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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!r33g2000prh.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Councils to be given free rein in scrapping anti-cycling bylaws. Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 11:24:28 -0700 (PDT) References: <6a477da6-1467-4b48-9a99-fea0069e4eb4@dn9g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> Lines: 39 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.71.49.124 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1306779868 26883 127.0.0.1 (30 May 2011 18:24:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 18:24:28 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: r33g2000prh.googlegroups.com; posting-host=82.71.49.124; posting-account=WrLs9woAAAD151hWKA9yknAtxFHW4kE4 User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true X-Google-Header-Order: HUALESNKRC X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1,gzip(gfe) Bytes: 3476 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:846206

On May 30, 3:43=A0pm, Simon Mason  wrote: > Moves afoot to scrap outdated no-cycling bylaws on proms, in parks and > on some pavements. > > http://road.cc/content/news/36449-new-government-rules-make-it-easier...

"Outdated" because you don't like them, presumably?

There's a bridleway that I regularly go walking along. It's very pleasant except for a few "bloody cyclists" who come up behind you, very quickly and almost completely silently (so that one is unaware of their presence), and go whizzing past with inches to spare. A couple of times it's been a real "F**K!"-type moment, and if I'd moved left/ right at the wrong time (say to avoid some horseshit), the consequences would have been severe for both myself and the rider. It's particularly bad where there's tarmac (meaning that it's possible to cycle faster with less noise). Why the hell can't they just ring their bell as they're approaching?

I tell you, if it happens again then I'm seriously going to consider calling for cyclists to be banned along there, not because I'm "prejudiced against cyclists", but because I've had too many genuine close calls. I often take my autistic brother walking along there and he bounces about all over the place: it's one of the few places he can do so, and I'm not having him being put in danger of serious injury because of inconsiderate cyclists. Dogs are in even greater danger and could well be killed. Cyclists (albeit only some of them) spoil that otherwise nice walk along the Ridgeway, and if they continue to do so then I'll start campaigning for legally enforceable "no cycling" signs (and if "everyone" really does have such an unreasonable hatred of cyclists as is complained about on this newsgroup, then I won't have a difficult job getting support, will I?) It would be a pity for the cyclists who are polite and considerate, but I'm afraid that as ever, psycholists let the side down.

(It's worth pointing out that the much-derided "magic paint" in some places does at least ensure that if one is walking along the pedestrian "lane", then they shouldn't be in danger from any cyclists approaching from behind, in theory at least.)