'Dummy cycles on hard shoulder' is one of the headlines on the BBC website, and I mistakenly assumed this was some sort of safety warning whereby the highways agency were demonstrating how unsafe cycling was on a motorway by siting 'dummy' cyclists on the hard shoulder. But no, it was a chap cycling on the hard shoulder, in the rain (I guess it was the shortest way home) being called a 'dummy' by the police. How disappointing.
The thing is, it's probably just as safe if not safer on the motorway than some busy A roads where it is legal to cycle. However, I have to credit my local highways for filling in a bad pothole 2 days after I reported it, so they're not always bad.
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