Get rid of the cyclists, get rid of the problem.

[ufkacbln]

No, it is the kids who are on bikes and the trigger for calling for the bike ban.

..... which really raises another question

Was the contributing factor the bikes, or the fact that they were children?

I would ban children to be on the safe side

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Whether walking or cycling, the common factor is Darlington. Ban the place, raise it to the ground and redistribute the residents to less injurious areas. Or enforce online shopping & drone delivery so nobody ever need leave the house and the city centres will become completely safe for humans as nature reclaims them for its own.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Looking at the list below for councilors in Darlington ? It seems they have a large proportion of the Red lets ban everything crowed in power...good luck.


http://www.darlington.gov.uk/your-council/democracy/councillors/

 

[Drago]

And someone was suggesting in a recent thread that cycling on the path is a benign activity, and theres no way any right thinking person would legislate on the basis of such behaviour.

I argued the world is full of chumps who don't think right and who would happily do such a thing, and 12 hours later here we are.

 

[Racing roadkill]

There seems to be a real issue with people in this country accepting that cycles can use some town centre pedestrianised areas safely. I often cycle to Chichester, which has a shared town centre area. There is a big sign on a gate at one end of the town centre, which says something like, no entry between the times of 9 am and 9 pm, except for pedestrians and cycles. I am forever getting pillocks having a shouty wavey episode, because they are too thick to understand what the signs say (or possibly can't read ). If you're considerate in your cycling, I don't see the problem. I've even had people having a go, when I've been getting the bike to a bike stand, and crossed a bit of pavement with one foot down, moving at a snails pace. Some people's attitudes to cyclists ( particularly in this country ) are just insane. Some of the grief is borderline psychotic. Ahh well cest la vie

 

[HJ]

If there were no bikes, no-one could have been injured riding one, says councillor.
"Darlington councillors call for town centre bike ban after pensioner suffers brain injury in fall
Some councillors in Darlington have suggested a ban on cycling in the town centre following an incident in which a pensioner was left with life changing brain injuries following a fall from his bike.

Brian Coates, 74, was walking in the town centre in September when he fell on to his head. Witnesses suggested he may have been startled by a group of young boys on bikes who were seen in the area.

With the support of Mr Coates’s family, Cllr Coultas and Cllr Bryan Thistlethwaite are now calling for a ban on cycling in the town centre altogether."

Isn't odd there are never such calls when someone is killed or injured by a motor vehicle, yet that is far more common. Why is this?

 

[Sara_H]

And someone was suggesting in a recent thread that cycling on the path is a benign activity, and theres no way any right thinking person would legislate on the basis of such behaviour.

I argued the world is full of chumps who don't think right and who would happily do such a thing, and 12 hours later here we are.

You seem to be unable to compute the difference between benignly and antisocially.

 

[Brandane]

And someone was suggesting in a recent thread that cycling on the path is a benign activity, and theres no way any right thinking person would legislate on the basis of such behaviour.

I argued the world is full of chumps who don't think right and who would happily do such a thing, and 12 hours later here we are.

There's your answer.

 

[ufkacbln]

You seem to be unable to compute the difference between benignly and antisocially.

This is the point..

The individual was (as far as I can make out from the confusion) the victim of antisocial behaviour by individuals who just happened to be on bikes

It cannot be correlated in any way with benign use of a pavement to avoid a busy or dangerous road

 

[mustang1]

I wonder what experience or qualifications one needs to become a councillor.

 

[400bhp]

I wonder what experience or qualifications one needs to become a councillor.

Now, about 20 seconds before I read this line I'd had a nosey at the link someone posted above to a list of councillors.

A couple of them have added "Bsc" or "BA" after their name. It caught my attention because I generally find it to be a bit pompous to put stuff like that after your name. But I rarely see a simple Bachelor degree to be shown its name in lights. It's usually "Dr" or Col. or somesuch. So, you have to ask, why would these individuals feel the need to show this off in the context that it is given. Tells me a lot.

 

[young Ed]

Isn't odd there are never such calls when someone is killed or injured by a motor vehicle, yet that is far more common. Why is this?

of course not, cars have a right to be on the road whereas bikes shouldn't be on them and we should feel great full we have the privilege whilst we do have it
Cheers Ed

 

[mustang1]

Now, about 20 seconds before I read this line I'd had a nosey at the link someone posted above to a list of councillors.

A couple of them have added "Bsc" or "BA" after their name. It caught my attention because I generally find it to be a bit pompous to put stuff like that after your name. But I rarely see a simple Bachelor degree to be shown its name in lights. It's usually "Dr" or Col. or somesuch. So, you have to ask, why would these individuals feel the need to show this off in the context that it is given. Tells me a lot.

Well if the councilors brain is full of sh1t then there ain't much room for reasoned thinking.

 

[Tin Pot]

Ban journalism.

And gossip.

 

[Cyclist33]

We have a tannoy at work ...
"To increase safety at work " ........
I always say

"Don`t do any !"

You could be even more facetious and insist it isn't referred to as a tannoy unless it is made by tannoy.