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Witnesses to accidents are terribly unreliable.
Firstly, most don't actaully see anything until they hear the thud, and secondly they assume that the driver/rider must have been going too fast.
Children in places where there may be vehicles or cycles should be firmly under the control of an adult - they have a tendency to rush off across roads.
I knocked down a little boy when I was riding a motorbike - he looked the other way, then ran into the road in front of me. His family all said I was going too fast, but I had only just come around a very sharp bend and was doing no more than 20mph at the most.
The police decided that I was not at fault, fortunately.
Couldnt do that again if I tried.
agree with pretty much everything said above.
But I think it just shows that these f**kin waste of time cycle lanes they put on pavements are just bloody dangerous. It dosen't matter if there is a solid white between the cyclist bit of the pavement and the pedestrian. If they are going to do cycle lanes do like they do in holland and have little kerbs either side and proper lanes for bikes and bikes only.
Sorry If I caused offence with my choice of adjective Debbo , I was just ranting after all , the basic point if that your assumption is that all drivers are half wits you may just have the assertive / defensive positioning for survival about right.
You gonna get any quicker for IMCH
now, you could offend me though, suggesting I need to get quicker for IMCH! the answer is, yes, of course I hope to, as I'll be aiming to beat you!
Cycle lanes are designed to be safe up to 10 miles an hour. Not much use for most of us.
There's a cycle lane most of the way back from the station for me. It's a segregated path and in 1.7 miles there are 23 crossings where as a cyclist I would have to give way added to the danger of traffic coming from 4 directions at each. Unsurprisingly I never use it.
The most brilliant path I have seen is by saddlers wells which is all of 1.5 m long. I really must take a photo and send it to the Warrington cycle campaign
rant about fast cars careering round country lanes forcing me into the hedge (which was like hitting a wall) and bouncing off across the road.....the driver never stopped and I was left with damaged chainset, brakes, wheel, nerves frayed and 7 miles from home!!! 2 weeks ago, hmmmm!
Made me feel though very lucky that it wasn't worse.
Thread's moved on but I'm pretty certain it's not illegal to filter on the left of slow moving traffic - haven't checked but I'm sure I've seen this discussed on BikeRadar and there are normally people on there who make a point of knowing everything to do with cycling and the law and discussing it at length.
The thing abouit that video on the prom is the police say that he might have been going too fast.
The bloke stopped, tried to help and was told to go away.....................why is it then on Crimestoppers to try and find him now.................It seems a bit strong to be on a crimestoppers video appeal just because he might have been going too fast......................from the look of it he didn't have a chance to stop and surely they can tell from the video exactly how fast he was going with modern techknoweldgy
I think you can be done for 'riding furiously' - but I think he's learnt his lesson. Maybe the parents will have learnt not to let a toddler loose on a bike path ?
noisy smelly things, nearly as bad as dogs ; - )
*gets out glad hand*
du du du
another one bites the dust......
no?
just me then
*puts glad hand away*
really?
nice generalisation and a very poor troll indeed - what the hell has class and race got to do with it - i cycle to work as it cost me less money and helps me keep in shape, not to save the world.
luckily i make sure i don't confirm to cycling stereotypes by owning a heavily polluting car and using it frequently
The only part of that 'perception' that you can verify by looking at them is whether they're white or not. Riding assertively is recommended by all good cycling guides and shouldn't be mistaken for being superior or self-righteous. Cowering in the gutter is more likely to end in an accident.
As for a commitment to using less fossil fuels, well riding to work saves me money for sure, but that's just so that I can buy more bikes...
remind me - why did I have to check about the 'van??
I cycle a) because I enjoy it, b) I compete in cycling events, c) I use it to commute to the orofice from time to time, d) it helps offset my carbon footprint, and e) it's fun pissing drivers off....