To shout at these cyclists on the pavement?!!

[LeftMyRidingCropInTheMortuary]

I travel between 2 different places for work so AIBU about either...?

City A: very busy tourist destination in UK. Cyclists riding on pavement amongst crowds of tourists (many look foreign themselves if this is relevant? Diff rules?). One nearly hit me. I yelled at her, she apologised. OK. Made me a bit wary though.

Town B: Quiet, long, straight, wide pavements. Teenagers on BMXs, they pass a wee bit close for comfort. One gave me lip when I asked her to move onto the road saying "it's legal for BMXs to ride on the pavement".

FYI: none of them have been wearing helmets either?!

Thoughts please.
Thanks in advance.

Now starting a thread about car drivers....I'm grumpy today!!!

I see what you mean by how I phrased that. I'm not inciting mass violence against pavement-riding cyclists. I mean expressing of general disapproval, I guess. And yeah, if someone mows you down or your toddler, what the hell.

Using a car as a weapon is somewhat disproportionate, don't you think?

Yep hedgehog, I think shocking and unreasonable. And I don't approve of pavement riding, I think cyclists who mouth off at pedestrians who get in their way are despicable etc etc. but by pushing someone off their bike ( and not regretting it) you've lost the moral high ground as far as I'm concerned. Unless I've misunderstood you weren't hurt, no other pedestrians were hurt so impulse pushing not an appropriate response.

Doesn't mummy let you ride on the road? - Best response to people on pavements

Fuckingownit Doesn't mummy let you ride on the road? - Best response to people on pavements

The best response to that is "didn't mummy teach you to even ride a bike"?

I hate the UK at times. It seems such a backwards country. The attitude towards taking exercise is shocking. The sheer size of some of the people (I'm not British). The sheer hatred towards cyclists. And the utter danger of riding on the roads. People driving everywhere. The loss of ability in many non-disabled persons to actually use their own legs to transport themselves.

Yet dangerous drivers get a tiny tap on the hand when they actually kill people. Joy riders and boy racers, judging by where I live, are positively venerated compared to cyclists.

And its really strange how all these posters claim to know people who have been knocked down and killed by cyclists, yet none of these remarkable incidents seem to appear in newspapers.

yes I'm afraid the Uk is populated partly by bell-ends like hedgehog and Soupdragon, who exemplify the backwardness referred to.

The other amusing thing is when poster come out with vehement anti-bike shit, and then suddenly reveal themselves to be bike riders! As if it has any authenticity whatsoever.

Last week I was knocked down by a twat on a bike on the pavement, who then sped off.

I was bruised & shaken but ok. A toddler or a pensioner wouldn't have been.

I get that there will be times when it's too scary or dangerous to ride on the road. Fine. Come on the pavement and walk your bike.

I (and dd) just ride defensively, which actually doesn't help the flow of traffic, all because lots of knob jockeys can't drive safely.
One nearby town has 4 lanes of traffic, a very large wide pavement and a marked cycle path, all side by side. Since about 7 dd has known when to use the phrase 'actually I think you'll find its a cycle path' in response to irate pedestrians at our sheer audacity in cycling on a cycle path. If I'm on my own I cycle on the road for speed, and after a lifetime of prick drivers don't tuck in nicely waiting to be killed. Dd (11) on her own uses one stretch of quiet pavement, near a busy road, admittedly at the speed of a slow jogger. If a copper turns up to fine me that's better than the alternative.
As a driver I've been flashed and bibbed numerous times for failing to cut up cyclists, or overtake on blind bends, or drive past at touching distance. And witnessed loads of shite driving.
Some cyclists are knobs, as are some pedestrians. The largest and most dangerous collection of knobs though is drivers.