Pavement cyclists

I was walking to the train station at 0730 this morning (to go and
see the cricket) and was passing over town bridge in Peterborough.
As I got half way across I noticed a couple of women walking to my
left and a cycle coming up from behind. So I matched pace with the
other walkers and we walked three abreast.

"Excuse me" an indignant middle-aged female voice comes from behind me.

"If you were on the road like you are supposed to be then you wouldn't
have a problem" I replied. My fellow walkers also grumbled their agreement
but let the woman through.

"It is too dangerous" she said as she pushed through.

"Well why ride on the pavement then?"

"Because there isn't a cycle-path" as she surges forward.

"Well get off and push" I shout at her back as she gets out of conversation
distance.


This is no isolated case and in this case she was going at six or seven
mph. Some people whizz across at about 12 mph on the pavement.

There is a police station more or less at one end of the bridge (on
Bridge Street would you believe) but no visible policing of pavement
cycling (that I have seen).

There have been letters to the local paper but I doubt that most of
the offenders read it and the rest ignore the letters. What is the
best approach to try and reduce pavement cycling?

--
Andy Leighton =
"The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials"
- Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_

Andy Leighton wrote:

Snipped Text
There have been letters to the local paper but I doubt that most of
the offenders read it and the rest ignore the letters. What is the
best approach to try and reduce pavement cycling?

Slotted manhole covers?

--
Andy Hewitt ** FAF#1, (Ex-OSOS#5) - FJ1200 ABS
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In ,
Andy Leighton expounded sagaciously:
What is the
best approach to try and reduce pavement cycling?

Cobbles.
--


Martin Bulmer

Pie Conservation Threat

Walk in the road?


"Andy Leighton" wrote in message
...
I was walking to the train station at 0730 this morning (to go and
see the cricket) and was passing over town bridge in Peterborough.
As I got half way across I noticed a couple of women walking to my
left and a cycle coming up from behind. So I matched pace with the
other walkers and we walked three abreast.

"Excuse me" an indignant middle-aged female voice comes from behind me.

"If you were on the road like you are supposed to be then you wouldn't
have a problem" I replied. My fellow walkers also grumbled their
agreement
but let the woman through.

"It is too dangerous" she said as she pushed through.

"Well why ride on the pavement then?"

"Because there isn't a cycle-path" as she surges forward.

"Well get off and push" I shout at her back as she gets out of
conversation
distance.


This is no isolated case and in this case she was going at six or seven
mph. Some people whizz across at about 12 mph on the pavement.

There is a police station more or less at one end of the bridge (on
Bridge Street would you believe) but no visible policing of pavement
cycling (that I have seen).

There have been letters to the local paper but I doubt that most of
the offenders read it and the rest ignore the letters. What is the
best approach to try and reduce pavement cycling?

--
Andy Leighton =
"The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials"
- Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_

Andy Leighton wrote:

There have been letters to the local paper but I doubt that most of
the offenders read it and the rest ignore the letters. What is the
best approach to try and reduce pavement cycling?



Get the council to paint a little picture of a cycle, and a little
picture of people walking on the pavement surface complete with nice
signs and advertising campaign.

There have been letters to the local paper but I doubt that most of
the offenders read it and the rest ignore the letters. What is the
best approach to try and reduce pavement cycling?

Pavement-cyclist-cameras, with mugshots of the worst offenders in the
newspaper each week.

These will work by looking for the distinctive radar signature of
moving bicycle wheels.

Offenders will switch to spokeless racing wheels to avoid detection, at
which point they will discover they can't kerb hop any more anyway, and
they will be forced to ride on the roads.

AC

Martin Bulmer wrote:
In ,
Andy Leighton expounded sagaciously:
What is the

best approach to try and reduce pavement cycling?


Cobbles.

******** to you too.

Andy Leighton wrote:
I was walking to the train station at 0730 this morning (to go and
see the cricket) and was passing over town bridge in Peterborough.
As I got half way across I noticed a couple of women walking to my
left and a cycle coming up from behind. So I matched pace with the
other walkers and we walked three abreast.

"Excuse me" an indignant middle-aged female voice comes from behind me.

"If you were on the road like you are supposed to be then you wouldn't
have a problem" I replied. My fellow walkers also grumbled their agreement
but let the woman through.

I normally say something along the lines of "don't your parents let you
ride on the road yet", especially if they look well over 20


"It is too dangerous" she said as she pushed through.

"Well why ride on the pavement then?"

"Because there isn't a cycle-path" as she surges forward.

"Well get off and push" I shout at her back as she gets out of conversation
distance.


This is no isolated case and in this case she was going at six or seven
mph. Some people whizz across at about 12 mph on the pavement.

There is a police station more or less at one end of the bridge (on
Bridge Street would you believe) but no visible policing of pavement
cycling (that I have seen).

There have been letters to the local paper but I doubt that most of
the offenders read it and the rest ignore the letters. What is the
best approach to try and reduce pavement cycling?

"Andy Leighton" wrote in message
...
I was walking to the train station at 0730 this morning (to go and
see the cricket) and was passing over town bridge in Peterborough.

snip

There have been letters to the local paper but I doubt that most of
the offenders read it and the rest ignore the letters. What is the
best approach to try and reduce pavement cycling?

--
Andy Leighton =
"The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials"
- Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_

Prove to 'em that it is more dangerous riding on the pavement than riding on
the road and beat the crap out of 'em with a baseball bat every time you
encounter them ;-)

Dave.

-alternately throw a newspaper boy/girl in their path when they're not
looking (see my previous post)

Andy Leighton wrote:
I was walking to the train station at 0730 this morning (to go and
see the cricket) and was passing over town bridge in Peterborough.
As I got half way across I noticed a couple of women walking to my
left and a cycle coming up from behind. So I matched pace with the
other walkers and we walked three abreast.

"Excuse me" an indignant middle-aged female voice comes from behind me.

"If you were on the road like you are supposed to be then you wouldn't
have a problem" I replied. My fellow walkers also grumbled their agreement
but let the woman through.

"It is too dangerous" she said as she pushed through.

"Well why ride on the pavement then?"

"Because there isn't a cycle-path" as she surges forward.

"Well get off and push" I shout at her back as she gets out of conversation
distance.


This is no isolated case and in this case she was going at six or seven
mph. Some people whizz across at about 12 mph on the pavement.

There is a police station more or less at one end of the bridge (on
Bridge Street would you believe) but no visible policing of pavement
cycling (that I have seen).

There have been letters to the local paper but I doubt that most of
the offenders read it and the rest ignore the letters. What is the
best approach to try and reduce pavement cycling?

Make the roads less dangerous?