Gillstay
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I bet its bad, but I think India is probably drivers hell, or one of the South American spots.So they thought they were above the law! New York is a drivers' hell, anyway.
I bet its bad, but I think India is probably drivers hell, or one of the South American spots.So they thought they were above the law! New York is a drivers' hell, anyway.
Common sense prevails!I think there was something similar - the association of Chief Police Officers issued a statement saying that they would not prosecute anyone riding a bike on the pavement (sidewalk) if they were doing do for safety reasons
This obviously had riders (see what I did there!!) that cyclists need to give way at all times to walkers and ride at a reasonable speed for the circumstances - and all that
Really not sure about this. You can't pick and choose your laws!Common sense prevails
That would require parents to put their phones away though and so sympathise with them that they may have to watch their toddlers on the pavements...The sidewalks and pavements are the safe refuge of pedestrians that include the young and vulnerable. It was not designed for cyclists unless it a designated shared pathway. It will be a sad day if parents have to restrain toddlers to one side in case a cyclist is expected. Hence most countries have laws restricting use of sidewalks to just pedestrians.
Maybe build up the courage to ride in traffic or use another mode of transport.
I grew up in Central MA, and visit the family every couple of years. My aunt lives about a half a mile around the corner from Dad. Whenever we visit, my wife and I tend to walk between the two houses, and my family thinks it's insane.It really is a different culture over there, even in a reasonably provincial area of New England like Danvers and Peabody when I was there 2yrs ago, if walking and crossing the street I was looked at like a 3 headed alien!
A great many pavements around the Lancaster area were not 'designed' as shared use paths, but a bit of white paint and a few blue signs added in the last 10 or 20 years has 'designated' them to be shared use. The day when parents have to restrain toddlers to one side came many years ago.The sidewalks and pavements are the safe refuge of pedestrians that include the young and vulnerable. It was not designed for cyclists unless it a designated shared pathway. It will be a sad day if parents have to restrain toddlers to one side in case a cyclist is expected. Hence most countries have laws restricting use of sidewalks to just pedestrians.
Maybe build up the courage to ride in traffic or use another mode of transport.
I've mentioned this here on the forum a few times in the past,,,,The day when parents have to restrain toddlers to one side came many years ago.
These individuals have a massive impact on the general public because even though they are only solitary individuals they will pass hundreds if not thousands of innocent path users dangerously and it is these incidents that stick in the mind. This is why even when a reasonable cyclist like me who may ride quickly but will always slow down or stop when meeting other users and announce my approach when coming up behind with a cheery 'hello, watch your backs please' or 'excuse me, can I pass you?' can be met with utter contempt and hostility when safely approaching. It is quite saddening to see parents franticly trying to clutch their toddlers to themselves as if they are about to be mown down by the galloping hordes of hell They must have a reason to be so fearful?
Shocking p'poor examples there and in the first two the road looks perfectly acceptable anyway. I can see why less confident riders might not want to ride in the traffic of the third picture, but I would anyway.It is an interesting and polarising topic in the community...
If riding on pavements is so dangerous why are some shared use? There doesn't appear to be any correlation with width of path, residential build up as to whether they are granted 'shared use'... Here are examples:
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Im not campaigning for pavement riding or advocating breaking laws but interested to know if there are any guidelines local authorities use to determine if shared use will be safe to use? Is there an element of accepted risk?
Id ride on the road in all examples also, but that really isn't my point. The council seem to put little blue plaques on some pavements at random, where there is perhaps little safety concern on the road on some but perhaps some justification on others. Is there guidelines authorities follow? Or more cynically, are they just filling a mandated Government quota on "cycle lanes" and calling it a day and ignoring better solutions?Shocking p'poor examples there and in the first two the road looks perfectly acceptable anyway. I can see why less confident riders might not want to ride in the traffic of the third picture, but I would anyway.