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Ending pavement cycling
As much as I abhor pavement cycling, I think we should look at the
reasons for this , especially by young people. 1.) blame the parents for not caring. 2.) ask your local school for cycling tuition. 3.) insist the Police do their job. 4.) canvass your local council to build "separate" facilities. 5.) write to our MP to take cycling seriously. 6.) make "Cycling Awareness" part of the driving course. 7.) share your concern with friends/acquaintances. 8.) ridicule the a***holes who pretend cycling is dangerous. Any more suggestions? |
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On 20/03/2016 15:40, colwyn wrote:
As much as I abhor pavement cycling, I think we should look at the reasons for this , especially by young people. 1.) blame the parents for not caring. 2.) ask your local school for cycling tuition. 3.) insist the Police do their job. 4.) canvass your local council to build "separate" facilities. 5.) write to our MP to take cycling seriously. 6.) make "Cycling Awareness" part of the driving course. 7.) share your concern with friends/acquaintances. 8.) ridicule the a***holes who pretend cycling is dangerous. Any more suggestions? Introduce a new law, one which gives Police the right to seize any bicycles being ridden on pavements (or illegally in any way) with a two week period when a fine can be paid (say 100 quid) before the bicycle will be crushed AND give the Policeman that actually does the work a small bonus for every one seized, say ten pounds. The problem would disappear within a few weeks. |
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On 20/03/2016 16:55, MrCheerful wrote:
On 20/03/2016 15:40, colwyn wrote: As much as I abhor pavement cycling, I think we should look at the reasons for this , especially by young people. 1.) blame the parents for not caring. 2.) ask your local school for cycling tuition. 3.) insist the Police do their job. 4.) canvass your local council to build "separate" facilities. 5.) write to our MP to take cycling seriously. 6.) make "Cycling Awareness" part of the driving course. 7.) share your concern with friends/acquaintances. 8.) ridicule the a***holes who pretend cycling is dangerous. Any more suggestions? Introduce a new law, one which gives Police the right to seize any bicycles being ridden on pavements (or illegally in any way) with a two week period when a fine can be paid (say 100 quid) before the bicycle will be crushed AND give the Policeman that actually does the work a small bonus for every one seized, say ten pounds. The problem would disappear within a few weeks. That's item 3.) & 5.) then. |
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On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 15:40:48 +0000
colwyn wrote: As much as I abhor pavement cycling, I think we should look at the reasons for this , especially by young people. 1.) blame the parents for not caring. 2.) ask your local school for cycling tuition. 3.) insist the Police do their job. 4.) canvass your local council to build "separate" facilities. 5.) write to our MP to take cycling seriously. 6.) make "Cycling Awareness" part of the driving course. 7.) share your concern with friends/acquaintances. 8.) ridicule the a***holes who pretend cycling is dangerous. Any more suggestions? Run a national media awareness campaign - many people seem to be unaware that pavement cycling is illegal. Just targeting a specific group like school children won't be broad enough, although all school children should have proper training available to them. Then organise a local police clampdown in localities where pavement cycling is common or problematic, while also assessing where it might be better to have shared use or mandatory cycle lane magic paint, bollards etc. (i.e. cheap and easy facilities, but make them useful). |
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On Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 4:54:44 PM UTC, MrCheerful wrote:
Introduce a new law, one which gives Police the right to seize any bicycles being ridden on pavements (or illegally in any way) with a two week period when a fine can be paid (say 100 quid) before the bicycle will be crushed Why do sad lonely trolls always want excessive penalties for cyclists? |
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On 20/03/2016 15:40, colwyn wrote:
As much as I abhor pavement cycling, I think we should look at the reasons for this , especially by young people. 1.) blame the parents for not caring. 2.) ask your local school for cycling tuition. 3.) insist the Police do their job. 4.) canvass your local council to build "separate" facilities. 5.) write to our MP to take cycling seriously. 6.) make "Cycling Awareness" part of the driving course. 7.) share your concern with friends/acquaintances. 8.) ridicule the a***holes who pretend cycling is dangerous. Any more suggestions? Allow pavement cycling and worry about more important things? |
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On Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 3:44:17 PM UTC, colwyn wrote:
As much as I abhor pavement cycling, I think we should look at the reasons for this , especially by young people. 1.) blame the parents for not caring. Blame society for adopting 'The roads are for cars' attitude. |
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On Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 10:15:06 PM UTC, Nick wrote:
On 20/03/2016 15:40, colwyn wrote: As much as I abhor pavement cycling, I think we should look at the reasons for this , especially by young people. 1.) blame the parents for not caring. 2.) ask your local school for cycling tuition. 3.) insist the Police do their job. 4.) canvass your local council to build "separate" facilities. 5.) write to our MP to take cycling seriously. 6.) make "Cycling Awareness" part of the driving course. 7.) share your concern with friends/acquaintances. 8.) ridicule the a***holes who pretend cycling is dangerous. Any more suggestions? Allow pavement cycling and worry about more important things? Too sensible. Politicians will never agree to it. |
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On 20/03/2016 22:15, Nick wrote:
On 20/03/2016 15:40, colwyn wrote: As much as I abhor pavement cycling, I think we should look at the reasons for this , especially by young people. 1.) blame the parents for not caring. 2.) ask your local school for cycling tuition. 3.) insist the Police do their job. 4.) canvass your local council to build "separate" facilities. 5.) write to our MP to take cycling seriously. 6.) make "Cycling Awareness" part of the driving course. 7.) share your concern with friends/acquaintances. 8.) ridicule the a***holes who pretend cycling is dangerous. Any more suggestions? Allow pavement cycling and worry about more important things? Suggest that to the parents of the Blackpool victim run down by the cyclist yob who later whinged that he "didn't know" it was illegal to cycle on the footway and that being prosecuted for it had "ruined his life. Suggest it to the family of the lady severely injured (whilst alighting from a bus - on a footway) by a teenager on a bike a couple of days ago. |
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On 20/03/2016 22:15, Simon Jester wrote:
On Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 3:44:17 PM UTC, colwyn wrote: As much as I abhor pavement cycling, I think we should look at the reasons for this , especially by young people. 1.) blame the parents for not caring. Blame society for adopting 'The roads are for cars' attitude. The roads are not only for cars and no-one has ever suggested that they are. But whatever the vehicle in use, there are rules requiring the operator to keep left and let faster traffic pass. |
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