Just looking for somewhere to vent

SteppenHerring · 2014-06-26T22:24:40+01:00

Someone on my Faceache friends posted this recently https://www.streetlife.com/conversation/2kxwv275v4jnw/ It's a sad story, but the last thing I want to do is engage because I know what will happen. For a start, I'm sure plenty of pets are run over by cars - far more than on bikes. Also if you hit a dog when driving a car, you're unlikely to end up with a broken collarbone. Personally I stay well away from shared use paths - and iPeds and dogs are a lot to do with that. Plus it's plain antisocial to ride at speed in a shared space (see Bristol/Bath path stories passim). If the incident is as reported then the rider is a bit of a bellend, but you have to wonder if the dog was under control at all. The reason I'm posting here is that to do so anywhere else would probably get me labelled as a puppy killer. Like most people on here, I am tired that, as a known cyclist, I have to answer for the misdeeds of every cyclist ever whereas as a car driver, drunks, speeders, joyriders are nothing to do with me.

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June 26, 2014 at 10:24 pm #21774

SteppenHerring

Someone on my Faceache friends posted this recently https://www.streetlife.com/conversation/2kxwv275v4jnw/

It’s a sad story, but the last thing I want to do is engage because I know what will happen. For a start, I’m sure plenty of pets are run over by cars – far more than on bikes. Also if you hit a dog when driving a car, you’re unlikely to end up with a broken collarbone.

Personally I stay well away from shared use paths – and iPeds and dogs are a lot to do with that. Plus it’s plain antisocial to ride at speed in a shared space (see Bristol/Bath path stories passim). If the incident is as reported then the rider is a bit of a bellend, but you have to wonder if the dog was under control at all.

The reason I’m posting here is that to do so anywhere else would probably get me labelled as a puppy killer. Like most people on here, I am tired that, as a known cyclist, I have to answer for the misdeeds of every cyclist ever whereas as a car driver, drunks, speeders, joyriders are nothing to do with me.
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June 26, 2014 at 11:12 pm #801165
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Him Up North

Dog walkers are a bit of a
Dog walkers are a bit of a bugbear of mine. I use the local Sustrans cycle route a lot and every time I do I find myself taking evasive action because someone can’t or won’t control their dog and, at the same time, is oblivious to other users. I know it’s shared use and, as such, I don’t expect to have the route to myself. I just think there should be shared responsibility too.

Still, what happened in the post you linked to isn’t nice. I’d have been mortified.

June 26, 2014 at 10:33 pm #801163
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Funnily enough, I’ve hit a
Funnily enough, I’ve hit a dog when going through a park. I was just on my way to get a bag of coffee on a saturday morning, definitely not going fast, and a dog sprinted under my front wheel, coming from nowhere. It was awful. I fell off (and did a helluva stylish roll), and my very first thought was for the stupid animal. Was it ok? It was. I’d have been so cut up if it was hurt.
On a side note, the people who picked me up and checked me for bruises were not the middle class hipsters taking their morning strolls, but a homeless man and a chap who sold possibly stolen bikes at the end of the park. So hey, maybe the best lesson to take away is not to judge a book by its cover.
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