• FIRST I would like to remind all supporters of the so-called cycling lobby that walking erect on two legs has been the prime method of locomotion for Homo Sapiens since his evolution.

It is a fundamental human facility. We can all do it, even cyclists. For more than two centuries the streets in our towns and cities have had pavements to provide a safe area for people to walk, separate from the carriageway which is used by wheeled vehicles.

When the Highway Code was published in the UK it became a requirement for all users of the public highway to be familiar with it.

How many cyclists have even heard of it let alone read it? If they did so they would know that cycling on pavements and the ignoring of traffic signals are both forbidden.

I hope that when Sergeant Nick Clarke (Police stop booking pavement cyclists, January 19) speaks to offending cyclists in Primrose Hill he draws attention to their obligation in this respect and tells them that if they wish to use the pavement they must dismount and walk.

BERRY BERMINGHAM, NW1