I look forward to pootling about on the road, enjoying the scenery without worrying about a training objective. And it's a lot less boring than running.

When interaction is your chief objective, solitude on the road can be a powerful spur, prodding you to reach out to make local contacts and gain insights impossible to extract from guidebooks.

We want to reduce needless suffering on families across the country and it is this objective that really underpins our own road safety strategies.