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Old August 5th 03, 12:17 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Neil Neil is offline
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Default Pavement cycling

"Robin May" wrote in message
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CJG wrote the following in:


Not everyone expects to see a cyclist
going along the pavement so tend not to look out for them. You may
not be inconveniencing them but your putting them at risk.


You can't put people at risk when there are none nearby. And seeing as
where I cycle on the pavement the visibility is good enough that I can
see any pedestrians stepping out well in advance of actually meeting
them, this claim that it's dangerous is just daft.

You seem to have this belief that cycling on the pavement is always
dangerous with no exceptions, no matter what the pavement in question
is like or how the cyclist cycles. I'm sorry, but it's just not true.


Do you also think that it's perfectly acceptable for motorists to go through
red lights as long as they're pretty sure they're not going to hit any cars
or pedestrians when they do so?