more cyclist v driver bonkersnessness
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Those pavement cycle lanes can be good for the kids to ride along but with so many people walking on the cycle lane part while listening to music and such they can be more hassle than the road in many cases.
I usually cycle on the road as the cycle paths near me can be busy with oblivious people.
I usually cycle on the road as the cycle paths near me can be busy with oblivious people.
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kingbling":gp8dfpwx said:
Absolutely!
In other news... so it continues.. (NSFW/children)
http://road.cc/content/news/204005-vide ... ss-cyclist
Re-training is apparently in the offing (and worth noting the driver is Italian
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kingbling":3gvwo9wt said:
they build them because they had/have to.
But many are pretty poor and cars of course park on them, making them pointless or they jump you out into 90 degree bends, in tight junctions or the back of parked cars or ...
The shared paths are a better idea, as poor as they are for cyclist to use. they are not intended for fast commuters, but people plodding along and just more than walking pace. It is basically a 'cyclist can ride on the path' we've made it a fraction wider to allow that.
It's a shame councils don't sweep and clean cyclists tracks/lanes like they do the roads or cut the hedges back or think that cyclist mind going up and down driveways constantly. Image if roads had the constant drops that driveways cause, or had lamppost and signs placed in them
It should be remembered;
Pedestrian can walk on roads, cycle tracks/lane and paths
Cyclist can ride on cycle lanes/tracks and roads. They have to give way to pedestrians on the join use lanes.
Each has a right to do that.
Cars have to have a license to ride on the road, it is not a right.
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Well, I've never seen that before!
In all seriousness though that driver has some "issues" I think, and hopefully a Court summons coming through his letterbox any day now.
Generally, if there's a cycle lane, or separate path I'll use it, but I'm a mountain biker, on a mountain bike, and not overly keen on cycling on the road. The pedestrians/ dogs/ walking dead you come across just means I have to slow down to pass them, a small inconvenience, but it means we all go merrily about our day and no one is hurt.
Well, I've never seen that before!
In all seriousness though that driver has some "issues" I think, and hopefully a Court summons coming through his letterbox any day now.
Generally, if there's a cycle lane, or separate path I'll use it, but I'm a mountain biker, on a mountain bike, and not overly keen on cycling on the road. The pedestrians/ dogs/ walking dead you come across just means I have to slow down to pass them, a small inconvenience, but it means we all go merrily about our day and no one is hurt.
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