Re: Cyclists.
No, the Highway Code is not law, but it is a guideline for those using wheels and it is common sense.
Why would anybody on a bicycle want to ride on the pavement, then go round corners when they can't see what is around them?
Point in case. I was standing outside my place of work one day, which is on a corner, when a cyclist came flying down on the pavement past me and took a left around the corner from where I was standing. He mowed into an old man knocking him on his back.
The elderly gentleman said he was alright and didn't need an ambulance, but the ignorant cyclist left him there! We made sure he was alright though.
I am very tolerant as a car driver to cyclists and slow down for them, then only overtake when I can give them at least six feet of clearance, but I'm afraid to say I've seen many cyclists just totally flout the LAW as regards traffic lights and are a danger on the roads.
I have never seen a single sign in my home town where there are signs which show that a cyclist may ride on the pavement, in my 35 years of driving.
As I said, the Highway Code is not law, but the Police do abide by their common sense protocols.