| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Postbox still not in use - Gordon Road/Haven Green - Enforcement Officers | |
| Posted by: | Raymond Havelock | |
| Date/Time: | 24/06/22 18:42:00 |
| I've cycled that Route since I was 12 and the biggest hazard was the buses, especially the single deckers on the E1 E2 and 273. The oversewing at the back as well as the back wash of air was dreadful. But if you can cycle properly, uses your eyes and ears and signal and position properly on the road, be able to take a hand off the handlebars for more than a nanosecond then you will fare safely. Unfortunately it's very evident that far too few on two wheeled machines cannot manage these basics and it is insane to alter roads for those who really ought not to be on the road without being thorough tested for proficiency. There's two tiny little boys who ride bikes home from Mount Carmel school. How they are allowed to be riding on the road on bikes that cannot be seen from the pavement as a pedestrian or a larger vehicle is frankly insane. They both ride well albeit a bit wobbly. But their chaperone, (presumably their father) rides worse than they do. Never signals clearly, rides in front looking back all the time, rides out of give way junctions with out any due care and never acknowledges drivers who pull over to allow them to pass even when they don't have right of way. Some example. Why this school allows such tiny kids on the road ( it used to be 11 or 12) is simply stupid. At the very least their tiny not fully road legal bikes should have 5ft orange pennants so they can be seen. This has been the norm in the US since the 1950s . A learner driver cannot drive a car without a full licence holder with experience. Learner cyclists should be escorted with a certificated proficient cyclist. Why is that such a taboo? It's common sense. One wonders just what goes in in some heads of those who ought to know better. |