Thank you, Zoe Williams, for reminding us that a new Highway Code was published earlier this year (I’d change one thing about the new Highway Code – and put SUV drivers in their place, 21 March). As she says, no one has internalised the new practice, but this is not surprising as there has been no significant public information campaign. I am a cyclist, car driver and, of course, a pedestrian.
As I travel about, I have seen no posters or billboards from the Department for Transport. There has been nothing sent to car and motorbike owners or drivers by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency. How on earth are we expected to follow the rules if we don’t know what they are?
Cath Attlee
London
• Zoe Williams explains clearly how the new Highway Code attempts to change priorities for road users. One group that she left out was electric scooter riders, who have priority over everyone else – or so they seem to think – whether on the road or pavement. They are illegal too, except when they are rented as part of government-backed trials.
Chris French
Wokingham, Berkshire
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