SONYA Fladun’s column (Mum in the City, CN, October 15) rightly describes “the ugly face of careless cycling”. She cites an example of what not to do or say when passing a pedestrian who was totally within her right being on the foot/cycling path.

As a cyclist who, mostly for safety reasons, uses the same path for my weekly exercise, I pass many people of all ages and conditions (children, elderly people, mothers with prams, people in wheelchairs).

In my 10 years of using the cycle path, never ever have I had a bad word with pedestrians. I know the vast majority of my colleagues do the same: they are courteous and always ready to lend a hand when anybody needs it.

Good cyclists say, a few metres before approaching pedestrians, “Passing!”, “Bike!”, “On your right!”… anything but “Get out of my way!”

I am sure many readers can testify that not all cyclists are THAT bad.

Aurelio D. Biurra, Gordon

One voucher, all carparks?

NO one has been able to answer this question for me, so I thought I would put it to your readers.

There are several pockets of paid public parking in the city. Is a parking voucher, paid for at one carpark, valid in another carpark down the road?

It seems reasonable to expect that one voucher would cover all carparks within the city. If this is not the case, perhaps we should be asking for change?

And the “paid parking by plate number” is just mean spirited because drivers are no longer able to pass on the remaining time on their paid voucher to another. There goes the goodwill enjoyed by both parties in the past.

Kit Huang, Yarralumla