Why are pavements not gritted?

On 07/02/2019 06:19, Simon Jester wrote:
On Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 12:51:06 PM UTC, GB wrote:
On 05/02/2019 09:03, Peter Keller wrote:
On 05/02/2019 01:49, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
wrote:
On Monday, February 4, 2019 at 11:05:08 AM UTC, GB wrote:
On 04/02/2019 10:14, wrote:
On Sunday, February 3, 2019 at 7:36:19 PM UTC, Rob Morley wrote:

On a brighter note, the other day I saw an Audi go right to the
other side of the road to pass a cyclist. :-)

I do that every time I pass a cyclist.


I leave a couple of metres. Is that not what the Highway Code
recommends? It's about 50 years since I last studied it in any
detail.

Two metres is fine.

QUOTE:

According to the new law to protect cyclists, the driver needs to
leave a minimum distance from a cyclist when overtaking or travelling
alongside the bike or they could receive a fine. This would be £100
and three points on the licence for being too close to a bike on the
road.

So, how close is too close? According to experts, the recommended
distance between car and cyclist is 1.5 metres. If you are caught
within this distance, then you face the potential of a fine and
points on your licence, to the same value as speeding. This has
replaced the previous recommendation in the Highway Code which merely
said that drivers should leave 'plenty of room' when overtaking
someone on a bike.

ENDS.

https://www.petrolprices.com/news/dr...st-leads-fine/

Should not a problem as most cyclists are on the footpath anyway.


Waiting for your blood-dripping sharpened battleaxe.

Who uses a blunt battleaxe?

Executioner's axes were usually blunt instruments that crushed the victims neck and tore the head from the body by brute force.


I think that would be an appropriate instrument for Pounder's purposes.