ALTHOUGH I'm not local, I have friends who live in Northwich and I cycle in the area regularly - the Sunday run with Weaver Valley for instance.

On my Tuesday cycle ride with a few friends in Radcliffe, I stopped for dinner at the Grasslands Garden Centre, where they let me have their copy of the Guardian – my interest was the Pedal Power page.

I regularly write letters to my local newspaper to try to identify the dangers in cycling ie 'you're 16 times more likely to be killed travelling by bicycle than car', but they don't get published.

With an incident every time we 'experienced and responsible' cyclists turn out, I feel these should be highlighted on a regular basis. For example, I trust the sight of drivers using a mobile phone while driving troubles the vast majority of road users?

Where drivers have protection, cyclists have none; they’re also less likely to be seen.

What use is a hi-vis jacket if a driver is surfing Facebook?

With 380 fatalities in the first three months of 2014, smartphones have been blamed for a 13 per cent increase in road deaths.

Allan Ramsay Member of RoadPeace (the national charity for road traffic victims)