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Originally Posted by basa
And who said here how they hate cyclists who go on the pavement at traffic lights !!  Seems you're damned if you do, damned if you don't 
Now I wonder whose fault that is, oh yes all these thousands of cyclists barrelling all over the place. Don't think so ! 
I think this is foolhardy on behalf of any cyclist since it is only he who will end in hospital !
The "many" are probably young children who should be given due consideration whether walking or cycling.
It's the cyclists and pedestrians who are the easy targets !!
The laws of the road apply to ALL users whether on 2 or 4 wheels or legs. |
I think you should read my post again, I never said anything about cyclists going on the pavement at traffic lights, I am talking about the ones that squeeze up the inside when you are stopped at lights, they either pull directly in front of car drivers or foolishly put their right foot down on the floor in front of the car wheel. Why not wait like all other traffic, do they gain a big advantage by jumping a car or two? in my opinion they are only suceeding in making themselves more vulnerable to an accident.
Cyclists and pedestrians are an easy target if someone goes out looking to run someone over, but a drunken cyclist or pedestrian walking into the road in front of a car should not be considered in the right. It's a terrible tradgedy when a child runs into the road without looking, but it's not right to instantly blame the car driver and make him feel like a social outcast when he was possibly not at fault.
Someone mentioned cycle lanes in roads, there is one particular road well more of a country road in the Monmouth/Raglan area that has had cycle lanes painted on both sides. There are signs warning not to drive in the cycle lanes, but suprise suprise, the lanes left for a car are not wide enough for anything more than a Smart car. Two vehicles cannot pass as the road was fairly narrow before they introduced these cycle lanes.
As I said cycling on the road is dangerous as far as I am concerned, if only due to the sheer amount of traffic these days. I had considered a job locally and if I had accepted I would of cycled to work probably with an electric cycle.
I considered this because there is a cycle path using an old railway line fairly close to my house that goes past the company that I considered working for.
There is no chance that I would of considered cycling on the road for 2-3 miles, as I have more sense than put my life at that sort of risk with the junctions that I would have to negotiate to complete the trip.
The laws as you rightly said do apply to all road users, unfortunately they are not enforced in all cases.