As a car driver of only three years and a cyclist in my youth, I must confess my disgust at the sheer arrogance of today's cyclists.

I was prompted to write after coming within an inch of being sent flying

by a cyclist, while crossing a pelican crossing at which two car drivers had already stopped, only for this person to whizz between the two cars and through the red light without any attempt to slow down.

I regularly witness the death-defying feats of cyclists as they pedal down one-way streets the wrong way in the middle of the road, turn left or right without indicating, weave down the inside of parked buses as passengers are mounting, ride side by side talking to each other blocking the route for other traffic and so on.

Has not the time come for compulsory cycling proficiency to be introduced?

-P Eason, Canning Street, Brighton