Cycles and cellphones do not mix, argue Tories

Shadow transport secretary Tim Yeo said:

“It is completely inconsistent to say that a cyclist can use their mobile but a driver can’t. Distracted cyclists can injure themselves and pedestrians.”

And, worse, fall under the wheels of juggernauts. Clearly, cycling while cell-phoning is a big no-no.

But cycling MP Boris Johnson, recently sacked from the Tory front bench for ‘lying’, could argue against the amendment.

Two years ago he wrote: “Just as I will never vote to ban hunting, so I will never vote to abolish the free-born Englishman’s time-hallowed and immemorial custom, dating back as far as 1990 or so, of cycling while talking on a mobile.

“Among the many political tasks I have set myself is to prevent the practice from ever being outlawed by Parliament.”