Cyclist knocks over child ON THE PAVEMENT...
Discussion
funkyrobot said:
Also (and I will probably be flamed for this), why let your child run out of the gate like that? You never know what is heading down the pavement.
Not condoning what has happened at all. However, the kid could have run into the road too.
Davel said:
The thread isn't about where cyclists should or shouldn't ride, it's about what this idiot did to a little girl and then rode off.
I see folk riding on the pavement often, rightly or wrongly, but they don't all ride like idiots.
There are certain roads close to my home where riding on the roads can be very dangerous in places, so cyclists often mount the kerb.
They don't ride like idiots though.
From the Highway code:-I see folk riding on the pavement often, rightly or wrongly, but they don't all ride like idiots.
There are certain roads close to my home where riding on the roads can be very dangerous in places, so cyclists often mount the kerb.
They don't ride like idiots though.
You MUST NOT cycle on a pavement.
Laws HA 1835 sect 72 & R(S)A 1984, sect 129
heebeegeetee said:
Also from the HC:
244
You MUST NOT park partially or wholly on the pavement in London, and should not do so elsewhere unless signs permit it. Parking on the pavement can obstruct and seriously inconvenience pedestrians, people in wheelchairs or with visual impairments and people with prams or pushchairs.
Law GL(GP)A sect 15
145
You MUST NOT drive on or over a pavement, footpath or bridleway except to gain lawful access to property, or in the case of an emergency.
Laws HA 1835 sect 72 & RTA 1988 sect 34
Yet the sheer amount of cars you see parked on the pavement is an indication of a great deal of driving on the pavement.
I knew I'd find the usual wholesale hypocrisy here.
I assume you are referring to London here?244
You MUST NOT park partially or wholly on the pavement in London, and should not do so elsewhere unless signs permit it. Parking on the pavement can obstruct and seriously inconvenience pedestrians, people in wheelchairs or with visual impairments and people with prams or pushchairs.
Law GL(GP)A sect 15
145
You MUST NOT drive on or over a pavement, footpath or bridleway except to gain lawful access to property, or in the case of an emergency.
Laws HA 1835 sect 72 & RTA 1988 sect 34
Yet the sheer amount of cars you see parked on the pavement is an indication of a great deal of driving on the pavement.
I knew I'd find the usual wholesale hypocrisy here.
There are many places where parking on (or partially on) the pavement is compulsory. Parking on a verge next to a pavement is also necessary in some places, but it does mess up the verge!
However, parking off the road like this does free up more space for cyclists to ride on the road.
I've never seen a car driving along the pavement though (moving in to a parking spot at a low speed hardly constitutes 'driving along the pavement'!)
funkyrobot said:
A takeaway vehicle was driven past our house last night along the pavement. He didn't just use a bit of the pavement either. He came past our house and carried on until I couldn't see him, still on the pavement.
Crazy!
Quite, it's illegal and should be reported, just like the cyclists who drive on the pavement.Crazy!
Not sure what point you are trying to make here? Two wrongs don't make a right?
Issi said:
If you watch the video clip, it appears that the little girl actually ran into the side of the bike. I'm not trying to defend the cyclist as he definitely shouldn't have been riding at that speed on a pavement, but it's clear that the little girl wasn't standing stock still on the pavement and the cyclist just ran into her.
He shouldn't have been riding at ANY speed on the pavement!
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