Styring, I would be presumed to be guilty.

As it was likely that the cyclist would be only slightly injured, who would once again be financially, legally, morally, etc. worse off? Obviously me. Damage would be done to my vehicle, not to mention my health.

A few weeks ago, your female columnist was proclaiming, for some obscure reason, that she would not be applying for a licence (as required by law) to cycle on the towpaths.

This after happily telling us she did not wish to wear reflective clothing (or was it a helmet) for fashion reasons!

This constant anarchic hard-done-by bleating does absolutely nothing to engender better relations between all road users.

One only has to witness the constant flagrant breaking of the Highway Code (not stopping at red lights, pedestrian crossings, riding on pavements when there is a perfectly adequate cycle lane ...) to get one’s blood boiling as a law-abiding, hard-pressed road user whose tax pays for these idiots to irritate me.

I now take great pleasure at waiting for a cyclist to appear, before slowly entering a pedestrian crossing – I happily wait for buses, trucks, cars and motorbikes to go past, prior to causing the maximum impact to the person on a bike.

I am not happy with myself for this change in my normal tolerant nature.

Surely these columnists should be promoting a spirit of mutual respect and consideration.

Rob Martin, Poulton Place, Oxford