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[email protected] · April 14th 09, 11:27 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(neverwas) wrote:

I take it that you would also allow cyclists to fit short lances to
their bikes to deal with pedestrians and motorists who fail to obey
the law?

That depends on what laws you have in mind.

I rather think that my answer would be yes if you mean pedestrians
and motorists committing GBH or the like - and possibly littering

But I don't want cyclists to be able to continue making up their
own laws. (I well remember trying to cross the road during a
critical mass ride in central London. The mass ignored the red
lights, ignored the 85 year old lady trying to cross with me, and
told us both to "go get f****d if you ain't got a fu****g bike".)

And IIRC we also don't have yet the jaywalking law Ken Livingstone
proposed in 2006 (which wd have made it an offence an offence to
cross other than at a specified crossing with a green light) so
I'd rather not be lanced for crossing the road. It's bad enough
having getting scratched, bruise and punched now when daring to use
a pedestrian crossing or controlled crossing in a manner which
might require a cyclist to extend his (or very rarely her) journey
by 5 seconds.

What about pedestrians walking in designated cycle lanes? They have plenty
of pavement for them to walk on so why block cycle facilities?

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Colin Rosenstiel