On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, ian henden wrote:

"Jack Taylor" wrote in message
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As a cyclist (who doesn't use the pavements!) it astounds me that many
police forces now actively ENCOURAGE cyclists to use what we used to
term 'the footpath', for their own safety.

Depends on circumstances. Some places, traffic density is so high it's
better to segregate slower traffic from faster traffic.

Absolutely, but once you've got them away from the slower-moving traffic,
isn't the pavement the worst place to put the bikes?

tom

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