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I had an interesting exchange of view with a young lady driver late this afternoon who was adamant that I was breaking the law. I would be obliged for your opinion.
I work at the Cathedral end of South Street in St Andrews, Scotland. To commute home I ride the length of South Street to the West Port Arch (part of the city wall) where I alight and push my bike, when safe to do so, under the arch way (about 3 steps) before remounting and negotiating the roundabout just beyond.
I am obliged to alight because of 2 'No Entry' signs. This is a road safety measure because the archway is just wide enough for a single vehicle. There is a pavement, which I could take but elect not to as it is a busy thoroughfare. I always alight because to cycle against the traffic flow would be extremely foolhardy and throughly dangerous, not to mention illegal. :-)
The young lady stated that I was breaking the law because the No Entry signs prohibited vehicular access through the archway. It is my contention that having alighted from my bike I am classed as a pedestrian, my bike therefore cannot be considered, in the circumstance, as a vehicle so I am not breaking any law.
Am I correct?
I work at the Cathedral end of South Street in St Andrews, Scotland. To commute home I ride the length of South Street to the West Port Arch (part of the city wall) where I alight and push my bike, when safe to do so, under the arch way (about 3 steps) before remounting and negotiating the roundabout just beyond.
I am obliged to alight because of 2 'No Entry' signs. This is a road safety measure because the archway is just wide enough for a single vehicle. There is a pavement, which I could take but elect not to as it is a busy thoroughfare. I always alight because to cycle against the traffic flow would be extremely foolhardy and throughly dangerous, not to mention illegal. :-)
The young lady stated that I was breaking the law because the No Entry signs prohibited vehicular access through the archway. It is my contention that having alighted from my bike I am classed as a pedestrian, my bike therefore cannot be considered, in the circumstance, as a vehicle so I am not breaking any law.
Am I correct?
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