hey, mybrown, if you're in Singapore, how about writing a witty, short letter in reply that just says something like "Iris is mistaking good news for bad news when she notes the increase in the number of cyclists in our fair city. The more people choose to commute by bike, the cleaner the air is, the less gas we're using, and the more space there is on the road for drivers like Iris and more space on the bus for everyone else. Obviously all cyclists should obey the law, but this is a trend that should be encouraged, not suppressed. And if Iris ever feels like joining in, I'd be more than happy to show her how to do it!"
The problem with people like us (bike nerds) is that we can write long, pedantic letters and come over as humorless cranks (
). Shorter, more amusing letters are more likely to get printed by editors than extended rants.