... and off pavement; LETTERS to the EDITOR.I AGREE with Barbara Sinclair (Pavements are not for Cyclists This is an incomplete list. Please add to this list if you are aware of an omission. This is a list of cyclists by decade. Cyclists by decade Cyclists before the 1880s
It is an offence under Section 72 of the Highways Act, 1835, for them to do so and punishable by a fine of pounds 30. This legislation allowed no exceptions. In 1999, the Gover nment allowed the issue of fixed penalty tickets for cyclists aged 16 or over who committed this offence. Presumably pre·sum·a·ble adj. That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster. , any offending cyclists aged 10 to 15 would be dealt with by other means, perhaps a caution. But they clouded the issue by saying that a cyclist who felt that the carriageway carriageway Noun 1. Brit the part of a road along which traffic passes in one direction: the westbound carriageway of the M4 2. was unsafe to cycle upon could temporarily use the pavement, and in such circumstances a fixed penalty ticket should not be issued, provided they are cycling responsibly and with care for pedestrians. So, any cyclist challenged for cycling on the pavement, needs only say that they feel unsafe to ride upon the carriageway and they more or less have a cast-iron defence. It is, therefore, no wonder that the police do not take up complaints about an offence which is not as straightforward as it seems. What makes me laugh is the cyclist using the pavement wearing a crash helmet. Perhaps pedestrians should take to wearing them! Alex Black, Chester |
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