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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!backlog1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!newsfeed.kreonet.re.kr!kreonet.re.kr!news.k-dsl.de!news.mixmin.net!hq-usenetpeers.eweka.nl!81.171.88.15.MISMATCH!eweka.nl!lightspeed.eweka.nl!zen.net.uk!hamilton.zen.co.uk!shaftesbury.zen.co.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: Guy Cuthbertson  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: pavements, multi use or single use Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:55:45 -0000 References: <_pg7n.10200$vL6.5561@newsfe16.ams2>  Lines: 23 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.9.14 Organization: Zen Internet NNTP-Posting-Host: 7722f137.news.zen.co.uk X-Trace: DXC=3JZ:NGK1mZT;]D5:oaTZ6Wnok4Z\, mileburner@btinternet.com says... > > "Jolly Polly"  wrote in message > news:_pg7n.10200$vL6.5561@newsfe16.ams2... > > > Much I dislike the idea of cyclists on our pavements, some do cycle on > > pavements, I am a strong believer in the concept that the pavement is > > the sole preserve of the pedestrian. But I do sometimes wonder given > > that the law does nothing to discourage pavement riding in reality, so > > wouldn?t a law like this be a sensible move here? > > No.

Of course not. When you're a URC car-hater everything's in black and white. All restrictions on cyclists: bad. All restrictions on motorists: good. That's how to "encourage cycling" you see: by abusing measures which are supposed to be about safety, and to hell with the adverse consequences.

It really is that simple in the "minds" of mileburner and co. End of discussion as far as they're concerned. It's no good trying to reason with them.