With the transition to the BRICS nations emerging the west will become the third world and and those nations that was purposely held back with economic sanctions Africa South America Russia China and over half of the globe that is restricted by sanctions will become the first world and that is what happens when empires rise and fall , So get prepared for a bumpy ride if we make it past the destructive legacy of the UK and USA
I really do agree with you. I am a 70 year old cyclist. Started in 1969 . Had 4 years off in 74 to 1978. So 52 years of riding 7 years of racing. That road is too dangerous. And to place a cycle way with parked cars there is also far too dangerous. The foot path out side my house is scary some times. A couple of bikes ride fast far too fast. A few days ago i was riding to a cycleway. And a policeman yelled at me from the inside of the car. It was slightly down hill and i was rideing at about 50 kph. And going the speed of the traffic. Not detered i have accumulated 500, 000 kilometers in life. My longest ride at 35 years of age was 300 kilometers at 30kph average speed. I educated myself in the beginning ,on British 🇬🇧. Time trialists. How good you Brits are. Great Job dear man. You are my friend. Ps. I change my helmet colours so Police dont get to know me. I was a officer of the law once. And in my resignation . I said . I am going to be a cyclist. Great stuff Mate ! 🇦🇺
100% in agreement with you on this , and my personal experiences sadly lead me to believe it is sadly arrogance, selfishness and entitlement on the part of the overwhelming number of cyclists who behave like this, rather than ignorance of the law.
I have been a keen cyclist for years. I never cycle on the pavement. I used to live in rural kent and Sussex but returned to Middlesbrough Ten years ago, i used to criticise those cycling on pavements but after a while realised i was the local nutter. It's illegal but the police don't give a damn. The problem cyclists have, as opposed to chavs on bikes, is that car drivers think they should be on the pavement too, because they now see so many on pavements. Don't get me started about wearing black and cycling in the dark without lights.
Same here, live in London so slower speeds but endemic since the Lime bikes took off. As you say it starts a chain reaction off in some other road drivers. The wearing of dark clothes and using your phone is another dreadful scourge. I cycle most days and see that this has taken off due to the lack of policing.
I am a wheelchair user in Manchester and have the same problem. I have been hit twice now once by a cyclist and the second time by an electric scooter, no apology on either occasion. We have cycle lanes here but they are rarely used. I once used a cycle lane in my wheelchair and was stopped by the Police and told they are not to be used by powered vehicles. My wheelchair is battery powered.
Im Mancunian too. It's some people at the end of the day, in whatever mode of transport. I've nearly been kneecapped by most of them, bikes, cars, vans, scooters, buses the lot. And I'm able bodied and careful. If your disabled in a wheelchair such as yours, have a child in a push chair (sometimes have to walk in the road because of pavement parkers), schoolkids or just plain walking anywhere, it's crazy and hazardous.
Bikes etc on pavements are a long term menace. I suffered a broken leg when one hit me and they fled the scene but i was lucky, an off duty policeman gave chase and caught them. But even in court they showed no respect for what they had done. By law they should have to be insured and be fined for riding on pavements and ignoring red lights. Now with E bikes and those dangerous invalid carriages that are not goverened by current traffic laws it can only get worse.
@@PeterPete Car drivers tend to speed on the road and are governed by the current regulations that dont apply to bikes, plus apart from the EV's you can hear them comming. Cyclists are silent, and don't even have to have a bell, so by the time you see them it is too late. I was hit in the side and sent flying into some railings by a pavement cyclist breaking my leg..
@@Barbarapape i was walking along a pathway, and a man on a bike came riding close to me, and took the tip off my white cane. his girlfriend saw what he did and gave him shit for it. i'm blind and highly visible as I was wearing a reflective jacket. the man tried to argue his case, no case, he was on the path, riding the bike, and he nearly rode into me, first I knew was the tip of my cane being ridden over. fortunately it's a hardy metal white cane, and it can cope with lots of abuse.
@@colincampbell4261 Is that your only mantra on every post? It didn't work the 4th time either. If someone gets hit by a bicycle it's unlikely it would kill them but not impossible. If they whacked their head off the pavement for instance. It could also cause back or neck injury resulting in lifelong chronic pain. Oh and it's also against the law.
“There needs to be a willingness to reduce road space, rather than putting cyclists on the pavement. Policies that put cyclists and pedestrians in conflict are not good policies.”
You are spot Prof however 14 years of underfunding councils has this affect! The Tories have deprived everything and one they can in per suit of tax breaks for the wealthy ! I assume your council is struggling to house homeless or to shelter battered wives and children ? I assume your roads are full of potholes ? Etc etc prosecuting cyclist ( as is right ) would not bring in a revenue so ?
I have told this story on some channel, but I'll repeat it here. One night in the early '70s, following chucking out time at the _Oliver Cromwell_ in St Ives, a pal and I were walking along _Filbert's Walk_ - a narrow footpath (i.e. a _way_ for pedestrians only, not being adjacent to a carriageway) with deep water-filled fenland ditches on each side. I regained consciousness after being dragged out of the water in a ditch where I had landed, head submerged, after having being hit in the back by a high-speed cyclist. Had it not been for my pal's rapid rescue I'd not have survived, and had it not been for several pints of muscle relaxant I'd have been badly injured. Footways and footpaths are for pedestrians, carriageways are for vehicles - which includes bicycles.
