Are police cyclists?

http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/news/Pol...l/article.html

It seems that the police are letting cyclists get away, perhaps they
are cyclists themselves.

Marie wrote:
http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/news/Pol...l/article.html


It seems that the police are letting cyclists get away, perhaps they
are cyclists themselves.

Or perhaps very few people cycle illegally on the pavement. A quick
drive down Quarry Hill and High St cited in the article on Google
Streetview shows two bicycles being wheeled on the pavement, one being
cycled on the pavement in a designated cycle lane and that's it. And
its clearly at a busy time of the day and yet nobody is cycling
illegally on the pavement, large sections of which have cycle lanes
painted on them anyway. Perhaps that's why they've fined so few.

Tony

On 12/03/2011 21:20, Tony Raven wrote:
Marie wrote:
http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/news/Pol...l/article.html



It seems that the police are letting cyclists get away, perhaps they
are cyclists themselves.

Or perhaps very few people cycle illegally on the pavement. A quick
drive down Quarry Hill and High St cited in the article on Google
Streetview shows two bicycles being wheeled on the pavement, one being
cycled on the pavement in a designated cycle lane and that's it. And its
clearly at a busy time of the day and yet nobody is cycling illegally on
the pavement, large sections of which have cycle lanes painted on them
anyway. Perhaps that's why they've fined so few.

Tony



Did you miss this :-
"When the Courier hit the town centre this week, we spotted ten cyclists
in just two hours breaking the rules."

Tony Dragon wrote:

Did you miss this :- "When the Courier hit the town centre this week,
we spotted ten cyclists in just two hours breaking the rules."

Wow, one every twelve minutes if they weren't using a bit of
exaggeration. Having done a virtual drive down the streets in question
though its a mystery why anyone would want to cycle on the pavement
there. Its narrow, punctuated by lots of junctions, is littered with
shop boards and pedestrians and has to detour round bus shelters, bus
stops, laybys etc. I can't think many cyclists would choose to cycle
there not even on the wonderfully stupid pavement cycle path over the river.

Tony

On 12/03/2011 22:21, Tony Raven wrote:
Tony Dragon wrote:

Did you miss this :- "When the Courier hit the town centre this week,
we spotted ten cyclists in just two hours breaking the rules."

Wow, one every twelve minutes if they weren't using a bit of
exaggeration. Having done a virtual drive down the streets in question
though its a mystery why anyone would want to cycle on the pavement
there. Its narrow, punctuated by lots of junctions, is littered with
shop boards and pedestrians and has to detour round bus shelters, bus
stops, laybys etc. I can't think many cyclists would choose to cycle
there not even on the wonderfully stupid pavement cycle path over the
river.

Tony


Well you've got me their, I can't understand why cyclist cycle on the
pavement either.

"Tony Dragon" wrote in message
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On 12/03/2011 22:21, Tony Raven wrote:
Tony Dragon wrote:

Did you miss this :- "When the Courier hit the town centre this week,
we spotted ten cyclists in just two hours breaking the rules."

Wow, one every twelve minutes if they weren't using a bit of
exaggeration. Having done a virtual drive down the streets in question
though its a mystery why anyone would want to cycle on the pavement
there. Its narrow, punctuated by lots of junctions, is littered with
shop boards and pedestrians and has to detour round bus shelters, bus
stops, laybys etc. I can't think many cyclists would choose to cycle
there not even on the wonderfully stupid pavement cycle path over the
river.

Tony


Well you've got me their, I can't understand why cyclist cycle on the
pavement either.


Maybe because we sometimes feel safer there being away from four wheeled
psychopaths.

On 13/03/2011 09:25, Brian Robertson wrote:
"Tony wrote in message
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On 12/03/2011 22:21, Tony Raven wrote:
Tony Dragon wrote:

Did you miss this :- "When the Courier hit the town centre this week,
we spotted ten cyclists in just two hours breaking the rules."

Wow, one every twelve minutes if they weren't using a bit of
exaggeration. Having done a virtual drive down the streets in question
though its a mystery why anyone would want to cycle on the pavement
there. Its narrow, punctuated by lots of junctions, is littered with
shop boards and pedestrians and has to detour round bus shelters, bus
stops, laybys etc. I can't think many cyclists would choose to cycle
there not even on the wonderfully stupid pavement cycle path over the
river.

Tony


Well you've got me their, I can't understand why cyclist cycle on the
pavement either.


Maybe because we sometimes feel safer there being away from four wheeled
psychopaths.



Do the pedestrians on the footpath feel safer?

"Tony Dragon" wrote in message
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On 13/03/2011 09:25, Brian Robertson wrote:
"Tony wrote in message
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On 12/03/2011 22:21, Tony Raven wrote:
Tony Dragon wrote:

Did you miss this :- "When the Courier hit the town centre this week,
we spotted ten cyclists in just two hours breaking the rules."

Wow, one every twelve minutes if they weren't using a bit of
exaggeration. Having done a virtual drive down the streets in question
though its a mystery why anyone would want to cycle on the pavement
there. Its narrow, punctuated by lots of junctions, is littered with
shop boards and pedestrians and has to detour round bus shelters, bus
stops, laybys etc. I can't think many cyclists would choose to cycle
there not even on the wonderfully stupid pavement cycle path over the
river.

Tony


Well you've got me their, I can't understand why cyclist cycle on the
pavement either.


Maybe because we sometimes feel safer there being away from four wheeled
psychopaths.



Do the pedestrians on the footpath feel safer?


If it ws impossible for pedestrians and cyclists to share footpaths safely
then there would be no shared footpaths.

On Mar 13, 9:46*am, "Brian Robertson" wrote:
"Tony Dragon" wrote in message

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On 13/03/2011 09:25, Brian Robertson wrote:
"Tony *wrote in message
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On 12/03/2011 22:21, Tony Raven wrote:
Tony Dragon wrote:

Did you miss this :- "When the Courier hit the town centre this week,
we spotted ten cyclists in just two hours breaking the rules."

Wow, one every twelve minutes if they weren't using a bit of
exaggeration. Having done a virtual drive down the streets in question
though its a mystery why anyone would want to cycle on the pavement
there. Its narrow, punctuated by lots of junctions, is littered with
shop boards and pedestrians and has to detour round bus shelters, bus
stops, laybys etc. I can't think many cyclists would choose to cycle
there not even on the wonderfully stupid pavement cycle path over the
river.

Tony

Well you've got me their, I can't understand why cyclist cycle on the
pavement either.

Maybe because we sometimes feel safer there being away from four wheeled
psychopaths.

Do the pedestrians on the footpath feel safer?

If it ws impossible for pedestrians and cyclists to share footpaths safely
then there would be no shared footpaths.- Hide quoted text -

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Indeed. It would be impossible to ride across the Humber Bridge if
that was the case, as cycling is banned on the A15, so one has to
cycle across the bridge on the shared use path.

It doesn't seem to have caused any undue pedestrian carnage in the 30
years since it opened.
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Simon Mason

On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 01:52:24 -0800, Simon Mason wrote:

Indeed. It would be impossible to ride across the Humber Bridge if that
was the case, as cycling is banned on the A15, so one has to cycle
across the bridge on the shared use path.

Ditto the original Severn Bridge, carrying the M4.

It doesn't seem to have caused any undue pedestrian carnage in the 30
years since it opened.

I don't know about the carnage, or lack thereof.

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Alex