Bike-buggy-smuggy-mummies: they think they're invincible!

[Vagabond]

You know those little carriages on the back/front of bikes with little children cocooned inside? What are these mums thinking of? It looks like they've got a litter of kittens inside sometimes!

The way they ride their kids around town in these bicycle people carriers seems so dangerous to me. I pass at least a dozen of them a day and I'm astounded by the sense of entitlement these mums feel above the overwhelming enormity of actual traffic. They seem invincible when, actually, they are putting themselves and their kids in enormous danger.

I drive so carefully around them but it irritates me to see the smug look on their faces. I'm equally sure that they hate my smug face driving my car. It's soooo Oxford and it irritates the hell out of me!

Yes, it's green. I get that. It still gets on my nerves.

YANBU - I'm constantly amazed by all the generally nice, caring, intelligent women round here (Richmond, Surrey) who seem to think it's fine to take their small children on the road protected only by a flimsy bit of plastic - what if the car behind them brakes too late?? People are confusing ideals with reality: I love cycling and I love the children cycling but as things are today, the reality is that it's dangerous for kids to be cycling on busy roads. It would be lovely if our roads were like the ones in Holland where you have a dedicated cycle path in most places and cyclists have the respect of motorists but that's just not how it is here.