My father was knocked unconscious and his dog was badly hurt by a cyclist .luckily he was taken to hospital and his dog to a vet by a passing Sumaritan . Ever after he carried a stout walking stick 😢
I am 100% with the prof on this, I have used a bike as transport, never dreamed of using it on pavements and as a motorist parking on pavements, yet it goes on day after day. Council say contact the police, the police say contact the council, no one does anything. Same with littering,
Riding on pavements, No Lights, wrong way up one way streets, ignoring Traffic lights even riding the wrong way on a cycle lane. there should be licencing and insurance for electric bikes
You maybe confuse the symptom for the cause here Prof. Here in Germany we have many streets in all towns and cities with shared bike/pedestrian pavements, many with no clear marked zones. It works because the people organise themselves to work together, just as the Scandinavians have town centres without a line separating pavements from roads and it works. What is not working here is UK civic society. That crumbled a long time ago.
True. Dare to say though and you get cancelled or swore at or both. However, what these people are doing is creating their own futures. Well, I hope they enjoy the oncoming chaos they are creating for themselves.
@@ProfessorTimWilson Ascendant incivility, along with it's attendant insularity that correlates with it, has been building in this country for a number of years. One must remember, that civility is something that has to be generationally nurtured and kept at heart and seems to have been carelessly diminished, and dismissed as irrelevant, as we older generations have faded out. Noting that careful attention to individual literacy has also sharply declined. I firmly believe that all this is linked.
As someone who has cycled on the pavements before, I am empathetic to people who feel safer there than sharing space with cars. It's not just a case of safety but also respect. I'm a really unconfident cyclist, I'm not familiar with all the rules of the road and I don't want to be a danger or a bother to anyone. With that said, I would always pull over to one side and allow people to pass, or use the road when it was clear to move ahead of someone. For me, with my anxiety, not feeling able to use the pavements would've been a factor that further isolated me from going outside and the fact that it was sort of de facto allowed gave me a greater capacity to engage with the world outside my flat. I'm curious, Tim, is your issue mostly with the principle of bikes being on the pavement or is it with the conduct of the people riding their bikes on the pavement being dangerous? If everyone one the pavements cycled along at a leisurely pace and gave way to people on foot, would you still find that bothersome?
it is with the danger of people careering round a corner without pausing, and of shouting to me to step aside if I am not quick enough to notice them. they are quite abusive.
@@PeterPete Most built up areas now have 20mph limit for cars, a decent cyclist will surpass this on the road and even faster on the pavement. E bikes haven't helped as they ride these on the pavements too.
As a cyclist I would never ride on a pedestrian only pavement, and neither would any other cyclist, but unfortunately a lot of irresponsible people on bikes and scooters do.
The issue is inconsiderate cyclists, breaking the law but also it only takes a bell to let people know you're there. People cycle for various reasons: cost; health and well being, environment and remember it's one less car on the road.
@@padraigohooligan8363Iwoul take🎉 it further...ignorant bast**ts , I have been 'buzzed' by these ignorant people who have neither knowledge or care about regulation, or the general public. The police need to take responsibility.
More and more pavements near me are becoming "Unsegregated shared use paths". Apparently this is best for both pedestrians and cyclists. It also happens to be the cheapest option for the council. They don't even have to paint a line on the ground. Even if such a scheme could work, it is clear many of the pavements aren't wide enough even before the inevitable two-on two-off car parking. It sadly will take serious accidents before they even start to listen.
Are you sure the roads you are talking about aren't shared cycle and pedestrian paths? Your last vlog showed a pedestrian lane with a central white path in the middle where the bike passed you.
Auriol Grey COURT CASE (2003) pedestrian and cyclist collide. Cyclist is nudged into the road and hit and killed by a car who couldn't brake in time. Ms Grey was reduced from manslaughter to a free woman. So there has been an English court case and the pedestrian won.
In my view, the issue I have been encountering with bicycles is really really unpleasent. To start with its very common electric-powered bicycles, they cross zebra crossings at almost full speed, normally you are accustomed to pedestrians crossing at a certain speed, suddenly they are in front of you, they drive while looking at their mobile phones, others without their hands on the handles, others joy riding with their friends, they overtake from the right, the left, against traffic with bright glaring strong lights, you do not know if it is a car with one light or a bicycle, then the worst part are bicycles which have baskets in front or back, they put 2-3 toddlers in them and drive aggressively, or drive wobbly as they are not able to balance because movement of the toddlers, they drive with the mentality that they are faster and want to prove at the expense of their security. To my knowledge there are no regulations to do periodic checks or to regulate what designs need to be, or to check their brakes, and lights, and tires. It nerve wrecking every time while driving a car, it is really scary, today I noticed a bicycle on my right, I wanted to turn to the right, but I did not know whether to stop to let him pass or not, I stopped, he did not pass and I turned to the right. It's not fun.
That amount of times I have been cycling on the road and a pedestrian blindly crosses the road without looking causing me to take avoiding action is also a big problem. The problem with pedestrians is their path is unpredictable and predicting where they will suddenly decide to go is difficult. Most of the time they are not looking where they are going and have no idea whats going on around them.On shared pathways they rarely follow a straight path and weave about from side to side which makes passing them a guessing game on which way they will deviate next. We all need to share the space and get to where we are going while trying not to get in each others way. If everyone took more care and payed attention to their surroundings things would go much more smoothly.
