The ignorant and self-righteous.

[fossyant]

Probably a grumpy old fart with nothing better to do.

 

[davefb]

I use alot of shared use paths and most peds and dog walkers are very nice, they rain their dogs in or get them to sit as I go passed, and I always make a point of thanking them, you do get the odd one that is either hard of hearing or locked in conversation with a friend that dont hear you calling or ringing the bell, but thats understandable.

The ones that bug me are when a group of youngsters deliberaty block the path. You see that they have seen you as they have either turned to look in your direction when you sound the bell or were already walking towards you, then they turn to their mates as if to say watch this, then either turn their back on you and walk in the middle of the path, or start to weave acorss the path. its almost as if they get a little power trip from making you slow or stop.

now, what i would have done as a kid, would have been to not "look" at them and speed up..



wierdly, pretty much what I'd do now...

some kids do this to cars as well,, its like "do you really think we never this this as kids either?" I'm not going to be intimidated by a scrote walking in the street.. (and I'm not going to do what a friend did and steer away towards oncoming traffic.. sheesh)

 

[Rancid]

there's one shared path on my commute and i always ride at walking pace and always gives way at the set of gates in the middle.

The only issue Ive ever had was with another cyclist who was too impatient to share the path and tried to dive up the inside of me, i apologized as he picked himself up out the nettles but inside i had no sympathy at all.

 

[Maz]

Could you not have politely said "excuse me" or similiar to save getting into the situation in the first place. Education, IMO, is better than retaliation.

This is what I would do. A little bit of courtesy goes a long way.

 

[hennbell]

I was riding on a shared path when a small dog broke free and took a run at me. As the dog got closer to my foot, with the owner watching, I unclipped kicked and clipped back in barely breaking my stride. As the dog tumbled away the owner got very upset and started shouting. I just waved bye bye and kept on going.

 

[Andy_R]

I was riding on a shared path when a small dog broke free and took a run at me. As the dog got closer to my foot, with the owner watching, I unclipped kicked and clipped back in barely breaking my stride. As the dog tumbled away the owner got very upset and started shouting. I just waved bye bye and kept on going.

Taken from DirectGov website:

Out of control dogs

Report a dangerous dog to your council's dog warden service
Contact your local dog warden service Contact your local dog warden service Opens new window
It is an offence to allow a dog of any type or breed to be dangerously out of control:

• in a public place - like a street, park, bus shelter or the common parts of a block of flats (like the entrance or stairs)
• in a private place where the dog isn't allowed to be

Public areas also include fields, footpaths and beaches.
What is 'out of control'?

Your dog is dangerously out of control if it:

• injures a person, or
• behaves in a way that makes a person worried it might injure them - even if it's the dog owner's own home or garden

If you use your dog to injure someone you could be charged with 'malicious wounding'. The maximum penalty for this is five years in prison.
Other people's animals

A court could judge that your dog is dangerously out of control if:

• it injures another person's animal
• the owner of the animal thinks they could be injured if they tried to stop your dog attacking their animal

Penalties for out-of-control dogs

Anyone can report a dog and their owner to the police.
If you're found guilty of having a dog that's out of control you can be sent to prison for up to 6 months and/or fined. You may also not be allowed to own a dog in the future.
If you allow your dog to injure someone, you can be sent to prison for up to 2 years and/or fined.
The law about out of control dogs is covered in section three of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.

 

[jonny jeez]

Don't apologise, that was actually a pretty rounded second post.

well done for containing the anger. Forget it and roll on.

If you should meet him again, Keep your cool.

 

[Custom24]

Don't take it out on the innocent dog for crying out loud!
Next time, run over the self righteous twerp at the other end of the lead instead!

I wouldn't really run over a dog.

 

[Custom24]

Could you not have politely said "excuse me" or similiar to save getting into the situation in the first place. Education, IMO, is better than retaliation.

Yes, you are right, normally I would. The problem was he started off on my right, so I steered left. But this didn't help - he progressively took up more and more of the path as we got closer. It was only when I was right on top of him that I realised there was a problem - I couldn't believe what he was doing. The opportunity to say "excuse me" was gone.

 

[fossyant]

He was being an awkward old git. Right or wrong, he was being a twit. Should have blinded him with a Magicshine to the eyes.

 

[Cubist]

Taken from DirectGov website:

Out of control dogs

Report a dangerous dog to your council's dog warden service
Contact your local dog warden service Contact your local dog warden service Opens new window
It is an offence to allow a dog of any type or breed to be dangerously out of control:

• in a public place - like a street, park, bus shelter or the common parts of a block of flats (like the entrance or stairs)
• in a private place where the dog isn't allowed to be

Public areas also include fields, footpaths and beaches.

What is 'out of control'?

Your dog is dangerously out of control if it:

• injures a person, or
• behaves in a way that makes a person worried it might injure them - even if it's the dog owner's own home or garden

If you use your dog to injure someone you could be charged with 'malicious wounding'. The maximum penalty for this is five years in prison.

Other people's animals

A court could judge that your dog is dangerously out of control if:

• it injures another person's animal
• the owner of the animal thinks they could be injured if they tried to stop your dog attacking their animal

Penalties for out-of-control dogs


Anyone can report a dog and their owner to the police.
If you're found guilty of having a dog that's out of control you can be sent to prison for up to 6 months and/or fined. You may also not be allowed to own a dog in the future.
If you allow your dog to injure someone, you can be sent to prison for up to 2 years and/or fined.
The law about out of control dogs is covered in section three of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.

Have you got a link to Canadian legislation?

 

[dellzeqq]

give a little. Dismount, say hello to the dog, say hello to the old geezer, make a friend or two

 

[fossyant]

Oh you are a bad boy Cubist.....

 

[gavintc]

Having just moved to Portsmouth, many of the cycle routes lead you to shared use paths. My dislike for them has been re-inforced, paths run out in the middle of the most inconvenient locations, they take you on magical mystery tours, pedestrians do not like sharing and the surfaces are not good. So, having tried them, I am back on the roads and much happier. Footpaths - leave them to the pedestrians.

 

[davefb]

Have you got a link to Canadian legislation?

I thought over the pond you just shout "its coming right for me", then you can shoot it ?