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Thread #172617   Message #4179718
Posted By: Doug Chadwick
23-Aug-23 - 04:30 AM
Thread Name: BS: Bleeping Cyclist
Subject: RE: BS: Bleeping Cyclist
Most cyclists are law-abiding and considerate to pedestrians and road-users.

To use your words upthread, it's a very subjective observation. I don't have any figures so I want say 'most' but many cyclists seem to think that the rules of the road are for guidance and open to their personal interpretation. I used to cycle a lot before I got my free bus pass and, like you Steve, I always followed the rules of the road. I used to find it just as annoying as a cyclist as in my car, to see other cyclists threading their way through crossing traffic against red lights, ignoring no-entry signs or cycling on pedestrian-only paths.

Our local paper is reporting that, this week, seven people have been fined for breaking the cycling ban in the pedestrianised area of the town centre.

DC