You’re absolutely right: happens right here in Farnborough! One time a kid on a bike told me, after I reacted to him ordering me out of his way, that he’d f## me up for the rest of my life.
You are not alone prof, this conduct is dangerous and as you correctly stated against the law, sadly as usual it will take a very bad incident to happen before someone pull their finger out.
Professor you are very aware of cuts that have been made for the past couple of decades to all public service's, resulting in a shortage of manpower to apply the laws of which you are correctly referring to, namely no cycling on the pavements. It would appear that there are more pressing laws to attend to with the staff available. Take privately owned electric scooters for instance they are according to the laws, prohibited on public roads. Same reason Professor, lack of personnel.
In terms of casualties, cyclists causing pedestrian casualties is a statistical fluke compared to cars causing pedestrian casualties, thus set the priorities right. Cyclists might be a nuisance, but cars are the real danger. The cyclists are on the pavement because there’s no cycling infrastructure and cars pose a danger to cyclists too, safer pavement begins with safer roads and less car centric infrastructure.
Not isolated indeed. Once, while waiting for a Chicago Transit Authority bus, I nearly stepped back into a speeding bicycle's path across the sidewalk ridden by a teenager; whom should have known better than ride with careless disregard for pedestrians. Why kids are prone sidewalk rather than street is a parental fault. And the parent is responsible for a child's negligent tortious blame.
It's somewhat of a sad irony that as you state the councils not listening, at that precise moment you pass the Union Flag fluttering proudly in the breeze.
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Continual issue here in Cambridge and the council wasted millions putting in bike lanes and they still use the pavements. Electric scooters are the new thing, always the illegal ones and of course the bikes on the pavements. The Police are a joke and the council could not careless as bikes are King in Cambridge. One of the major issues is where they allow bikes and pedestrians mix on pavements, it is a disaster waiting to happen!
Like bikes on footpaths , a cohort of perpetrators within the ruling party is a menace to each and every good person in our once controlled and beloved country.
I remember, vividly, in the early 1970s coming out of high school with my friends and slowly riding my moulton mini bicycle alongside them on the pavement. Our local bobby told me to either dismount or cycle on the road. I didn't do it again. Bring the bobby back. Although, I think that law was changed to allow cycling on pavements in recent years, which I found disgraceful.
Professor, it's not that they don't know, THEY DON'T CARE. Wheels are the way to go and any pedestrian is fair game, whether riding on the pavement is legal or not. I have the same problen here in Sydney - Australia not Utah. Footpaths are now cycleways and everybody else be damned. Making a fuss to council is like talking to brick walls and the police can't be bothered with all the paperwork. So. Until a pedestrian is fatally injured, God forbid, nothing will be done, then there will be a six week clamping down and all will be returned to 'normal.
As a cyclist this is just a load of Baloney ,i would not let my children or any other children ride on the road ! i cycle every day on the roads and take it as read that someone will neither not see me or drive to close or deliberately try to knock me off ,and yes i have a car ,two in fact all taxed and mot
Then you and your children are doing something illegal and irresponsible Tom I'm afraid. If you choose to cycle you should be on the road so accidents with walkers on pavements like me are avoided. Nearly every time I go out for a walk for exercise I have to put up with cyclist/e-scooter abuse/aggression/swearing. It is very unpleasant but I need the exercise.
We have more cycles & illegal privately owned electric scooter on our pavements than their are on the actual road in my area. The police are a waste of time, they could have a field day confiscating private scooters. 90% of electric scooters we see are illegal scooters & only allowed to be used on private land with the land owners permission. Only the hire scooters are legal to use, on the roads & cycle ways, but not on pavements.
What you're experiencing is the symptom of a failed transportation policy. It's simply too dangerous to be on the road on a bike in any urban area. Go to the Netherlands, or any Scandinavian country and you'll see how it should be done. Purpose built cycle paths, segregated from pedestrians. An assumption that if a vehicle hits either - it's up to the driver to prove they wern't at fault (hence virtually every vehicle has a dashcam and drivers are much more careful) Bottom line - the UK is crap.
The council need to enforce regulations or create bike lanes. We have seen roads being narrowed and pavements widened, to create bike lanes for years where I am. Although that requires investment.
If a cyclist deems a section of road too dangerous on which to ride then (rather than illegally put pedestrians at risk by cycling on the footpath) it might be sensible to dismount and walk beside their bike until they reach a safer stretch of road. If one expects motorists to have respect for cyclists, it is hypocritical for cyclists not to have respect for pedestrians. We need a little consideration all round.
Few, if any councils have the funds to do what we might have regarded as statutory. Most are having to cut to the bone and even then, many important services have been lost.
We live in a North Yorkshire Dale - winding hill roads very narrow and often single track. We frequently have groups of cyclists riding together and you have to drive behind them for miles as it's mainly unsafe to overtake. They never pull over and let folk pass. Sometimes they speed recklessly downhill (legally they need not sick to speed limits) past hamlets and groups of roadside houses, This summer it's been a real problem and its getting worse. Cycling on public road needs regulation but all governments see is the health and tourism advantages of cycling.
