Selfish face of our Top Gear society.

HERE'S why so many cyclists are being crushed to death on our roads. Many car, van and lorry drivers actively hate them. This is partly because of Jeremy Clarkson, who spread the dangerous falsehood that cyclists don't pay any tax towards roads, and made 'jokes' about running them down for fun. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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