Tales from today's commute....

[wafter]

Spoke too soon....last night up Railway Path, escooter rider shot past going at speed, guess over 30 mph. Minutes later, came across group of cyclists huddled near a bench...saw bloke on floor laid partly on path. Didn't seem hurt too much, was conscious & talking. But...private ecooter by his side so likely had a spill. Got home, mused I maybe should have offered help but several people there, someone would have called paramedics. But as an afterthought, IMHO they should have also called the police?. Legally, it seemed to me to be an RTA involving prohibited motor transport on a cyclepath?.

Absolutely - screw the guy tbh; just lucky he was the only party to reap the rewards of his actions.

I went to the pub last night and had a (mostly) fantastic time en-route floating to and fro through the city in the cool night air; however was genuinely concerned for my safety on two occasions. On the way back in the dark; firstly when a pair of dickheads shot out of a side street on a full-blown e-motorbike; no lights, running well-wide onto my side of the road and would have wiped me out had they hit me.

Secondly I was coming down cornmarket street (which is pedestrianised / cycleable after-hours) when another dickhead on a similar bike doing maybe 30mph came the opposite way; weaving in and out of pedestrians.

I don't want to get caught up in some Daily Fail-esq hand-wringing moral panic, however I'm sick of seeing these irresponsible wastes of skin razzing around the city with absolute impunity and zero concern for those around them and it seems only a matter of time before some innocent third party ends up seriously injured or dead.

Seems the Police have zero interest in addressing this and sincerely hope those responsible end up under a bus where they belong.