A Wellington businessman who has declared "open season" on cyclists has outraged cycling advocates who say his comments are frightening and dangerous.
David Ware, managing director of publicly listed mobile radio company TeamTalk, wrote an editorial in the latest company newsletter railing against cyclists.
He calls them "sodding road vermin", "roadkill", "weasels in Lycra", and said "it's time to declare open season".
"More than anything it's their unbridled arrogance that gets up my nose.
"Unlike the rest of us they don't pay road user charges or extra ACC premiums. But in spite of being guests on our roads they think they have some god given right to ride wherever they bloody-well please, whenever they please."