To remonstrate with those riding bikes at speed on the pavement?

[cyanarasamba]

... weaving in and out of people, bus stops, etc. DS is in the buggy at the moment but in a few months will hopefully be at large on his reins. He could easily be knocked down by one of these morons young men.

I was hit by a cyclist (young man about 20, not a child) coming out of a shop driveway in our high street riding like the clappers on the pavement.

I looked to check for pedestrians but this guy was going so fast he didn't see me and I didn't see him. He flew over my bonnet and landed in the road. We called and ambulance and the police Fortunately he was ok (apart from a very badly bruised nose and a couple of black eyes) The policeman told me that it was in no way my fault and was and really tore the cyclist off a strip.

My car was scratched and the number plate ripped off by his bike which ended up underneath the front of my car. Who paid for the repairs? Me of course cyclists don't need insurance.

Ok so the high street is busy. Solution? Walk.

Yes my kids do ride on the pavement but they ALWAYS get off their bikes when they see a pedestrian and there is no way I would allow them to ride their bikes on a busy pavement.

I was coming out of the driveway, he was on the pavement. SOrry just realised that wasn't clear.

smartiejake - as a cyclist I would be quite happy to pay for accident insurance - I think it would be a good idea and would lead to more responsible cycling - maybe if you add a bit onto your household contents policy?

Not really an issue round here as all the pavements are duel pavement/cycle lanes. I like that system as then if a bike is coming you know to move over to the pedestrian side - you're more aware as a pedestrian that there might be bikes, and cyclists also seem to be more courteous as a result: slowing down and ringing the bell if you happen to be obliviously walking on the cycle lane side.

Now we have had some of those mini motos come down them, but a quick call to the local community coppers gets them conviscated and crushed fairly quick

Think it's much much safer for all concerned having combined pedestrian/cycle paths than having a cycle lane on the road.

I was knocked down by a fckwit cyclist (yup, male youth) in a railway* station of all places. He sent me flying, causing lots of relatively minor injuries, but ones which ruined my holiday and meant I had to go to a doctor. And that doesn't factor in the fright my poor 6yo dd had.

The one comical aspect came from an elderly lady who stopped to help me. She tore into the cyclist, telling him she'd seen him before and knew who he was etc. I was just surprised she didn't set about him with her brolly!

But nowadays, I'm very wary of cyclists on pavements, and roller bladers/heelie wearers too. Having said which, I don't mind small children on their bikes, they've nowhere else to go.

My mother was knocked down by two fuck wit kids (teenagers) on bikes and broke her knee (she was in her late 70s at the time). They just rode off laughing, pricks as they were!

In our borough, the council have designated some pavements as joint pavements/cycle paths, some of these joint paths are marked with separate lanes for pedestrians & cyclists, but some are not, so it's very difficult for both pedestrians and cyclists to know which are which.

A few years ago I was walking along the pavement with my dad, & had just got to a narrow bit under the railway bridge when I heard a bike bell & turned to find a cyclist bearing down on us and obviously expecting us to leap out of the way - which as Dad was 96 really wasn't going to happen. I managed to step in front of him so she hit me instead - it was incredibly painful, but if she's hit Dad, it probably would have broken his leg, and at his age that really could have killed him.

All the woman on the bike could say was 'I did ring my bell'....

i have to agree with rubberduck. it would be so much safer if they did bring out dual lanes. unfortunately where i live there is only one......