A 400-metre cycle lane linking Lower Bickering to its primary school has been described as "the biggest threat to the village since the Vikings" by the association's Traffic and Highways spokesman, Derek Turnstile, N.O.B., who gave an interview to this website from the driver's seat of his car, which was parked on the pavement outside the post office.
This is a car area. Always has been. Since about 1962. You put a cycle lane in and what happens? Bicycles. And where do bicycles go? Everywhere. They don't need a lane. They've got the pavement.Derek Turnstile, N.O.B.
Mr Turnstile's objection runs to 61 pages and includes his own traffic survey, conducted over one bank holiday Monday with a clicker, which found that the road carries "an enormous amount of traffic, most of it me". He argues that the lane would remove eleven on-street parking spaces, all of which are currently occupied by his family.
The lane was proposed after a survey found that 80 per cent of parents drove their children the 400 metres to school "because of the traffic". Mr Turnstile said this proved his point, though he was unable to say which one.
Asked about the woman with the pushchair who had to step into the road to get past his car during the interview, Mr Turnstile said: "That's exactly the sort of thing a cycle lane would encourage."
He has also objected to the pavement.