In G A Musey’s letter (‘Conditions are not related to driving’, Opinion, March 18), he makes incorrect statements and self-contradictions.

Mr Musey talks of Enfield Town, stating “where public transport and hundreds of cars provide the demand for goods”. Precisely – hundreds of cars, in fact thousands of cars, all damaging the environment, wearing out our roads, and congesting the public transport he seemingly praises.

How great a transport system the bus network would be without cars. Buses would enjoy a freedom similar to trains. We need to see an expansion of bus/cycle lanes in the borough with a removal of parking on A roads, such as Hertford Road, Green Lanes and Southbury Road, to accommodate them.

Despite Mr Musey’s comments on health conditions relating to driving, there is no doubt whatsoever that while cycling is healthy, driving most certainly is not. I cycle and drive, and I’ve no doubt that I feel better for an hour on the saddle than behind the wheel.

Failing to acknowledge the stress and anxiety caused by driving, Mr Musey says that he had a car for 49 years and enjoyed every minute of it. Yes, but since he started driving all those years ago, the roads have changed and we must move on. My grandfather enjoyed driving his horse and cart on the roads for many years – it’s not practical today.

Mr Musey suggests that the elders of our community may not desire to cycle due to slower reflexes and a lack of confidence. So is it okay for people of such disposition to drive a car, where reflexes have to be faster than with a cycle, and where mistakes can be far more disastrous Further on Mr Musey blames Beeching’s axing of railways for the congestion caused by goods vehicles in the borough. I’d have thought that the majority of goods vehicles running on local roads were servicing businesses in the area, places never accessible by train.

J Mills

Hertford Road, Enfield