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There are several issues but I actually side with Colin in part.
First and foremost runners and pedestrians can and should be able to use the roads if necessary. The obvious caveat is that it is imperative to be aware of your surroundings.
This however goes for all road users: motorists should drive at a sensible speed for tight corners/ blind bends as should cyclists.
I am enraged by runners who insist on wearing headphones on wholly inappropriate roads, similarly cyclists without lights at night and dressed in black. I also think speeding and stupid overtaking by motorbikes and cars alike is just senseless.
Where I do agree with Colin, and some of those you tube clips prove it, is that there is a ridiculous negligence by (usually) pedestrians (not runners) who are transfixed by their phones. The case cited above is a case in point. Yes the bike was inappropriate for road use, yes it should have functioning brakes, but there is also a need for pedestrians to look before they step out. * Full facts not disclosed but the consensus is she was on her phone.
I run through Canary Wharf several times a week, there is a very large percentage of people transfixed by a small screen to pay any heed to cars, cyclists and yes, us runners.
Similarly , and far more lethally, motorists shouldn't be on their phones, or be wearing headphones either whilst driving.
I can argue the toss about my equal right to use open spaces - which I do - but as far as safety is concerned I can be legally correct , but dead if I ignore the perils of half a tonne (or more) of metal.
Besides, the vast majority of car journeys are not 'necessary'. People go out for a drive for leisure or to a shop or to visit somewhere that is not essential to their life. If all that stopped, it would be much safer for everyone also.... a lot more boring but at least pedestrians will be safer on the road. It's a ridiculous argument!
Maybe you could do us all a favour and never leave your house... its not necessary. We don't need you to do so
I disagree with your views because I know they are wrong. Besides I seem to recall you repeatedly referring to me as an arsehole the last time I made you look stupid on here, so was that a good sign then, that you had been, how do the yoof refer to it.........triggered?
I've done 3 miles through the beautiful rolling countryside but I've just reached a road and looking closely at my map, I see the Cotswolds Way follows a road with no footpaths for the next half mile. What should I do? A rapid response would be helpful because I've already eaten my picnic.
I'm in the Cotswolds. A really beautiful part of the world. Unfortunately, I've just had a head-on smash with a van that was being driven on the wrong side of the road round a blind bend. As luck would have it, a minibus full of police officers witnessed it all.
It turns out that the other driver is a hard-working builder on his way to build a house whilst I just admitted to the police that I'm on a week's holiday and was on a day trip. The trouble is, they're now saying that I didn't actually NEED to be on the road and so the accident is my fault. What should I do?
Nice one one Nose Nowt.
Watching clips isn't research Colin. But I still love you.