Bristol’s Valentine bridge: cycle or dismount?

According to the earlier story linked to in that article, the whole problem only arose because of damage caused by one of those new-fangled self-driving vehicles.

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The bridge, which is only meant for pedestrians and cycles, was closed after a vehicle - understood to be a lorry - drove onto it by mistake, uprooting panels in the process.

This is why we need human drivers - had one been present they might have been able to prevent the lorry from making such a serious mistake.

Normal procedure:  try to ride (it is normally early-doors on a Sunday when I go that way and there are no peds about), struggle to navigate the chicane,  fail to unclip in time, collapse on floor or against railings, swear, get up, walk across, pretend that's what I intended all along...  

I ride over Valentine's Bridge and drive over the other one in my HGV, or used to till I ripped up the surface last time I drove over it. 

Cycle usually. If it's really busy I'll get off and walk.

ride

Dismount.