Try going round if you’re in a wheel chair or pushing a child’s buggy and the pavements are blocked with parked cars. Not much fun when you’re forced into the road with most cars exceeding the speed limit.
I'd have to check the law but the prohibition on riding a bike on the pavement used to be conditional on the diameter of the wheels (mainly so it didn't force young children on small bikes into the road). I suspect that the problem is far worse in London. I used to work in Whitehall and I saw cyclists come over Westminster bridge, jump the lights, ride the wrong way around parliament square and then cut straight through the pedestrians crossing at a controlled crossing point while swearing at them for getting in the way on many occasions. In case that sounds suicidal, there is a brief interlude on the Whitehall side of parliament square when all the traffic lights are red and none of the cars are moving. Putting a bike lane on the pavement requires wider pavements that we usually have. It is relatively common in German towns such as Munich where the half of the pavement nearest the road is reserved for bikes and strolling along in the bike lane will allow you to learn lots of new German words that are not usable in polite society, usually ending with the word touristsen 😁
We have the same problem here in NYC! Delivery riders, e-bike riders who disregard pedestrians. There are more bikes on the sidewalks than using the bike lanes here.
this is not about hostility to bikers- who seem ignorant of the law. This is about the laziness of the councils who do not seem to care or recognise their responsibility.
Bin day down my road. After the binmen have been, they leave an obstacle course of bins on pavement all the way down the road . It makes pedestrians have to walk on tbe road to pass them , and for disabled and mothers with prams etc ,it must be a bit of a nightmare..and will even worse if there is ice about .
As a Dutchie I worry more about pedestrians in the bikepath. Though, admittedly as a brisk walker I sometimes have to walk in the bikepath to pass all the old people. What you need is good bicycle infrastructure. Cyclists take the footpath if they feel the road is too dangerous. They should be a lot more considered when they do.
We don't tend to get the children doing that around here. At one time they were all into skateboards and did that on the pavement, but if they ever got in my way they would always apologise without having to say anything. For this reason I would never report them, so I'm like on their side. I've lived in this area for a long time and always find the children well mannered. They are a credit to their parents. Why it should be so different in your area, I do not know.
What the cyclists and scooter riders that ride quickly on the pavement don't realise is that they are nearly vulnerable as pedestrians. I've had cyclists and scooter riders whizz past me on the pavements doing about 20 to 25 mph. If they hit a pedestrian they likely fall off or somersault over their handlebars., and seriously injure or fatally injure themselves and the pedestrian they hit.
I have been a bike rider for many years now and speaking from personal experience i would have always cycled on the road but over the last few years the abuse shouted at me and cars and especially lorries not giving me much space when passing i have a few near misses so even though i know its illegal i prefer to have my life a little longer and mostly cycle on the footpath but also when on the footpath i will always giveway to pedestrians when needed .You hit the bullseye 🎯 when you mention cycle lanes there seems to be a lack of them in most towns and cities and as you point out thats council and local authorities responsibility.
I agree with your sentiments and concerns. On a slightly different point, though, you used the "either ...or" terminology as if it had to be one thing (option) or another. In casual speech and with politicians, there is often a resort to the logical fallacy of Bifurcation or False Dilemma. That is when a person claims that there are only two mutually exclusive possibilities-when, in fact, there is one or other multiple other options. For this reason the fallacy is also known as the Either-Or fallacy. In its most simple form, all but two alternatives are excluded.
Dear Professor Wilson, The question that must be asked and answered is "Where should they be cycling in stead?" If your concern is for the safety of the situation then asking cyclists to share the road with cars is to ask them to put themselves in danger. A cyclist is at much greater risk of suffering injury as a consequence of collision with a car than a pedestrian is at risk of injury from a collision with a cyclist. When deprived of any other option what you are currently experiencing is the safest possible situation for everyone. What you are looking at here is a systemic problem. Cars have been allowed to become so large, fast and dangerous that they've forced all other forms of traffic off the road. The design of the infrastructure you are using is not fit for purpose for accomodating both cars, pedestrians and cyclists. Of course, to undo a century of bad policy is difficult and above all expensive. So one can understand why the council is reluctant to address the problem. Sincerely, Semni.
I hear that, the number of reports and stories you hear of cyclists hit by cars, run off the road or thrown into traffic after hitting a pot hole in a poorly maintained road is growing. Cyclists are demonised no matter what to the point some people in cars think it's fun to knock people off bikes. There was a report in the news that one woman was purposely run down while she was out on a bike in the past couple of weeks. Even when bike paths are put in to accommodate riders then either the media or another right wing group obsessed with fighting 'the green agenda' go on the war path to have them removed. There's a Greenway between and where I work which in the past few years has had a section closed off as the bridge has a crack in it redirecting me forcing me to add 10 - 15 min to my journey as I have to come off the green way and go through a town then down a busy badly maintained road heavy with industrial traffic (lorries) all because they won't fix the bridge.
@@swanchamp5136 It should come as no surprise that cyclists are disrespectful. They are not respected by society. Even pedestrians have significantly more infrastructure dedicated to them than cyclists.
