DAMHIKT?That's OK until the twunt rides into you DAMHIKT.
Why do so many pass left-shoulder to left shoulder on cycle paths?
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I experience the same quite often round here - so much so that I make sure that if I see someone in the distance that I make sure Im on the left and my intentions are clear
In France ive often encountered the people doing the opposite - whereas in Holland and Germany it never happens
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
To keep their sword arms away from the approaching riders?
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Don't Ask Me How I Know This.
Ta.Don't Ask Me How I Know This.
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
When this happens to me I shout out "Bonjour"....... I get some funny looks 
Tom B
Guru
- Location
- Lancashire
The local clown councillors were recently asking for ideas to improve our heavily used shared use path.
My pet hate is those pedestrians who don't have any special awareness and wander around oblivious to bell ringing then starburst along with rover, fido and bouncer all on wires going in opposite directions.
Last week I was shouted at by woman who was walking with her family across the full width of the path, despite the long clear approach they failed to see me or hear my bell. I was then complained at.
My suggestions to the councillors were implementation of a keep left & give way to the left rule and a central line. Both unenforceable but a good point of reference. Both were dismissed in favour of doing nothing other than having another taxpayer funded buffet and tightening one of the chicanes.
My pet hate is those pedestrians who don't have any special awareness and wander around oblivious to bell ringing then starburst along with rover, fido and bouncer all on wires going in opposite directions.
Last week I was shouted at by woman who was walking with her family across the full width of the path, despite the long clear approach they failed to see me or hear my bell. I was then complained at.
My suggestions to the councillors were implementation of a keep left & give way to the left rule and a central line. Both unenforceable but a good point of reference. Both were dismissed in favour of doing nothing other than having another taxpayer funded buffet and tightening one of the chicanes.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
The occasional 'Beware Cycles' sign wouldn't go amiss nor would the odd painting of a bike on the ground.
Tom B
Guru
- Location
- Lancashire
The occasional 'Beware Cycles' sign wouldn't go amiss nor would the odd painting of a bike on the ground.
Remember, this is a shared use path.
If often wondered about sticking copies of the newspaper story about the cyclist that sued the dog on a wire woman to the dog poo bins. Or buyig some keep left stencils and spraying keep left on the path. But the council would only probably prosecute me for flyposting.
I looked at my GPS data after the ride mentioned above anf found that I had been doing around 12mph along the path, slowed over a couple of hundred yards to 6mph then finally to 3mph at the point i was noticed. At this point I was unclipped and preparing to stop.
My point with the council was, for the path to be a viable route for cyclists it has to be able to be used at reasonable speed otherwise comuting or using it for utility cycling is just impractical.
Do we think that 12mph is a sensible speed on a wide, clear tarmaced, traffic free, shared use route?
Magnets have a North and South which repel or attract
So do shoulders, walls and the edge of a path
When a single person walks down a path, both shoulders are equally repelled by the edges forcing them to walk down the middle
With two people the same happens, but the adjacent shoulders also repel causing them to be equidistant across the path
THis is the scientific reason why any group of pedestrians will take up the whole of the path
