XmisterIS
Purveyor of fine nonsense
I was on my motorbike today and as I was riding down the road, I was astonished to see a runner running along in the middle of the cycle lane facing oncoming traffic, when there was a perfectly good, smooth, empty pavement to his right-hand side which was considerably bigger than the cycle lane!
He was passed by a cyclist who had to swing out into traffic to go round him, I think I saw the cyclist say something to him (probably along the lines of "What the hell are you doing?!") and the runner shouted something at him and tried to block his progress by sticking an arm out into the road (into the path of incoming traffic), so the cyclist had to suddenly brake and swerve right out into the middle of the road - causing me to have to brake incase I hit the runner's arm or the cyclist! It was all under control though, I was watching the two of them like a hawk!
I shouted, "You f**king idiot, you'll cause a crash like that!", at the runner (which he wouldn't have heard over the bike engine and through the helmet) as I went past and I pointed at him and wagged my finger, but he just gave me the middle finger and spat at me (which missed!) and carried on.
What's the legality of running in the cycle lane like that, when there's a perfectly good, wide, empty pavement right beside you?!!
He was passed by a cyclist who had to swing out into traffic to go round him, I think I saw the cyclist say something to him (probably along the lines of "What the hell are you doing?!") and the runner shouted something at him and tried to block his progress by sticking an arm out into the road (into the path of incoming traffic), so the cyclist had to suddenly brake and swerve right out into the middle of the road - causing me to have to brake incase I hit the runner's arm or the cyclist! It was all under control though, I was watching the two of them like a hawk!
I shouted, "You f**king idiot, you'll cause a crash like that!", at the runner (which he wouldn't have heard over the bike engine and through the helmet) as I went past and I pointed at him and wagged my finger, but he just gave me the middle finger and spat at me (which missed!) and carried on.
What's the legality of running in the cycle lane like that, when there's a perfectly good, wide, empty pavement right beside you?!!