You are not alone. I hate it and I agree it is ILLEGAL and DANGEROUS as both cyclist and pedestrians can be hurt. I have been sworn at so many times in Cambridge by young cyclists (and women !) as I will not get out of the way for them while walking on pavements. Sometimes it is even middle aged men and women who should know better. Them punching me may be next ! We need this activity policed but councils are so strapped for cash as social care gobbles up the money they have. Solution taxes need to be raised on the wealthy to fund the resources to tackle this.
@@MissFlight-q8f .Do you condone car drivers and lorry drivers shouting abuse at cyclists and also not giving cyclists enough space when passing on the road .
Boomer much? I dare you to cycle on the same route and see how safe it feels in the middle of the traffic. UK is an outlier in not allowing pushbikes on the pavement. I'm not saying there's a better way, but it's a shared space and it needs more respect for each other. I would personally never ride in the pavement. But other cyclists aren't as comfortable with the traffic
I no longer cycke because I do not feel safe doing so. But equally, I do not feel safe as a pedestrian on my own local street...because it is full of bicycles
@ProfessorTimWilson how is that fair for cyclists that feel unsafe? Others in your position don't have the luxury to walk because they don't have time. I wonder if someone in a wheelchair would also make you unsafe.
@@BGS_123@BGS_123 I'm delighted to be a boomer. We had a far better life in a wonderful country than you will ever dream of. It's not an insult it's a badge of honour. Enjoy 🥳 If you feel unsafe on a bike don't use one.
@MissFlight-q8f you're alright as a generation. Boring as sin and entitled without limits, but the gen Z-ers saved you from being the worst generation in history
Cycling is to be the preferred form of transport for us, nothing must be done to stop the adoption, cyclists are untouchable, they are the chosen ones.
Prof I sympathise and it is completely unacceptable that this is happening. But what can be done?? I know. Let’s have an inquiry. That way it looks like something is being done. There’s a problem with lighting on new cars too, it’s blindingly bright and the RAC has highlighted the issue. I know you’re not a driver. But this too will probably get a public inquiry and nothing will change for the next few years. Even if there is a massive accident attributable to this it won’t change.
@ProfessorTimWilson My point was Tim. It's a bit more complex than just banning bikes. We need to ban anyone who isn't a pedestrian using placements. We can't have kids riding their bikes on the road. Safety should be paramount. The bicycle lanes where I live have been a total wast of money for the amount using them. Ps I've been hit by a bicycle, a electric scooter, and a half blind man on a mobility scooter. Many pavements that are very wide. Could be segregated. I do own a bycle, but stopped using it as one has to be super fit to use one on modern road and traffic.
There are numerous laws that cyclist are breaking on a day to day basis, it's just that they are not being enforced. There is no money to remedy this unfortunately. In an ideal world cyclists disregarding any sense of acceptable behaviour towards other road and pavement users would have their bikes confiscated and impounded similar to the penalties uninsured car drivers face. They could retrieve the bike from the pound subsequent to paying a fixed penalty or have it crushed.
Wonderful Video. Here in Boston, we have busy hospital workers some foreign nationals e.g. Indian cycling on the pavements and colliding with elderly ppl. It's no longer policed anymore, no fines issued. I am abt to write to Pilgrim hospital and ask them to help sort out the issue as the foreign NHS staff are just taking the p*ss now. Some native staff too, but almost always NHS staff riding to work. More cycle lanes needed. Keep writing Tim!
You're not alone. But I don't have the foggiest idea how to make anyone pay attention. The law is in abeyance on this matter. Has been for years. And I have to confess that there are more urgent things to get fixed first.
and if you say anything to them its abuse from them ,it is illegal and i am sick to death of these selfish oafs ,the police dont care either i am in liverpool and its getting worse here.
Not sure I can go back to Singapore. Bike regulations vary. Really doesn't matter though. When you are on two wheels and bent on speed, regulations lose resonance and something else takes over. Combine speed with stunts that you learned from watching Evel Knievel on television as a kid... and no pedestrian, pet or policeman is safe. I am 63 years old and trying to mend my ways. Could be a slow process but I am hoping for the best. Stay Safe
Prisons overflowing with offenders many which would jump at the opportunity to sweep the streets as a way of earning sentence reduction. The simple solutions are too obvious.
While let's take this a Step further, not only bikes, but the mundane leaf, that one can slip on while riding a bike, . What next , the options are endless🎉
The general decline of personal responsibility is part of the picture here; driven by a vast and growing State; also the bicycle supports the climate change agenda (as do eScooters) so action is unlikely to be taken as the view of the Council will be a few hurt pedestrians is a price a worth paying
Happened to me twice since your last video, good job I had my wits about me. Plus yesterday , at a pedestrian crossing a grumpy car driver, turning left at a junction, went over the pavement curb and missed my toes by inches. And I have seen it happen before🤷The council are looking at speeding on said road, as its near a school. It's jungle out there. You have to perform some sort of acrobatics going for a pint of milk. Cheers Professor👋
It’s a police matter not council. Contact your PCC. Maybe stop using camera when walking as will reduce the risk. Clearly wrong to cycle on path. This is nothing to do with democracy local or otherwise.
