Pro Tour Punditry
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Great suggestion.
Floored and flayed by needlessly leadless
- Thread starter Randomnerd
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Randomnerd
Bimbleur
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Where does it say I was speeding?
Canine III has done something rubbery in the shrubbery or murdered some wildlife therein and spits its piggy, puggy self under me, willy-nilly, like I said, causing me harm to my arm and no glee to the knee.
Like him and Giant Shirt, you appear full tilt from the dark and undermine: where's the humanity?
Had my dog, somehow unfettered, clattered some pedaller to the metalled, I'd be over there with hankies and apologies and offers of repairs to the Retro Ride.
Appears only Drago so far knows Right from Wrong...
Canine III has done something rubbery in the shrubbery or murdered some wildlife therein and spits its piggy, puggy self under me, willy-nilly, like I said, causing me harm to my arm and no glee to the knee.
Like him and Giant Shirt, you appear full tilt from the dark and undermine: where's the humanity?
Had my dog, somehow unfettered, clattered some pedaller to the metalled, I'd be over there with hankies and apologies and offers of repairs to the Retro Ride.
Appears only Drago so far knows Right from Wrong...
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roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
Try this.......
maybe, if you slowed then you wouldn't be floored,
share the space , it isn't a race
maybe, if you slowed then you wouldn't be floored,
share the space , it isn't a race
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
hoopdriver
Guru
- Location
- East Sussex
You did say it went under you wheel at speed. Or were you just trying for dramatic effect?
In either case shared footpaths are for going v-e-r-y slow. Especially when you can see dog walkers ahead, whether the beasts are on leads or no.
In either case shared footpaths are for going v-e-r-y slow. Especially when you can see dog walkers ahead, whether the beasts are on leads or no.
If the only person in a thread agreeing with me was you I'd take a long hard look at my choices!!That's something that's not often said about me!
You asked "what would you do?", and gave 3 options. You didn't ask "was I in the right or the wrong?" You'll find that my answer was silent on the latter, and answered the former, as requested. You have the same amount of information on which to judge whether I know right from wrong as we have to judge whether you were in the right or the wrong......precisely none.
If you want a judgement on your actions, give us an unbiased account from a disinterested third party, rather than the necessarily biased account of one half of the protagonist list.
Banjo
Fuelled with Jelly Babies
- Location
- South Wales
IMHO Dogs should not be off the leash on paths.
Yes cyclists should go slowly around peds and dogs but unleashed is out of control unless the dog is very well trained which is rare..
Yes cyclists should go slowly around peds and dogs but unleashed is out of control unless the dog is very well trained which is rare..
hoopdriver
Guru
- Location
- East Sussex
I agree they should all be on leads, but with some of the super-long extendable leads even dogs on leads can be a big problem. That's why I stick to roads. Dangers are more predictable there.
Dunno. Which is worse......a dog off a lead, or a dog on one of those long all-but-invisible leads which seem like mobile anti-cycle trip wires?
ETA Ninja'd by hoopdriver
Banjo
Fuelled with Jelly Babies
- Location
- South Wales
ETA ?? More of a TMN I think.
Andy_R
Hard of hearing..I said Herd of Herring..oh FFS..
- Location
- County Durham
I don't normally like to admit that Mr @Markymark is right, but ^^^this. normally he's a shandy drinking, "Location, Location, Location", "Grand Designs", "Something with Jamie Oliver in it", iPhone sheeple, but this time he's right. Bugrit! Millennium Hand and Shrimp
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oldfatfool
Guru
I read the op as in the dog appeared at speed rather than the op was at speed. Dogs should be on leads and not zip lines either for the safety of the dog and if for nothing else the health of the owners wallet, vets fees are horrendous. Small children are an equal menace having used a shared path only to meet a 3 year old running pell mell round a blind bend doing aeroplane impressions i was fortunate to be going slow enough to swerve without falling off but it could have been interesting if childs fingers had gone in my spokes. Obviously it was all my fault and not the childs parents who i came across walking blithely 50 meters further along the path out of sight if little Johnny.
The point is it is a shared path, so long as the speed of the op was not reckless oneone presumes he was maintaining a steady course, the fault lies with those deliberatly introducing an uncontrollable variable, why should the op be blamed for not avoiding something that may not have happened. A bit like walking on the pavement under scaffolding and getting hit by falling masonry and getting blamed for not wearing a hard hat.
The point is it is a shared path, so long as the speed of the op was not reckless oneone presumes he was maintaining a steady course, the fault lies with those deliberatly introducing an uncontrollable variable, why should the op be blamed for not avoiding something that may not have happened. A bit like walking on the pavement under scaffolding and getting hit by falling masonry and getting blamed for not wearing a hard hat.
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