There are lots of pavements where cycling isn't dangerous if common sense is used.
Blackpool pavement cyclist decision today
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There are lots of pavements where cycling isn't dangerous if common sense is used.
Stephenite
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Cycling on the pavement is perfectly legal in many countries.
This guy was reckless.
This guy was reckless.
Gatters
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you can hire bikes for the day to ride up and down the promenade cant you? well you could last time I was there
That's as maybe, but its illegal in Blackpool and he wasn't on the prom so that's irrelevant.
Gatters
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you can cycle on the pavement legally in parts of this country, If he was a dick he deserve what he gets it gives us all a bad name...
Bianchi boy
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You can legally cycle on a pavement in Britain if your life is regarded as being in danger, also that mother was being totally irresponsible letting a small child run free, towards a main road
albion
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Up here it is acceptable to cycle on the pavement. (None city centre of course)
It is the manner of how you do it that should be the real issue.
It is the manner of how you do it that should be the real issue.
The child was following the mother, and the dad ( possibly) was right behind. That's not irresponsible.
The guy should've been riding on the road. End of.
Bianchi boy
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unless his life was in danger, a responsible parent of a child that age should have been more attentive
If the child had run onto the road, you would have a point. But the child was on the pavement, so you don't have a point. If a 3'1 adult had walked out of their gate the cyclist would have hit them just the same, so don't make this out to be anything the child (or their parents) did wrong
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/n...st-guilty-of-hitting-girl-3-on-path-1-7387745
Cyclist found guilty of dangerous cycling (I assume, if the report is correct), fined £800. Don't read the comments
Cyclist found guilty of dangerous cycling (I assume, if the report is correct), fined £800. Don't read the comments
No you can't. The guidance from the Home Office is
but that still doesn't make it actually legal. Also, a responsible cyclist does not ride his bike into pedestrians, so I doubt this guidance would apply anyway ...
Bianchi boy
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correct, a responsible cyclist does not ride his/her bike into a pedestrian, just as this cyclist did not ride his bike into a pedestrian, in this case the pedestrian ran in front of the cyclist
Why is it that some farkwit cyclists defend or excuse the farkwit behaviour of other cyclists no matter how bad or antisocial?
Tell me if my expectations are too high here, but I'd have thought that dragging a toddler 12 feet along the pavement does not fall within the parameters of "showing consideration" towards themPaul Boateng said:
