On Sun, 04 Sep 2011 09:23:24 +0100, JNugent wrote:

On 04/09/2011 06:49, Peter Keller wrote:

JNugent wrote:
Peter Keller wrote:
Mr Pounder wrote:
wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/455noac

Perhaps they're just afraid of the traffic, or it could be that
they couldn't care less about pedestrians,

Both.

which I find strange. In my experience bicycling on the footpath is
much more dangerous also for the bicyclist than bicycling on the
road.

But that's not the issue, is it?
It doesn't matter how "dangerous" it is for cyclists on the
carriageway, it's still a selfish offence to cycle along the footway
or through a pedestrian area.
The answer to cyclist perception of "danger" is either to use a
different route or to not cycle at all on that journey.

I do use a different route.
I bike on the road.

That means that you don't have this overwhelming perception of imagined
"danger", such as is attributed to selfish footway users as cited by
people like Doug.

And if *you* can see the imaginary "dangers" for what they are...

I don't need my name to be in bold. I am only a bicyclist who uses my
great form of transport for most off my in-town and close-town transport
needs. and for beautiful wind-in-hair recreation.
Any accidents I have had have been minor; scrapes, low-speed knock off
bike etc, and none of those even for some years.
No, I don't agree with people like Doug that biking in today's world is
excessively dangerous. Of course the bicyclist, like any road user,
should obey road rules, be visible, audible and predictable, and have a
bike in good mechanical condition and always be able to stop without
hitting something.



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If you are riding a bicycle you are winning.