[Hirsute]

At the in laws and when shopping by car (yeah, I know). Drove over walton bridge to find myself held up by cyclists !
The thing is the bridge is quite new and the shared pavement is not only very wide but also very smooth.
There seems no reason not to use it apart from ‘I don’t have to’ which is not very compelling in this situation.
I just thought it was an interesting perspective that I rarely get.

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[m.a.t.t.]

Could I ask which type of

Could I ask which type of cyclists you were held up by? As a road cyclist, I tend to avoid shared pavement on the basis that riding at up to 30mph around people walking at 2 or 3mph seems wildly unsafe to me. I am actually of the opinion that there should be some kind of speed limit on shared pavements for cyclists (say somewhere around 10mph) to reduce the danger to all parties. If I was just leisurely cycling from A to B at low speed then I would definitely use them as I think that the relative speed is much more manageable and safe.

[Nick T]

I went over the bridge the

I went over the bridge the other day funnily enough, first time down that way. I didn’t use the cycle path when I went west because I didn’t know where it would plonk me out, usually those rinky dink little bits of shared use path often mean you have to stop and rejoin the road at the other end. Coming back east I didn’t use it either and was held up by a queue of cars. If I knew the area and the roads better I might use the path, but if I don’t ride somewhere often enough then I tend to stick to roads as they’re more predictable

[Awavey]

well fine, but how do you

well fine, but how do you join it ? how do you leave it ? does it shout this is a path you can use on bicycle ?

[Mungecrundle]

When all is said and done,
When all is said and done, you are not responsible for the actions of others and there is no collective responsibility. Something I have to remind some of my own in-laws and relatives about when they accuse me of some misdemeanor by a completely random stranger on a pedal cycle that they may have witnessed third hand.

Even in this scenario the cyclists would have been doing nothing illegal or technically wrong. It is down to other road users to exercise tolerance and accept that all they can do is follow the rules that apply to themselves with respect to dealing with an albeit uneccessary extra hazard on their journey.

[Hirsute]

Traffic lights one end, small
Traffic lights one end, small roundabout the other, no real reason I can see.
Also if you use the right hand side, it joins with a cycling route halfway along.

[hawkinspeter]

There’s usually a reason.

There’s usually a reason. Does the path go where the cyclists want to go or does it end in an awkward place?

[Hirsute]

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