Dogs & Cycle paths arrgggghhh

[rondo]

Dogs on cycle Paths,

I live in Clackmannanshire and a new cycle path has been built between Menstrie and Cambus, Being impressed with how well built the path was I decided to treat myself to a £999 hybrid bike to use it,
However!! The cycle path is totally spoiled by lazy irresponsible dog owners who allow their dogs to wander all over the path off their leads, After having several near misses with roaming dogs I finally met my match,

One Idiot saw me coming from at least a hundred yards and I rang my bell and I made eye contact with him, his collie then chased after me trying to grab the side of my bike then ran infront of me, I then rode straight over the top of the dog going over the handlebars hitting my face off the ground causing severe bruising and painfully damaging my knee leaving me with a limp for over a week,

The owner simply shrugged his shoulders and said "the path is for everyone" more concerned about his dog being ok, this cost me £50 to replace my gloves and shorts and has caused sever hundred pounds worth of damage to my bike,

Lets stand up to these irresponsible idiots now!!

Bylaw 56 of the transport act says dogs must be kept on a short lead,
https://www.gov.uk/rules-about-animals-47-to-58/other-animals-56-to-58

And the dogs act 1987(scotland) section 49 says it is an offence to cause an accident by a dog,

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/254430/0114020.pdf

Lets stand up to the lazy irresponsible idiots who allow dogs to wander out of control and cause cyclists accidents on our precious few cycle paths, especially when they are surrounded by hills and fields,

Take your dog and piles of poo bags somwhere else!!!

 

[Lee_M]

sorry for your off, but dogs dont understand you making eye contact with the owner or ringing your bell, so assume he's going to ignore your warning

Its your bike and your life - don't expect others to feel the same way about them - look after number one

 

[davefb]

yikes, think I'd report it... not sure if council or police first though?

 

[Downward]

These leads are really hard to see. I'll stick to the roads in the dark.

 

[User6179]

Dogs on cycle Paths,

I live in Clackmannanshire and a new cycle path has been built between Menstrie and Cambus, Being impressed with how well built the path was I decided to treat myself to a £999 hybrid bike to use it,
However!! The cycle path is totally spoiled by lazy irresponsible dog owners who allow their dogs to wander all over the path off their leads, After having several near misses with roaming dogs I finally met my match,

One Idiot saw me coming from at least a hundred yards and I rang my bell and I made eye contact with him, his collie then chased after me trying to grab the side of my bike then ran infront of me, I then rode straight over the top of the dog going over the handlebars hitting my face off the ground causing severe bruising and painfully damaging my knee leaving me with a limp for over a week,

The owner simply shrugged his shoulders and said "the path is for everyone" more concerned about his dog being ok, this cost me £50 to replace my gloves and shorts and has caused sever hundred pounds worth of damage to my bike,

Lets stand up to these irresponsible idiots now!!

Bylaw 56 of the transport act says dogs must be kept on a short lead,
https://www.gov.uk/rules-about-animals-47-to-58/other-animals-56-to-58

And the dogs act 1987(scotland) section 49 says it is an offence to cause an accident by a dog,

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/254430/0114020.pdf

Lets stand up to the lazy irresponsible idiots who allow dogs to wander out of control and cause cyclists accidents on our precious few cycle paths, especially when they are surrounded by hills and fields,

Take your dog and piles of poo bags somwhere else!!!

Sounds like the guy was being an idiot but as far as i know there is no law about keeping your dog on a short lead on a shared path although this would be the sensible thing to do , to be honest with you you should have stopped and waited as even though your in the right to continue you still have a duty of care to the dog even though the owner appears not to care about the dog getting hurt.

100% your in the right but I would say if you end up in the same scenario just stop as you and the dog will be the only losers .

 

[gambatte]

It says 'guide' at the top of the page and I reckon thats just it. My dogs hardly ever on the lead. We do 20 mile runs, of which maybe 1/2 a miles on the lead. When there are rules it tends to say 'close control'. I can get Kenny under close control without a lead - infact its easier to do it with him that way.