Sara_H
Guru
My hero mikael Coalville Andersen covers this extensively. Think this is the one:
http://www.copenhagenize.com/2012/11/ted-x-bicycle-culture-by-design-in.html?m=1
Jaywalkers ( or whatever there called in the uk)
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http://www.copenhagenize.com/2012/11/ted-x-bicycle-culture-by-design-in.html?m=1
ayceejay
Guru
- Location
- Rural Quebec
Apparently you can walk across or along a road anywhere in the UK other than motorways. In the US this is considered jaywalking therefore illegal, the punishment depends on the colour of the offender.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
That's brilliant!
Sara_H
Guru
He's marvellous. He's got it completely nailed. We went to see him speak in Edinburgh last year, he's makes a lot of sense.
ScotiaLass
Guru
- Location
- Middle Earth
True.
I was told by a policeman that the only right of way that pedestrians have is on an actual marked crossing point.
If they aren't on a crossing then a car doesn't have to give way/stop for them
AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
Would it not depend on where you're cycling? There's a car free shared use path which I take sometimes, popular with dog owners. Along that stretch, they're definitely the only obstacle, even at low speeds.
vickster
Squire
Apparently that's not the case according to bullet point 2 in rule 170 of HCTrue.
I was told by a policeman that the only right of way that pedestrians have is on an actual marked crossing point.
If they aren't on a crossing then a car doesn't have to give way/stop for them
https://www.gov.uk/using-the-road-159-to-203/road-junctions-170-to-183
ScotiaLass
Guru
- Location
- Middle Earth
He didn't....I can remember how he put it, I'm paraphrasing
Tin Pot
Guru
And yet I see cyclists sprinting hard every time I'm there. IMO Tooley Street marks the end of the hard ride, time to take it easy!
Yup...Buses, Taxes, Trains Stations, Tourist attractions, Peds and tourists milling around....it's a very busy place
vickster
Squire
And a magnet for bike thieves...I had a bike nicked there on a busy Sunday afternoon from outside On Your Bike (before they hid it behind Southwark Cathedral somewhere)!
ttcycle
Cycling Excusiast
Yep I did indeed, the police said Tooley st is notorious for thefts.
I can't imagine going up that street that you'd want to sprint-stupid idea.
CopperBrompton
Bicycle: a means of transport between cake-stops
- Location
- London
There is no such thing as jaywalking in the UK. If a pedestrian suddenly turns and steps out directly in front of your front wheel, fair enough, there's nothing you can do. But filtering has to be done at a speed that assumes pedestrians will emerge from between parked cars, and anytime a pedestrian heads toward a road, you have to assume they won't look.
Tin Pot
Guru
[QUOTE 3326426, member: 9609"]when a car hits a cyclist the driver should have been looking out for cyclists and have taken more care, when a cyclist hits a pedestrian the pedestrian should have been looking out for cyclists and have taken more care. Do cyclists ever have any responsibilities anywhere ever?[/QUOTE]
No.
Unless they are Jeremy Clarkson.
Next question?
No.
Unless they are Jeremy Clarkson.
Next question?
