Vehicular pollution

It seems to be getting more popular, people riding pedal cycles to work.

I'm not sure why they do it, maybe to get fit and lose a few pounds (or should that be kilogrammes?), save a few bob (that's shillings, 5p each) on fuel and parking, or maybe to save the planet by using less fossil fuel.

Well, if it's the latter, they are failing miserably. For every mile they cycle, they save the fuel they would have used in their family car. But unfortunately for the planet, they cause every vehicle that has to crawl along in a low gear, following for miles before they can get past, to run their engines inefficiently increasing the polluting effect. I often join a queue of up to twenty cars, vans and trucks stuck behind some wobbly derrier weaving along the lanes, making it impossible to pass.

With the extra pollution they cause and the inability of the average cyclist to take notice of the rules of the road, they are the scourge of the road using society. Tax the buggers! That's what I say!

Hmmm ... who's next?