It’s Monday and Ryan Mallon’s managed to drag himself, kicking and screaming, to the computer for another week of cycling news, views, and nonsense on the live blog. It’ll be fun, I promise…
The article they’re complaining about explicitly says the cyclists are a danger to pedestrians in the headline
Weird, here is says drivers.
Cyclists certainly can be a danger to pedestrians, personally I’m super careful when pedestrians are around, and when I’m walking on a designated shared path (probably most paths in my city now), I’ll stick to one side because I know I’m not the only type of path user out there. Also, knowing cyclists go at speed, I try not to do really unpredictable things.
The survey results included a photograph of a child being hit by one of these moronic cyclists. One could observe that if this continues unchecked someone will get killed, but it is too late: pedestrians already have been. In 2022 there were 462 reported collisions between cyclists and pedestrians, up from 308 in 2020. Some of the ugliest involved pensioners, and as well as jumping red lights, cyclists were seen breaking the speed limit and riding on pavements.
The article is behind a paywall, but it almost exclusively focuses on the danger posed to pedestrians, and not only from cyclists, but also from scooters (which seem to be the worst) and motorists.
Weird, here is says drivers.
Cyclists certainly can be a danger to pedestrians, personally I’m super careful when pedestrians are around, and when I’m walking on a designated shared path (probably most paths in my city now), I’ll stick to one side because I know I’m not the only type of path user out there. Also, knowing cyclists go at speed, I try not to do really unpredictable things.
If you cycle with care, you probably aren’t part of the demographic of careless cyclists.
Here is the article in question:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/17/lets-get-tough-on-the-scourge-of-rogue-cyclists/
Quotes from it:
The article is behind a paywall, but it almost exclusively focuses on the danger posed to pedestrians, and not only from cyclists, but also from scooters (which seem to be the worst) and motorists.
The headline for the article posted says drivers.
It has a screenshot of the article it’s complaining about, and says right there in black and white the danger is from cyclists to pedestrians.
I thought since this wasn’t a community specifically for cyclists that people would be able to see what is happening…
But apparently you all will just keep finding this days later and letting me know you only read the headline and comments