Cycling on pavements.

[dondare]

I would assume if you get off your bike, lift it onto the pavement then push it past no problems, but pushing it over the stop line is a different matter. A copper would have to be extremely bored to even bother giving you a talking to.

A pedestrian is supposed to cross in between the studs marking the crossing, they should not be on any other part of the crossing.

Now, I am certain that pedestrians legally have Right of Way on all parts of the carriageway. So a pedestrian wheeling a bike does as well. Personally I'd rather wait at lights than dismount and wheel.

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

I saw a cyclist riding on the pavement yesterday evening when I nipped down to Aldi

In the same 1 mile stretch I counted

• 1 car very illegally parked (as opposed to normal illegal parking - on double yellows just after zig-zags and on a junction
• at least 8 cars parked illegally obstructing a bus lane during operating hours (stopped counting as I wasn't filling in a traffic survey)
• 1 car emerging from the wrong way of a one-way-street
• 1 car driving along the pavement
• 1 car parked on a corner of a junction

Bloody cyclists eh? Get them registered and then they'll have to follow the rules like car drivers have to

 

[BSRU]

Now, I am certain that pedestrians legally have Right of Way on all parts of the carriageway. So a pedestrian wheeling a bike does as well. Personally I'd rather wait at lights than dismount and wheel.

I remember a discussion about this a while ago, as far as I can remember a pedestrian should only cross between the stud markings, I cannot remember if the HC states SHOULD or MUST. I would have thought wheeling a bike on the road is not the same as wheeling a bike on the pavement, although you never know.

Just found it in the HC,
it is a SHOULD.

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At all crossings. When using any type of crossing you should

• always check that the traffic has stopped before you start to cross or push a pram onto a crossing
• always cross between the studs or over the zebra markings. Do not cross at the side of the crossing or on the zig-zag lines, as it can be dangerous

You MUST NOT loiter on any type of crossing.