clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
It’s illegal isn’t it.?
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
As is cycling the wrong way on our towns one way system as three lads did today as we walked through town heading home. They did it because the road was quiet and they clearly couldn’t be bothered going the right (Long) way round. Whatever.
Griffsters
Hacker
Exactly one hour? Are you sure? You do know that if it was a tiny bit more you are breaking the law, government guidelines, your moral responsibility and could personally be responsible for the breakdown of society as we know it. Facebook deems it so.
Now, be thankful you were walking and not on a bike! If so, the very doors of hell would have opened up and swallowed you into fiery oblivion.
Stay safe everyone . If you must kiss, no tongues.
Blue in Munich
Crocked Professional Yeti Impersonator
Sorry, it's not down to will, as there are some questionable schemes that have been forced through that in my, & others opinions, shouldn't. And some of the schemes have had eye-watering sums thrown at them. I'm not sure that if the FYRR had been applied to them they would have met the criteria.
In a lot of cases it is purely down to a lack of available road space.
Fancy taking Saddiq Khan off our hands as he loves a cycle lane
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
They upgraded a major road by me couple of years ago.
It has the oldest cycle shop in Liverpool on it.
Dual carriageway with a central reservation .
No bike lane, there was plenty of room .
I asked the workers if one was planned they said NO.
Worst thing is it has a lot of stations to hire bikes ( Boris bikes alternative).
Slime
Tour Winner
Unless it's a designated cycle lane of course.
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Post 129.
He did say pavements.
Does shared ones count or do they have a different title?
Slime
Tour Winner
A few hundred yards from my house there's a pavement that's also designated as a cycle lane.
ColchesterFC
Journeyman Pro
I've always been a law abiding cyclist and have never done anything wrong while cycling.
Apart from one time at university when I got stopped by the police for cycling the wrong way down a one way street.
On the pavement.
After dark with no lights.
While under the influence of alcohol.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
In my youth when I used to cycle everywhere I was pulled over for speeding a couple of times.
High Wycombe is quite hilly and theres a big one that comes down from the M40 into town.
When I was at college we had one afternoon a week up at the sports centre near the M40..
On the way home a panda car clocked me at 38.4mph in the 30 limit on this hill
He let me off as I didn't have a speedo....
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So what was the problem? ?
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Can you go down the wrong way on a one way street if your on the pavement.
Surely the pavements are not one way?
Bunkermagnet
Journeyman Pro
Thats slow
My best was coming down the long drag from Wissant (France).
Riding the white line overtaking the cars going down , at 48mph
Mountain bike, knobbly tyres,crash hat and lycra
What an adrenalin rush that was
larmen
Head Pro
Cyclists can't be done for speeding, but there is some charge called furious cycling which a while back got dished out in Richmond Park a lot. No idea when cycling becomes furious because if you push a big enough gear you go quite fast without any fury at all.
ColchesterFC
Journeyman Pro
Fortunately I was at uni in St Andrews where they were quite used to "student antics" so there wasn't a problem and I was sent on my way with a promise not to do it again. Even though as soon as he went round the corner in his car I jumped back on the bike and cycled to the next pub. The same as when me and a mate decided to play Gladiators one night on the way home from the pub with traffic cones on our heads and signs from the roadworks strapped to our arms. The policeman simply told us off and made us put the signs and cones back and sent us home to sober up.
larmen
Head Pro
I have no idea what my fastest ever was. It was coming down a hill in Keswick I think, couldn't catch the freewheel in my highest gear, but was to scared to look down at the speedo. Also too scared to actually tab the brake so had to roll it out for quite a while. Never let it go that fast again.Thats slow
My best was coming down the long drag from Wissant (France).
Riding the white line overtaking the cars going down , at 48mph
Mountain bike, knobbly tyres,crash hat and lycra
What an adrenalin rush that was
Bunkermagnet
Journeyman Pro
The hill outside Wissant, is about 2 mile long which starts off steepish then slowly eases out. The road is just a normal one lane each side, so as we were overtaking cars going down there were cars coming up quite close. To have touched the brakes would have put myself and the club leader into the tarmac as he was tucked into my back wheel, and I was point. His computer said he hit 49, wheras mine only said 48. Either way it was scary and fun
Blue in Munich
Crocked Professional Yeti Impersonator
If you are in a vehicle that should be on the carriageway rather than the footway then yes you can.
backwoodsman
Tour Winner
And cyclists can be done for speeding. (And to save on pedantry, I'll get the proviso in now - they can in certain circumstances...)
