Paul Cummins wrote:
In article ,
(Mrcheerful) wrote:


Oscar Sowden was walking home from Caversham Festival last Sunday
with his family when the cyclist ploughed into him at speed on the
footpath running beneath Reading Bridge.

1) It's not a footpath, it's a bridleway along the edge of the thames

2) What was a five year old doing there alone, unsupervised by an
adult.

3) As it's a bridleway, there is no need for an adjacent cycle path,
and there isn't one.

So it is OK to mow down unaccompanied children ?

In any case it would appear that the crash happened on the bridge, where the
pavement has a cycle path.