Laughs all round as police officer tries to halt cyclist for riding on bike path

[AndyRM]

He's lucky. In America, he'd have received a fine and things would have escalated from there...

 

[RedRider]

Agreed. There's a similar facility on my commute and I see the issue as a simple one: pedestrians have priority.


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I can't hear sound on this computer so might be missing something but that particular path can be tricky to get right. Drivers aren't expecting cyclists to slow and give way to pedestrians who in turn aren't expecting cyclists to cut across their paths. I can see why, out of a sense of self-preservation a cyclist, particularly one unconfident about holding up cars might be feared into not giving way to a walker at this point.
If I'm going that way I tend to follow the road around and take the next left instead, it's just as quick with less chance of conflict. Going in the other direction however it's a really good cut-through which avoids the traffic-choked schlepp around Aldwych.

 

[jefmcg]

Two serious points

1. not surprised he was stopped. There are so many cyclists saving a few seconds by riding on the footpath, it was probably a reflex action.
2. It's not a well marked lane. No wonder pedestrians never seem aware that a cyclist may be coming through, if even a copper fails to notice the markings.

 

[mulletino]

He's lucky. In America, he'd have received a fine and things would have escalated from there...

Laughed out loud to this excerpt - seems NYC is a TOUGH place to cycle. Even more so than Leeds.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Just general advice.
It's a sad old world where a Policeman cant offer advice to the public without someone questioning their legal right to do so.

It's also possibly still a sad old world where people think that the public ought to take the "advice" of a police officer without questioning what authority the "advice" is given on.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Seems fine ... cyclist rode in a bit fast ... PCSO stopped him, realised his mistake and was sent on with a cheery wave.

I only wish the ones in Leeds would be as friendly.

Where is the speed at which a passing cyclist can join a shared use path defined so folk can know how fast a bit fast is?

 

[DCLane]

Where is the speed at which a passing cyclist can join a shared use path defined so folk can know how fast a bit fast is?

Try this as a start point;

"The 2004 Local Transport Notes on Walking and Cycling document had an annex D Code of Conduct Notice for Cyclists which recommends "As a general rule, if you want to cycle quickly, say in excess of 18 mph/30 kph, then you should be riding on the road.""

 

[jefmcg]

That looks way under 30kph to me, and he seems to stop without difficulty when a pedestrian does something unexpected (holds up his hand to stop him)

[QUOTE 3284839, member: 9609"]What does the cyclist say after the policeman says "riding bike on pavement" ? I can't make it out ?[/QUOTE]
"This [path|part] is for bicycles"

 

[400bhp]

:tapsfootandcountshowmanypostsittakesforthreadtogetintopettyargumentaboutsometrivialpointoflaw:

 

[BlackPanther]

When the policeman asked "Why are you on your bike on the pavement?" I'd like to think I'd have been quick enough to retort "Why are you standing in the middle of a cycle lane!"

 

[GrumpyGregry]

:tapsfootandcountshowmanypostsittakesforthreadtogetintopettyargumentaboutsometrivialpointoflaw:

If you don't get it, you don't get it.

You, in this instance, don't get it.

 

[400bhp]

If you don't get it, you don't get it.

You, in this instance, don't get it.

What is "it" I don't get?

 

[noodle]

What is "it" I don't get?

where the space bar is?

 

[400bhp]

where the space bar is?

dunno - he grumpybugger has gone quiet.

 

[jefmcg]

It's nearly the reverse of this


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