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Old September 9th 17, 12:39 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
jnugent
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Default Pavement cyclist mows down OAP, breaking her hip

On 09/09/2017 00:32, TMS320 wrote:

On 08/09/17 13:39, JNugent wrote:
On 08/09/2017 11:39, TMS320 wrote:
On 08/09/17 01:06, JNugent wrote:
On 07/09/2017 15:59, Rob Morley wrote:
On Wed, 6 Sep 2017 19:58:00 +0100 MrCheerful
wrote:


http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....iding-13575403


They'll probably have a couple of community support officers
standing outside for a few hours.Â* It's a shame that people who
thought there was a problem there didn't approach police about
it, and a shame that the police, if they had been approached,
probably wouldn't have bothered about it until a serious
incident like this occurred.Â* I'd quite like to see pedestrians
lurking in doorways and "accidentally" stepping in front of
pavement cyclists, maybe just enough to catch the end of the
handlebar ...


Is that what you think the victim did?


You really do have a strange mind; nothing in the above suggests
any kind of thinking in that direction.


Perhaps what is needed to reduce close passes outside shop doors
are obstructions on the pavement, such as plant troughs... or free
to use bicycle pumps.


Or occasional cattle grids, arranged longitudinally in line with the
direction of pedestrian travel.


Possibly, though putting something down with no purpose other than to
trap and cause harm might be rather harsh.


The purpose would *not* be to trap or harm anyone. Everyone already
knows that cycling is not permitted on footways and in other
pedestrian-only areas.

Preventing cycling along footways by physical means is no different in
principle from placing obstacles to prevent motor-vehicles with three or
more wheels from being driven onto footways or into specified pedestrian
zones.

Sensible people would not oppose that measure in either case.

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