Supporting safe cycling

IN response to William Campbell’s letter headlined ‘Safer roads: figures turned into fiction’ (Irish Examiner, July 18), I wish to point out that the National Safety Council (NSC) has never called for children to be banned from cycling.

The NSC has consistently encouraged safe cycling and indeed it financially supports cycling proficiency training in primary schools.

Brian Farrell

Communications Executive

National Safety Council

2 Northbrook Road

Ranelagh

Dublin 6