Pedestrians

[benb]

So for those who remember our friend who ran down a pedestrian on a path, I thought I'd show him how it should be done.
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]View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYiy0d8Z5S4[/media]

 

[gaz]

How long till someone mentions that you didn't use a bell and that you cycled on the pedestrian side.

 

[Jezston]

You didn't use a bell and you cycled on the pedestrian side, you waahhhnkkarrrrrrrrr!

 

[monkeypony]

That looks like a really annoying way to travel.

For the speed you were travelling at you may as well have got off and pushed!

 

[potsy]

Your electric motor's much quieter than the other guys too

 

[gaz]

You didn't use a bell and you cycled on the pedestrian side, you waahhhnkkarrrrrrrrr!

Knew it wouldn't be long.

 

[MrHappyCyclist]

Excellent.

My old bike had brakes that screamed like a banshee even at low speeds. Scared the bejesus out of many a pedestrian, but nothing I did seemed to stop it.

 

[noelmg]

Part of my journey is along a combined user path that gets very narrow. Sods law you always get somebody with earphones in that doesn't hear your bell and just carries on oblivious.

Had somebody the other day park up in front of me on the cycle path, passenger looked me in the eye, before opening his door to block my path at the last second as I was about to pass him.

I'd like to use the road but in that part the traffic is horrendous with people cutting into side roads all the way down without looking, the path is a lot safer there.

 

[Mad at urage]

I distinctly heard a bell! You were obviously using it to intimidate those poor kids and you sped up again far too quickly, must have given them a real shock .

 

[tongskie01]

pedestrians not wearing helmets. dangerous.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

You waaaaannnnnkkkkkkkkerrrrrr

Perfect cycling. I could even hear the smile in the voice when you spoke to the first person

 

[DrSquirrel]

Too near the woman at 0:26 and squeezing up the middle when there was peds on both sides...

Better to try and time it so you don't have to pass both groups at the same time.

 

[PBancroft]

pedestrians not wearing helmets. dangerous.

They don't even pay road tax. Wossat? Pavement you say? Council tax? What about those bloody kids - they don't pay any Council Tax. When they pay for the paths they can use them. Acting like they own the cycle lane, I bet they've not even done the Highway Code yet in school.

More seriously benb, well done.

 

[Jezston]

And remember, the roads are paid for by the council tax of LOCAL people.

You should not be allowed to use the roads in the towns you don't live in.

 

[benb]

That looks like a really annoying way to travel.

For the speed you were travelling at you may as well have got off and pushed!

It's only 200m or so, and still quicker than taking the road around. And in fact I hardly ever see it this busy.