True but in my experience
True but in my experience pedestrians are so much less aware of bicycles than cars it is terrifying sometimes. Riding into Bristol down Gloucester road (A-road, busy, wise) doing 35mph-ish)with a car slightly ahead of me. The pedestrian lets the car pass and dawdles accross the road in front of me and other cyclists…this is ebcause they dont look, dont want to see or cant equate cycling with speed. Either way it caused a bunch of us to lock up, suggest they look in the future and then for us to recieve a tirade of abuse from her tracksuit wearing boyfriend!
Its not technically illegal to exceed the speed limit, its safe for a cyclist on their own but not when a pedestrian is involved because we probably do take longer to stop.