The papers 'opinion' column is less than accommodating for cyclist either.
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co...pensioner/article-1158473-detail/article.html
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co...pensioner/article-1158473-detail/article.html
dellzeqq said:my mouse hovered over the thread title and highlighted 'pensioner urges'. I'm just in here to pick up some tips....
just for the record, I had a close encounter with a dog on a long expanding lead today. This was on the road of course, a quiet country lane, not a pavement, and, like in the lady's account, the lead was strung right across the road. I had no option but to drop anchor and utter a polite but firm "EXCUSE ME!" (I most certainly did not shout "get out of the way") Of course I got a muttered apology from the owner as he reined in his animal. But apologies often come too late...Mrs Coles, of Devon Avenue, said: "Twice recently I've nearly been knocked over by people riding on the pavement outside my house. I have a dog and sometimes his lead stretches across the path, and if a cyclist comes along they say 'get that dog out of the way'.
theclaud said:I'm afraid there's a crackdown. On pensioner urges. I know this will not come as good news.