Get a white stick, pretend that you are visually impaired and accidentally poke a spoke. 😮🤔😹 Drawing pins and a roll of blue tack and create your own stinger. 😮🤔😹 I rescued two collie's from lunatic breeders by paying over the odds just to get them out of the madness. Locals complained that the breeders had no control over their 🐕 s who were not dangerous, just bored out of their highly intelligent minds and the advice from the grown ups to the concerned citizens was film yourself being bitten. 🤔😹☮️
@@MissFlight-q8f Excuse me! Can you reference where I stated that I ride a bicycle on the pavement? Did I condone those that do? No! Mine was a statement of fact. Period.
You should be blaming the government and the council for not providing infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians. The UK is too car centric, we are not the size of Canada or the USA.
@@ProfessorTimWilson The point of going to a gym is to do an exercise training programme, not to use all their energy to get there, what about the return journey?
@@ProfessorTimWilson Wish I could even walk. In my youth I cycled to work,then cycled to the gym,then cycled home. I cycled around Britain and up the East coast of Ireland with Paralympians who had cerebral palsy. Form follows function,nearly 60 years of cycling,because there was no other choice at the time. This is life. Amor fati.
Pedestrians killed by cyclists, last figures 2022 result zero. Cyclists killed by cars 111. Serious injuries 4000. That is approaching 10% of RTA deaths. Now go and stand at the roadside and count how many cars before you see a bike. The attrition rate is astounding. If we look at figures for the 1990's, more than double 2022. If the council turf those cyclist back out on the road, we can expect that figure to double. I can understand and sympathize with you. I hate having bikes coming up behind me, especially as I am deaf. What practical affordable solution are you suggesting?
@@nigelgarrett7970 I'm sorry to hear that. I hope the stats aren't being messed with. As a pedestrian cyclist motor cyclist car driver and van driver. I can see a complex issue, with no cheap solutions.
What about one about car drivers using phones whilst driving, car drivers parking on pavements, car drivers speeding in built-up areas, car drivers driving under the influence, car drivers causing pollution, car drivers hogging the roads, etc, etc. It's like blaming immigrants for all the ills of the country. Let's have a bit of balance. This just sounds like a Little England rant.
It is - a little rant? I don't think so! I have often agreed with Professor Tim on much and often! Actually, most cyclists do adhere to the helmet, visibility and proper lights. The E/Scooters however, do NOT! And those who use or have them - misuse and abuse these. It's sometimes damn dangerous! Very sadly, there's no sense anymore! And that I think, has been consigned to the rubbish bins ! As had sense and reason! So you of those out there - who malign Professor Tim and others for being ' Little Englanders' I am speaking of public safety! Those E/Scooters are a public hazard.! One more thing, people, publically owned E/Scooters are often parked near Bus Stops or on physical guiding sites to pedestrian crossing. Not far from Parson Street on the edge of Bedminster in Bristol, there's a traffic junction and often - next to some advertising billboards is a pedestrian crossing - there's often 10 E/Scooters and some Bikes owned by the same company often parked there badly - interfering with special guidance paving stones for visually impaired people. When I come across these I usually will shift some of these on my way into work! To clear access for the visually impaired people. At the top of Winterstoke Road in the same area. There's usually a few that are parked just as irresponsibly - I get a bit more than fed up with these and in fact there's a old stairwell on the junction there which leads to an old air raid shelter. From WW2 ! Many was the time that I considered putting one of these blasted E/Scooter down it. To date - I have put one of these upended but not into the old Air Raid shelter stairwell - I have left it deliberately short of that, as a warning shot. Ultimately I may have to follow through with actually doing so! My patience in this instance is running a bit thin. It's not a question of ' if!' but 'When?' One of these wretched things is going to end up down that stairwell - maybe not tomorrow of Thursday, not next week or next month, or next year! But I can see that I will end up doing it! As a casualty of a WW2 Air Raid shelter! I will admit that it's getting me fed up with it! Patience is starting to run thin! Well, something has got to be done about - Professor! Can't help but agree with you, dear fellow! Rugby isn't the only place with difficulties with this. There's room for Bristol to join it - as well!
You don't seem to understand. We now live in a Third World Country.
That's part of it yes
Sounds like a bad case of first world problems you got there 🤣
With the transition to the BRICS nations emerging the west will become the third world and and those nations that was purposely held back with economic sanctions Africa South America Russia China and over half of the globe that is restricted by sanctions will become the first world and that is what happens when empires rise and fall , So get prepared for a bumpy ride if we make it past the destructive legacy of the UK and USA
I really do agree with you. I am a 70 year old cyclist. Started in 1969 . Had 4 years off in 74 to 1978. So 52 years of riding 7 years of racing.
That road is too dangerous. And to place a cycle way with parked cars there is also far too dangerous. The foot path out side my house is scary some times. A couple of bikes ride fast far too fast.
A few days ago i was riding to a cycleway. And a policeman yelled at me from the inside of the car. It was slightly down hill and i was rideing at about 50 kph. And going the speed of the traffic.
Not detered i have accumulated 500, 000 kilometers in life. My longest ride at 35 years of age was 300 kilometers at 30kph average speed.
I educated myself in the beginning ,on British 🇬🇧. Time trialists. How good you Brits are. Great Job dear man. You are my friend.
Ps. I change my helmet colours so Police dont get to know me. I was a officer of the law once. And in my resignation . I said . I am going to be a cyclist. Great stuff Mate ! 🇦🇺
100% in agreement with you on this , and my personal experiences sadly lead me to believe it is sadly arrogance, selfishness and entitlement on the part of the overwhelming number of cyclists who behave like this, rather than ignorance of the law.
