Bristol cyclists are a two-wheeled menace
I have, over the years, through your letters page, tried to alert my local police force to the dangers of push bikes, pavements and pedestrians to no avail.
That is up to a few months ago when, at a public meeting, on a show of hands, said force were persuaded to "do something" about the two-wheeled law breakers that menace our area.
At the next meeting I attended, the local beat manager informed the congregation that he had monitored the said area and observed no cyclist! Repeat no cyclist.
This being a family newspaper I cannot repeat what my neighbours and fellow tax payers had to say about such a statement, but I can offer some advice to the people of Brislington.
Should you observe a four-wheeled Christmas tree complete with flashing lights and howling siren moving in your direction...run. For obvious reasons.
Incidentally, a few days after the meeting two accidents took place in the area where the monitoring had taken place, one of which I witnessed and reported to the police.
Ms J Knapp, Brislington
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by HC, Somerset
Saturday, October 17 2009, 4:27PM
“Very good.
An excellent example of the previous point.
Quietly ignore the point of putting the issue into a proper perspective and fudge the issue with petty semantics instead.
Well done.”
by Rapids Johnson, Bristol
Friday, October 16 2009, 5:10PM
“'Driving on the pavement'????
You mean 'Mounted the pavement'. Cars don't 'drive' on the pavement. They 'mount' them, usually when out of control. Unlike cyclists who use them as a private racetrack.”
by NS, Radstock
Thursday, October 15 2009, 5:32PM
“"Two wheeled menace". "Two wheeled law breakers".
Terrible. Outrageous. So far this decade THREE people have been KILLED by footway riding cyclists.
Even more terrible - outrageous - tragic.
In a typical YEAR: FORTY pedestrians are KILLED by motorists DRIVING on the footway.
Why does this kind of tragedy pass virtually without comment?
As Knapp has used up the word "menace" on two-wheeled unmotorised footway misusers, can she please suggest a suitable word for the four-wheeled motorised footway misusers, please.
I'm sure we'd all love to learn this new word.”
by Paddy, squeezing past the wing mirrors
Wednesday, October 14 2009, 8:12PM
“As a cyclist I too get annoyed by cyclists riding on the pavement as it gives the rest of us who don;t do it as a bad rap too. I am also a pedestrian with small child and don't appreciate bikes passing my boy on the pavement.
Having said that, the times I see bikes riding dangerousley on the pavement is a million times less than the amount of times I see cars parked up the pavements, often leaving far too little space to get a pushchair past, let alone a wheelchair.
No one is perfect, no matter what method of transport they're using.”
by The Hedgehog, Horfield
Wednesday, October 14 2009, 5:13PM
“If I was going to call someone incoherent, I'd learn to spell it first.
Possibly it's James' semi-lteracy that makes him unable to understand a perfectly coherent letter...”