Cycling on pavements...

[2WheelsNot4]

Why do cows have bells ?

Because their horns don't work.

 

[Planemo]

PCSO's - Wannabe cops who either didn't make the grade or on a power trip.

I've worked with many, many PCSO's over the years when I was a fully sworn response bobby. 99% of them were decent, resonable and down to earth people who only ever got pissed when members of the public took the piss, thinking that they were 'plastic police' (which they weren't). They did a valuable job in the community and were the No1 people to go to when CID etc needed intel cos PCSO's know everything about the local scumbags.

Mugs they are not, and they helped out us wooden tops on mumerous occasions when we had more serious stuff to deal with.

 

[ShinySideUp]

I've worked with many, many PCSO's over the years when I was a fully sworn response bobby. 99% of them were decent, resonable and down to earth people who only ever got pissed when members of the public took the piss, thinking that they were 'plastic police' (which they weren't). They did a valuable job in the community and were the No1 people to go to when CID etc needed intel cos PCSO's know everything about the local scumbags.

Mugs they are not, and they helped out us wooden tops on mumerous occasions when we had more serious stuff to deal with.

Well said.

 

[RustyIron]

Many will scream you should have one, many will scream how dare you ring you bell so aggressively at us.

Here in Socal, cyclists have special hand signals for when people yell at us.





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[2WheelsNot4]

I've worked with many, many PCSO's over the years when I was a fully sworn response bobby. 99% of them were decent, resonable and down to earth people who only ever got pissed when members of the public took the piss, thinking that they were 'plastic police' (which they weren't). They did a valuable job in the community and were the No1 people to go to when CID etc needed intel cos PCSO's know everything about the local scumbags.

Mugs they are not, and they helped out us wooden tops on mumerous occasions when we had more serious stuff to deal with.

Seems to have a disproportionate number sacked for a range of offences from theft to sexual abuse.

Im sure theres a number of community spirited pcso's out there. But as you very well know people are people.

 

[Expidia]

Here in Socal, cyclists have special hand signals for when people yell at us.





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I like it. Except if the people you flip the bird to happen to see you taking your bike off the car on your next trip to the same place say in a bike path parking lot they will probably walk along side your car and "Key It" once you have left for your ride.
I'm happy to use my bell for the twits rudely walking 3 across "on a bike path" yet or the one's with dogs on long leashes. I'm always tempted to bring my pressurized boat horn canister on the bike paths 🛳

If they are going to ticket anyone it should be the ones walking or jogging with an ear piece in "both" ears. What if someone was pulled off the trail and being raped a few feet off the trail in the woods and screaming for help? These earphone twits would just walk right by.

I ride along the sidewalks in my town all the time, especially if the there is traffic in the streets. But if I encounter anyone I slow down to a crawl or even stop and allow them to walk by me before I start up again. I feel it's just plain courtesy and the pedestrian has the right of way at all times.

Those rules and regs in Britain above (and anywhere else) were from 2015 like 7 years ago. They need to be adjusted for increasing biking use and if a city can't afford to put in dedicated bike lanes . . . then the sidewalks should become shared lanes IMO.

If they want to issue tickets then first ticket these unlicensed electric motor cycles that are doing 40 mph on some sidewalks and then tearing across residential lawns and well cared for office building lawns. The likes of the Sur Ron crowd are just the same drugged out skateboarders from years past and now they are allowed to hack them and fly around our towns in rat packs of young kids doing wheelies and doing 70 mph in our neighborhoods and the cops doing nothing about it.

And IMO any e-bike with "a throttle" belongs in the street!