23-01-2017, 04:19 PM
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Re: Cyclists told "You won't be fined for riding on pavements"
Originally Posted by shirley
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Mostly around us bikes are ridden on the pavement they have done for years. Half the pavement for bikes the other half for pedestrians, that's a laugh they wiz past that quick you have to have your wits about you. It is safer for bike riders but they must learn to go slower.
Slowing down where pedestrians are is the answer .
23-01-2017, 04:40 PM
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Re: Cyclists told "You won't be fined for riding on pavements"
Originally Posted by shirley
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Mostly around us bikes are ridden on the pavement they have done for years. Half the pavement for bikes the other half for pedestrians, that's a laugh they wiz past that quick you have to have your wits about you. It is safer for bike riders but they must learn to go slower.
Same here ...
23-01-2017, 04:54 PM
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Re: Cyclists told "You won't be fined for riding on pavements"
HiSimple fact of life, if you are hit by a car or motorbike on the road you are covered by insurance, even if they are not insured.
Hit by a cyclist on the pavement and you are not, no matter how serious your injuries.
This is wrong.
23-01-2017, 05:54 PM
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Re: Cyclists told "You won't be fined for riding on pavements"
Originally Posted by Morticia
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There's nothing for it 
As a pedestrian, a sometimes very stressed and annoyed pedestrian who plays dodgem with non-pedestrians .. I think I'll switch to hogging the pavement on a bike, a mobility scooter , or get myself a big pushchair... or instead just walk down the middle of the road. Using your legs must be out of fashion.
Bikes should be on the road.
Cyclists should also have insurance cover or some form of minimal road tax.
23-01-2017, 06:53 PM
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Re: Cyclists told "You won't be fined for riding on pavements"
I think this is an example of a common situation in this country.1. The authorities come up with some hare-brained scheme.
2. Someone, in this particular case a pedestrian, is killed as a result.
3. The authorities, although never admitting their mistake, realise that laws need to be changed.
4. If we're lucky, a sensible solution is found and put in place.
5. The authorities come up with some unrelated hare-brained scheme.
6. As above.
23-01-2017, 07:04 PM
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Re: Cyclists told "You won't be fined for riding on pavements"
Originally Posted by Uncle Joe
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Any little git on a cycle who comes too close to me on the pavement is just as likely to have my walking stick rammed either through his spokes or somewhere excruciatingly painful!!!
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