Jan the old one wrote:Small children trundling along on their bikes on the pavements don't cause as much damage as the whizzo's in lycra! My kids rode on the pavement..with us guiding them...
eDWaRD WooDWaRD wrote:Jan the old one wrote:Small children trundling along on their bikes on the pavements don't cause as much damage as the whizzo's in lycra! My kids rode on the pavement..with us guiding them...
Children can't wait to get on the road. A few of the whizzo's in lycra are not setting a great example though.
Guy's street wrote:eDWaRD WooDWaRD wrote:Jan the old one wrote:Small children trundling along on their bikes on the pavements don't cause as much damage as the whizzo's in lycra! My kids rode on the pavement..with us guiding them...
Children can't wait to get on the road. A few of the whizzo's in lycra are not setting a great example though.
I've corrected your post for you, Edward.
Terry99 wrote:
Actually, do you ever see people in lycra (the villains!) riding on the pavement?
John C wrote:Misbehaviour by other road users is no excuse - and that includes pedestrians (have you ever seen a pedestrian wait patiently on the pavement for the little green man to light up? - no, unless there's actually moving traffic bearing down on them they'll walk straight across - with children and/or baby-buggies).
Brendan D wrote:Terry99 wrote:
Actually, do you ever see people in lycra (the villains!) riding on the pavement?
Precisely. If you're wearing Lycra you are likely doing 20mph. At this speed you shouldn't actually be using even shared cycle path, let alone the pavement. Doesn't stop drivers hooting me and shouting 'get on the pavement' sometimes!
Rambling Phil wrote:While generally in agreement, John...John C wrote:Misbehaviour by other road users is no excuse - and that includes pedestrians (have you ever seen a pedestrian wait patiently on the pavement for the little green man to light up? - no, unless there's actually moving traffic bearing down on them they'll walk straight across - with children and/or baby-buggies).
Last time I checked, there was no legal requirement on pedestrians to only cross on a green man, or even only at a crossing, unlike the legal requirement to not cycle or drive on the pavement. These aren't really the same thing.
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