Roger Woodham replies:drive or ride?

Anything with four or more wheels (like a car, a bus, a lorry or a train) we drive; anything with two wheels or that we straddle (like a horse, a bike, motorbike or scooter) we ride, (even though you need a driving licence to ride a motorbike. In a recent court case, a judge in Britain has ruled that riders of go-peds those tiny scooters which have a very small engine at the back will also need to have a driving licence to ride them on the roads.)

Consider the following:

• 'I had never driven such a powerful car before.'

• 'I hadn't ridden a bike for over twenty years and wondered if I would remember how to.'

Note that when we are passengers rather than drivers, we ride in cars and trains, but we tend to ride on buses.