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From: JNugent on 24 Jul 2010 06:42 Nick Finnigan wrote: > JNugent wrote: >> >> Still is. It's a variant of cycling along the footway because it is >> not possible to cycle across a pedestrian-only crossing without >> committing that offence. > > It is possible ... > > If there is a "shared path" and a crossing designed with >> that in mind, it's different. But that is comparatively rare. > > ... that's one way to do it. > >> Cycling across a zebra or pelicon (etc) is proma facie evidence of >> misuse of the footway. In essence, the position is no different for a >> cyclist from what it would be if a Lamborghini were driven along the >> footway and then turned onto a crossing to reach the footway on the >> other side of the carriageway. > > But you do not always need to cycle along a footway before cycling > across the crossing. Particularly not in the case quoted by TC. Even if a cyclist reaches a crossing on the carriageway and then turns sharply across the carriageway to cycle across it on the crossing, other road-users are under no duty to accord him precedence. Only pedestrians are entitled to that. Without prejudice to that, if I approach a crossing and see a cyclist on the footway waiting to use that crossing, he can stay there there all day as far as I am concerned. I will not stop for him unless (other) circumstances dictate otherwise.
From: Steve Firth on 24 Jul 2010 08:38 <nmm1(a)cam.ac.uk> wrote: > In article <1jm4q54.2at8db1b8icpjN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>, > Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: > >Ian Bidwell <i.bidwell(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > >> Pegasus crossing > > > >A crossing too far? > > They'll be naming something a Cerberus crossing shortly. Or a Janus crossing. Look both ways before crossing the road. Mind you, given how police drivers behave nowadays an Argus crossing would be more useful.
From: Halmyre on 24 Jul 2010 09:09 In article <1jm4xrh.1rnlgz6fklsd5N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>, %steve%@malloc.co.uk says... > <nmm1(a)cam.ac.uk> wrote: > > > In article <1jm4q54.2at8db1b8icpjN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>, > > Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: > > >Ian Bidwell <i.bidwell(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > > > >> Pegasus crossing > > > > > >A crossing too far? > > > > They'll be naming something a Cerberus crossing shortly. > > Or a Janus crossing. Look both ways before crossing the road. > > Mind you, given how police drivers behave nowadays an Argus crossing > would be more useful. > I fail to see what Wishbone Ash have to do with the behaviour of police drivers. -- Halmyre This is the most powerful sigfile in the world and will probably blow your head clean off.
From: Brian Watson on 24 Jul 2010 13:28
"Halmyre" <no.spam(a)this.address> wrote in message news:MPG.26b4f2d9e848d33898a3b4(a)news.eternal-september.org... > In article <1jm4xrh.1rnlgz6fklsd5N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>, > %steve%@malloc.co.uk says... >> <nmm1(a)cam.ac.uk> wrote: >> >> > In article <1jm4q54.2at8db1b8icpjN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>, >> > Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: >> > >Ian Bidwell <i.bidwell(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: >> > > >> > >> Pegasus crossing >> > > >> > >A crossing too far? >> > >> > They'll be naming something a Cerberus crossing shortly. >> >> Or a Janus crossing. Look both ways before crossing the road. >> >> Mind you, given how police drivers behave nowadays an Argus crossing >> would be more useful. >> > > I fail to see what Wishbone Ash have to do with the behaviour of police > drivers. If you've ever ridden close behind a huff 'n puffing cyclist, Blowin' Free might come to mind. HTH. -- Brian "Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman." www.imagebus.co.uk/shop |