Laura Trott Quotes

Cyclists need to obey the Highway Code, not run red lights, and not ride with iPods on, and motorists need to be more respectful and look out for cyclists.

My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing their bell loudly, the concept of avoiding people being foreign to them.

I ride my bike almost every day here in New York. It's getting safer to do so, but I do have to be fairly alert when riding on the streets as opposed to riding on the Hudson River bike path or similar protected lanes.

My bike is my main form of transportation, so I've got a red clip-on taillight.

People have to be more careful in traffic. It's hard to ride bikes in Curitiba.

For every cyclist who jumps a red light, a thousand drivers break speed limits or gape dangerously at their smartphones while driving.

An increase in bicycle ridership brings an increased need for measures to ensure the safety of cyclists.

When you think of bike couriers, you think of hyper speed. They get paid by how fast they can drop stuff off. The faster you go, the more chances you take. And the more chances you take, the greater the war between cyclists and cars.

I never exceed the posted speed limit.

Paris will give bicyclists more rights when it installs 4,300 signs throughout the city, allowing them to barrel though red lights and turn right on red.

I want London to be the most cycle-friendly city on Earth, and I want more people to be happy and safe on bicycles.

I feel very fragile cycling in London, whereas in Berlin there are proper cycle paths everywhere.

Motorists in London have got to be immensely careful of cyclists. At the same time, cyclists in London are too often unwilling to obey the road signs. I've seen regular examples of people who just bolt through red lights.

I get tickets all the time and can't stay under the speed limit. I'm bad at that.

We must do a better job of educating all drivers to be safer on the road.

Do I wear a helmet? Ugh. I do when I'm riding through a precarious part of town, meaning Midtown traffic. But when I'm riding on secure protected lanes or on the paths that run along the Hudson or through Central Park - no, I don't wear the dreaded helmet then.

I'm no Lance Armstrong, but I do use a bike to get from place to place in Manhattan, a little bit of Brooklyn.

I don't need to break the speed limit. But if I'm not passing other vehicles on the interstate, I get a little irritated.

Because of that I don't care when I read in the newspaper that I am colourblind. I went through a red light in my car and I stopped when I before a green light. So I must be really colourblind, eh?

Unfortunately, we don't educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.

If you see me in New York, you'll probably see me on my bicycle riding furiously between a city bus and a taxi cab, hitting one of them on the side and yelling at them.

In Copenhagen, we all ride bicycles everywhere, partly because it is impossible to park a car, but also because you can cross the city in 20 minutes on a bike.

Caution is the key to safe cycling. I'm aware that cars are bigger than me, but I feel quite safe. I'm in control, liberated and free, when I'm on my bike.

I used a bike in London and that's it. I learnt a lot about biking, and really got into. Now I cycle regularly.

Bike lanes are the coolest. My favorite past time is flipping off cars from my bicycle. Just kidding - I'm more of a silent resentment kind of girl.