cyclist holding up traffic

Saw a cyclist this morning on a road that links the town centre with the
by-pass, so it's a fairly busy road. It is a 40 limit and there is a marked
cycle lane on the road. Despite it being quite a wide cycle lane this
cyclist was riding about 2 feet outside the lane with an ever increasing
line of vehicles behind him.

In article ,
(Thumper) wrote:

Despite it being quite a wide cycle lane this
cyclist was riding about 2 feet outside the lane with an ever
increasing line of vehicles behind him.

Is a bicycle a "road vehicle"?

if so, what is the problem with him using the road.

--
Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead
Wasting Bandwidth since 1981

---- If it's below this line, I didn't write it ----

On 30/07/2013 14:02, Paul Cummins wrote:
In article ,
(Thumper) wrote:

Despite it being quite a wide cycle lane this
cyclist was riding about 2 feet outside the lane with an ever
increasing line of vehicles behind him.

Is a bicycle a "road vehicle"?

if so, what is the problem with him using the road.

Watt's on second.

Hoo's on third.

Paul Cummins put finger to keyboard:

In article ,
(Thumper) wrote:

Despite it being quite a wide cycle lane this cyclist was riding about
2 feet outside the lane with an ever increasing line of vehicles behind
him.

Is a bicycle a "road vehicle"?

if so, what is the problem with him using the road.

Using the road in the manner described? Obstruction.

In article , lid (Scion)
wrote:

Using the road in the manner described? Obstruction.

Not in the slightest.

--
Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead
Wasting Bandwidth since 1981

---- If it's below this line, I didn't write it ----

"Paul Cummins" wrote in message
k...
In article , lid (Scion)
wrote:

Using the road in the manner described? Obstruction.

Not in the slightest.

Why not?

In article ,
(Mentalguy2k8) wrote:

Using the road in the manner described? Obstruction.

Not in the slightest.

Why not?

Because the cyclist is there by right, where the motorists are there by
permission.

The law provides a specific right to use a public highway: the right to
pass and re-pass along the highway (including the pavement), and the
right to make ordinary and ‘reasonable use’ of the highway.

The offence cited is "unreasonable obstruction of the highway" which
cannot be done by a cyclist making reasonable use and reasonable progress
along a road in a lawful manner.

--
Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead
Wasting Bandwidth since 1981

---- If it's below this line, I didn't write it ----

"Paul Cummins" wrote in message
k...
In article ,
(Thumper) wrote:

Despite it being quite a wide cycle lane this
cyclist was riding about 2 feet outside the lane with an ever
increasing line of vehicles behind him.

Is a bicycle a "road vehicle"?

Yes

if so, what is the problem with him using the road.

Nothing at all, but there was a cycle lane marked on the road specifically
for him to use. If he had stayed in that cycle lane he would've travelled
the road just as fast and vehicles would've passed him safely. What he was
doing was the same as a car driver being halfway between lanes on a dual
carriageway.

On 30/07/2013 23:32, Thumper wrote:

"Paul Cummins" wrote in message
k...
In article ,
(Thumper) wrote:

Despite it being quite a wide cycle lane this
cyclist was riding about 2 feet outside the lane with an ever
increasing line of vehicles behind him.

Is a bicycle a "road vehicle"?

Yes

if so, what is the problem with him using the road.

Nothing at all, but there was a cycle lane marked on the road
specifically for him to use. If he had stayed in that cycle lane he
would've travelled the road just as fast and vehicles would've passed
him safely. What he was doing was the same as a car driver being halfway
between lanes on a dual carriageway.

But you just KNOW that nothing is going to happen to the cyclist because
we are above the law :-)

Brian Robertson wrote:
On 30/07/2013 23:32, Thumper wrote:

"Paul Cummins" wrote in message
k...
In article ,
(Thumper) wrote:

Despite it being quite a wide cycle lane this
cyclist was riding about 2 feet outside the lane with an ever
increasing line of vehicles behind him.

Is a bicycle a "road vehicle"?

Yes

if so, what is the problem with him using the road.

Nothing at all, but there was a cycle lane marked on the road
specifically for him to use. If he had stayed in that cycle lane he
would've travelled the road just as fast and vehicles would've passed
him safely. What he was doing was the same as a car driver being
halfway between lanes on a dual carriageway.

But you just KNOW that nothing is going to happen to the cyclist
because we are above the law :-)

but you don't seem to manage minor nudges, potholes, fence posts, kerbs,
railway crossings, tram lines, hills, slippery roads, subways etc. etc.