I have been a keen cyclist for years. I never cycle on the pavement. I used to live in rural kent and Sussex but returned to Middlesbrough Ten years ago, i used to criticise those cycling on pavements but after a while realised i was the local nutter. It's illegal but the police don't give a damn.
The problem cyclists have, as opposed to chavs on bikes, is that car drivers think they should be on the pavement too, because they now see so many on pavements.
Don't get me started about wearing black and cycling in the dark without lights.
it's also illegal to drive a motor vehicle over the stated speed limit 👍
Same here, live in London so slower speeds but endemic since the Lime bikes took off. As you say it starts a chain reaction off in some other road drivers. The wearing of dark clothes and using your phone is another dreadful scourge. I cycle most days and see that this has taken off due to the lack of policing.
Bikes have no registration plate ergo they are anonymous and know pedestrians have zero comeback
I am a wheelchair user in Manchester and have the same problem. I have been hit twice now once by a cyclist and the second time by an electric scooter, no apology on either occasion. We have cycle lanes here but they are rarely used. I once used a cycle lane in my wheelchair and was stopped by the Police and told they are not to be used by powered vehicles. My wheelchair is battery powered.
Im Mancunian too. It's some people at the end of the day, in whatever mode of transport. I've nearly been kneecapped by most of them, bikes, cars, vans, scooters, buses the lot. And I'm able bodied and careful. If your disabled in a wheelchair such as yours, have a child in a push chair (sometimes have to walk in the road because of pavement parkers), schoolkids or just plain walking anywhere, it's crazy and hazardous.
Professor Wilson I am with you 100%, it drives me Nuts ! Retired 68 year old . Barnet Council resident.
I'm not certain the Police even enforce the Highway code anymore.
Speeding cyclist on pavements are a danger to people coming out of garden gates too.
People with children's buggies, toddlers, disabled people, dogs, the elderly. They are all in danger from these menaces.
@@MissFlight-q8f I'm a disabled cyclist on a bicycle,people like myself don't count.
@@Nemo59646 Count as what?
Be careful nobody tries to knick your mobile in your hand.
Kids ride round like ninjas and balaclavas so they cannot be identified.
Minkers basically
Bikes etc on pavements are a long term menace.
I suffered a broken leg when one hit me and they fled the scene
but i was lucky, an off duty policeman gave chase and caught them.
But even in court they showed no respect for what they had done.
By law they should have to be insured and be fined for riding on pavements
and ignoring red lights.
Now with E bikes and those dangerous invalid carriages that are not goverened by
current traffic laws it can only get worse.
speeding car drivers are an even bigger problem 👍
@@PeterPete Car drivers tend to speed on the road and are governed by the current regulations
that dont apply to bikes, plus apart from the EV's you can hear them comming.
Cyclists are silent, and don't even have to have a bell, so by the time you see them it is too late.
I was hit in the side and sent flying into some railings by a pavement cyclist breaking my leg..
@@BarbarapapeCars kill, Bikes don't.
@@Barbarapape i was walking along a pathway, and a man on a bike came riding close to me, and took the tip off my white cane. his girlfriend saw what he did and gave him shit for it. i'm blind and highly visible as I was wearing a reflective jacket. the man tried to argue his case, no case, he was on the path, riding the bike, and he nearly rode into me, first I knew was the tip of my cane being ridden over. fortunately it's a hardy metal white cane, and it can cope with lots of abuse.
@@colincampbell4261 Is that your only mantra on every post?
It didn't work the 4th time either.
If someone gets hit by a bicycle it's unlikely it would kill them but not impossible. If they whacked their head off the pavement for instance. It could also cause back or neck injury resulting in lifelong chronic pain. Oh and it's also against the law.
We live in the kingston area, lots of bike lanes, mainly empty of cyclists, they still cycle on the roads or pavements.
“There needs to be a willingness to reduce road space, rather than putting cyclists on the pavement. Policies that put cyclists and pedestrians in conflict are not good policies.”
You are spot Prof however 14 years of underfunding councils has this affect! The Tories have deprived everything and one they can in per suit of tax breaks for the wealthy ! I assume your council is struggling to house homeless or to shelter battered wives and children ? I assume your roads are full of potholes ? Etc etc prosecuting cyclist ( as is right ) would not bring in a revenue so ?
I have told this story on some channel, but I'll repeat it here.
One night in the early '70s, following chucking out time at the _Oliver Cromwell_ in St Ives, a pal and I were walking along _Filbert's Walk_ - a narrow footpath (i.e. a _way_ for pedestrians only, not being adjacent to a carriageway) with deep water-filled fenland ditches on each side. I regained consciousness after being dragged out of the water in a ditch where I had landed, head submerged, after having being hit in the back by a high-speed cyclist. Had it not been for my pal's rapid rescue I'd not have survived, and had it not been for several pints of muscle relaxant I'd have been badly injured.
Footways and footpaths are for pedestrians, carriageways are for vehicles - which includes bicycles.
yes I have been injured twice
Totally agree, footpaths are for pedestrians as are pavements.
