Today I was a ped

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I'm sure that some pedantic buffoon can come up with instances where you can cycle on pavements (crossing them to get to into your driveway, for instance) but I think those are the generalisations.

Without wishing to label myself a pedantic buffoon....

I seem to remember reading somewhere recently (CTC magazine perhaps), that although the law specifically allows a motor vehicle to cross the pavement to enter a driveway, it doesn't (by an act of omission) apply to all vehicles, and that therefore cycling across the pavement to enter your drive is technically as illegal as riding along the pavement.

Although if that's true, I'd love to know how many people, professional law mongers or otherwise, know it.

 

[Maz]

Until you get caught.

Don't make me laugh, please.

 

[brokenbetty]

But how can this be, when the only difference between cycle path and pavement is the ticking of a box at council HQ?

Because it's not about the road per se, it's about what other people on that bit of tarmac expect. On a shared path? Best expect cycles. On a pavement? Don't expect cycles. Simples - until some selfish b*stard thinks their convenience matters more than yours.

 

[GFamily]

Cycling on pavements is fine if it's done safely and with consideration. No need to be anal and uptight about it being illegal, against the law, bla bla bla. There's more important things in life to worry about.

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