Comments on: PAVEMENT CYCLISTS ‘RIDE THE RISK’ OF £50 FINES http://www.newsfromcrystalpalace.co.uk/pavement-cyclists-ride-risk-50-fines/ Fri, 06 Nov 2015 12:57:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: Angus Hewlett http://www.newsfromcrystalpalace.co.uk/pavement-cyclists-ride-risk-50-fines/#comment-20942 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 10:52:17 +0000 http://www.newsfromcrystalpalace.co.uk/?p=1576#comment-20942 Cycling on the pavement doesn’t save you any time. You have to give way at every side road and driveway, and of course stop for pedestrians. It’s perfectly possible to pass most queues on the road safely without going on the pavement. The reasons people cycle on the pavement are 1) to avoid the one-way system, 2) for casual shopping (going back and forth between shops on the one-way), and most of all 3) because they’re scared of the roads. You almost never see “lycra roadie” fast cyclists on the pavement, it’s mostly youngsters (who probably haven’t learned to drive yet), women and older people.

]]> By: Ian Macdonald http://www.newsfromcrystalpalace.co.uk/pavement-cyclists-ride-risk-50-fines/#comment-17253 Thu, 07 Aug 2014 20:39:28 +0000 http://www.newsfromcrystalpalace.co.uk/?p=1576#comment-17253 At least, some positive news on this front. But, an insufficient deterrent in view of the time they save getting to work by using the pavement as a rat-run to avoid lights and queues on the road.

Petition: http://tinyurl.com/ratrunners

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