Letters: Cycle lanes better than footpaths

One doesn't get any palpitations when riding on the cycle lane, a reader writes.

For three years, I used a mobility scooter on the cycle lanes wherever possible all over Tauranga without any incident with police or traffic.

A month or two ago I was informed (not by police) not to go on the footpath owing to age, etc.

I say it is far more dangerous crossing side streets (without lights) than it is on a cycle lane where one follows the lights.

For instance, riding on the footpath and travelling from McLean St near the courthouse to the hospital, on the left there were six occasions where cars turned to the left off Cameron Rd and drove in front of me as I started to cross the roads without lights.

One doesn't get any palpitations when one is on the cycle lane nor big bumps.

Eric Phillips
Tauranga

Crisis, what crisis?

Hubbard's cartoon in Tuesday's Bay of Plenty Times regarding mental health services reminds us how mistaken the psychiatrists were when they recently drew attention to further deficiencies in the service.

They used the word "crisis", and should have known that this word triggers an immediate response from the National Government, namely "what crisis"? Game over, and tough luck for those in the system.

N Harris
Tauranga