Man pushes Cambridge pavement cyclist, aged 12, into road

SNS1938 wrote:

Crazy narrow cycle lane or super wide footpath? I'd be on the footpath there too. I lived 5 years in Cambridge, but didnt' cycle that road much.

The footpath is no wider than normal.

PaulBox wrote:

SNS1938 wrote:

Crazy narrow cycle lane or super wide footpath? I'd be on the footpath there too. I lived 5 years in Cambridge, but didnt' cycle that road much.

The footpath is no wider than normal.

Maybe not in Cambridge, but rarely do I see pavements that wide around Reading. That "cycle lane" though

Poor quality cycling infrastructure entices people into cycling on pavements, also a mixture of pavements and shared use pavements causes confusion.

Then, some numbskull decides that he can push someone off a bike, and not only that, a young girl just in front of a passing car.

All this, in one of Britains best cities for cycling (or so they would like you to believe).

jhsmith87 wrote:

Ironically my LBS is literally just opposite the Shell garage. The cycle path is fairly narrow & at certain times of the day the road is heavily congested with the traffic going between the M11 & the centre. 

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I personally wouldn't want my children to be using the cycle lanes here, not a great example of the solid white line/segregated ones dotted around Cambridge. Also on the opposite side of the road the path is a shared use starting near the pedestrian crossing. One further point...when a certain French bike race in town not long ago it went along this very section of road...

I have the same LBS. I don't blame anyone, least of all a child, for not wanting to cycle along Trumpington High Street. It's an absolutely horrible road that strips out much of any sense of community Trumpington may have had. The cycle lanes are quite narrow and don't have solid lines, because obviously wider and solid bike lanes might be fit for purpose.

esnifador wrote:

jhsmith87 wrote:

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I have the same LBS. I don't blame anyone, least of all a child, for not wanting to cycle along Trumpington High Street. It's an absolutely horrible road that strips out much of any sense of community Trumpington may have had. The cycle lanes are quite narrow and don't have solid lines, because obviously wider and solid bike lanes might be fit for purpose.

Only if people didn't drive in them anyway.

Wow, look how much wider the pavement is than the "cycle lane", clear to see where the local authorities place their priorities!

1961BikiE wrote:

What a big man. Though he could be one of the many poor folk who are "treated" for mental illness by care in the community. I suspect not though unless Mail/Sun reading has finally been accepted as mental illness.

 close -  I suspect it's the MSM who incite poor souls like this to act like cunts - whereas, just to be clear, its the MSM who are the biggest ones. Man, this sucks  >:(

hawkinspeter wrote:

So, I wonder if this chap will be treated like the jogger that hit all the (news?) paper headlines?

Almost - apart from he'll be given a medal and a home in Mansfield (safe from all those pesky cyclists).