And how on earth does someone that’s hard of hearing be aware that someone is coming up behind them . This would in fact dictate that such a person should not indeed be walking on a public shared with cyclists footpath / cycle track .
and b.t.w we have had this discussion on here before and if irc the shared cycle tracks in my neck of the woods do not comply with the rules regarding width .the local council have put up signs to ask cyclists to slow down most have been broken or vandalised ,the council put up a steel gate on a fast downhill stretch to stop the speeding bikers ,it lasted two weeks and is now in retirement on the marsh .
You could turn you head and look behind your more often, you know, like cyclists do when riding on the road and are unable to hear what may be coming up behind them due to wind noise.
For christ sake here we go again!!!
Lets be serious here for a minute......
Yes you get idiotic cyclists but you also get idiotic pedestrians and idiotic drivers so can people get off their moral high horse and not tar all cyclists with the one brush when we are not all like that. There are issues on all accounts of interaction between pedestrains/bicycles/vehicles.
I really don't understand this logic either, painting people with the same brush because of the actions of the few. How is this any different to racism, sexism, or any other prejudice?
I ride a bike, I also drive, walk, take the train, and once even had a go on a pogo stick. Sometimes i'm an idiot wast of skin that needs to 'get off our roads' and sometimes I am a welcome member of society, all depending on what mode of transport I am using at the time. Really? It's no surprise that there are studies showing a correlation between low intelligence and the holding of prejudicial views.
Most of the cyclists i come across are complete muppets which give a bad name to other cyclists. They go through red lights, mount pavements, weave in and out of traffic with no care what so ever. They speed down between buses and kerbs, jesture at other road users and put pedestrians at risk of being knocked over!
I do believe that all cyclists should have road insurance, have registration plates on their bikes and be made to adhere to the highway code!
Where on earth do you live that most cyclists jump red lights, what kind of lawless town do you live in?! I hear this a lot but have never experience it myself. I ride through central London every day where the number of cyclists is huge, and although I regularly see cyclists jumping read or mounting pavements, it is certainly not the majority, may be 2% if I had to put a figure on it.
It is sad to see such a large group of people within a community being so intolerant, but I suppose at least threads like this serve to group those people and highlight who they are. Maybe they could be given a special badge so they can be easily identified and avoided throughout the rest of the forum?
