Cycling on the pavement

[LadyDeliah]

Annette Curtain Wrote:

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> Law bore

>

> I do cycle on the pavement safely, when no one's

> too near my bike

>

> I know it's against the law, but then splattering

> me with a truck or bus is against the law. Trouble

> is that won't help me when i'm under it.

> Particular places feel really vulnerable on a

> bike, so I then go somewhere safer (occasionally

> the pavement) and use my judgement to determine

> how safe/dangerous i'm being

>

> It's a bit ad hoc, but works for me and i've hurt

> nobody either

>

> Elephant & castle & South Circ by Forest hill

> station scare the plop out of me

>

> Oh and i've been fined for cycling on the

> pavement. I rode about 10 yards onto it to post a

> letter and one of the new police type people saw

> me, blew his whistle and warned me. Without

> thinking, after I posted the letter I scooted back

> on my bike. He was beside himself with ticket

> fever on that one. Silly me. He REALLY told me off

> when i said "Oh well, I've been cycling safely on

> the pavement for 30 years, so a ?65 fine seems

> pretty good value, considering"

>

> Don't care if I get caught again, if it's safe

> enough and clear i'll be on there

Lol.

Sorry for being a law bore. Just can't help myself.

[Annette Curtain]

No not you Lady D

Ol' jonny bore pants

Zzzzzzzzzzzz

[LadyDeliah]

Lol, I'm pretty sure I'm the biggest law bore on the EDF. I was a late convert.

[Loz]

LadyDeliah Wrote:

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> Don't you work in some area of law Loz?

Eh? No! Whatever gave you that idea? Besides, I know too many lawyer jokes ("not enough sand!! ha ha"). Usually I'm an IT consultant, though currently I'm on a career break and I'm a ski/snowboard instructor.

[LadyDeliah]

No idea why I thought that then. Sorry for impunging your charatcer!