With the previous Government’s passion for shared cycle/walk paths, we have a problem, a serious problem.

Last week, I almost lost a good friend. She was exiting the John’s pharmacy on Cameron Rd. Suddenly there was a “woosh” and a cyclist brushed past her and had she taken one step, he would have knocked and maimed her. She was terrified. No apology, of course.

Talking with businesses along Cameron Rd, they find frightening the speed of scooters when exiting or entering businesses along Cameron Rd they have to be so careful because scooter users are not interested in slowing down.

On Bethlehem Rd, the planned shared cycle/footpath funded under the previous Government has the potential for the same dangerous situation for exiting cars and children on cycles or scooters.

People are calling for cycles to have bells on them so riders can signal to pedestrians that they are just coming through. It would make such a difference.

Further there is a need for scooters using these shared paths to have a speed limit as they go so fast with no thought for anyone else who might have to use the paths, be they scooting along or pedestrians or vehicles exiting properties. Help needed.

Margaret Murray-Benge, Bethlehem.