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Re: Who's right of way on the pavement ?
There are two sides to this problem of cycling on the pavement and on the road.
1) By cycling on the pavement, you are in danger of doing many things, one you can knock someone down, and seriously injure them, you can knock someone down who may have an injury already or even expecting, so who can you claim damages off - no one.
2) If a cyclist is on the road and an accident happens, and the cyclist gets injured in a car accident or gets squashed up against a lorry or car - so you can claim damages.
What about going through red lights and causing accidents then whose fault is it.
I have seen cyclist go up to the red lights, cycle on the pavement go across the road and rejoin the road further up, In London they tried out a scheme where igf you cycled through a red light, you would be stopped and fined.
To me when you buy a cycle (Adults) you have to sign a document, saying you obtain insurance within sat 7 days, like you do with a Tv, you need a licence. So if a cyclist has an accident, you can sue.
To me
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