My father was knocked unconscious and his dog was badly hurt by a cyclist .luckily he was taken to hospital and his dog to a vet by a passing Sumaritan . Ever after he carried a stout walking stick 😢
im sure a car is worse. bikes are okay
Sympathies from Edinburgh where I once stepped in front of a pavement cyclist - who didn't see me - because he was texting on his phone!
The Police used to stop cycling on the pavement, now they Police tweets.
A symptom of the general breakdown of respect for self and others.
Bullseye 🎯👏.
I won’t write what I want to about bikes here in your comment section. Needless to say I have disdain for them.
I am 100% with the prof on this, I have used a bike as transport, never dreamed of using it on pavements and as a motorist parking on pavements, yet it goes on day after day. Council say contact the police, the police say contact the council, no one does anything. Same with littering,
This may be the only thing I 100% agree with you on.
Riding on pavements, No Lights, wrong way up one way streets, ignoring Traffic lights even riding the wrong way on a cycle lane. there should be licencing and insurance for electric bikes
You maybe confuse the symptom for the cause here Prof. Here in Germany we have many streets in all towns and cities with shared bike/pedestrian pavements, many with no clear marked zones. It works because the people organise themselves to work together, just as the Scandinavians have town centres without a line separating pavements from roads and it works. What is not working here is UK civic society. That crumbled a long time ago.
absolutely
True. Dare to say though and you get cancelled or swore at or both. However, what these people are doing is creating their own futures. Well, I hope they enjoy the oncoming chaos they are creating for themselves.
What is not working here is UK civic society. That crumbled a long time ago.We are a backward country Paul.
@@ProfessorTimWilson Ascendant incivility, along with it's attendant insularity that correlates with it, has been building in this country for a number of years. One must remember, that civility is something that has to be generationally nurtured and kept at heart and seems to have been carelessly diminished, and dismissed as irrelevant, as we older generations have faded out. Noting that careful attention to individual literacy has also sharply declined. I firmly believe that all this is linked.
As someone who has cycled on the pavements before, I am empathetic to people who feel safer there than sharing space with cars. It's not just a case of safety but also respect. I'm a really unconfident cyclist, I'm not familiar with all the rules of the road and I don't want to be a danger or a bother to anyone.
With that said, I would always pull over to one side and allow people to pass, or use the road when it was clear to move ahead of someone. For me, with my anxiety, not feeling able to use the pavements would've been a factor that further isolated me from going outside and the fact that it was sort of de facto allowed gave me a greater capacity to engage with the world outside my flat.
I'm curious, Tim, is your issue mostly with the principle of bikes being on the pavement or is it with the conduct of the people riding their bikes on the pavement being dangerous? If everyone one the pavements cycled along at a leisurely pace and gave way to people on foot, would you still find that bothersome?
it is with the danger of people careering round a corner without pausing, and of shouting to me to step aside if I am not quick enough to notice them. they are quite abusive.
@@ProfessorTimWilson never mind Tim, perhaps encourage car drivers to drive at the legal speed limits then you might get cyclists back on the road?
@@PeterPete Most built up areas now have 20mph limit for cars, a decent cyclist will surpass this on the road and even faster on the pavement.
E bikes haven't helped as they ride these on the pavements too.
@@barrydwyer2039 not all cyclists are lycra loving speed freaks 👍
As a cyclist I would never ride on a pedestrian only pavement, and neither would any other cyclist, but unfortunately a lot of irresponsible people on bikes and scooters do.
Plenty cyclists ride on pedestrian only pavements.
The wimps who are afraid of traffic 😆
The issue is inconsiderate cyclists, breaking the law but also it only takes a bell to let people know you're there. People cycle for various reasons: cost; health and well being, environment and remember it's one less car on the road.
Not just "inconsiderate cyclists", but also angry, speeding motorists who drive too close to cyclists and treat them with utter contempt.
@@padraigohooligan8363Iwoul take🎉 it further...ignorant bast**ts , I have been 'buzzed' by these ignorant people who have neither knowledge or care about regulation, or the general public. The police need to take responsibility.
More and more pavements near me are becoming "Unsegregated shared use paths". Apparently this is best for both pedestrians and cyclists. It also happens to be the cheapest option for the council. They don't even have to paint a line on the ground. Even if such a scheme could work, it is clear many of the pavements aren't wide enough even before the inevitable two-on two-off car parking. It sadly will take serious accidents before they even start to listen.
Are you sure the roads you are talking about aren't shared cycle and pedestrian paths? Your last vlog showed a pedestrian lane with a central white path in the middle where the bike passed you.
Auriol Grey COURT CASE (2003) pedestrian and cyclist collide. Cyclist is nudged into the road and hit and killed by a car who couldn't brake in time. Ms Grey was reduced from manslaughter to a free woman. So there has been an English court case and the pedestrian won.
In my view, the issue I have been encountering with bicycles is really really unpleasent. To start with its very common electric-powered bicycles, they cross zebra crossings at almost full speed, normally you are accustomed to pedestrians crossing at a certain speed, suddenly they are in front of you, they drive while looking at their mobile phones, others without their hands on the handles, others joy riding with their friends, they overtake from the right, the left, against traffic with bright glaring strong lights, you do not know if it is a car with one light or a bicycle, then the worst part are bicycles which have baskets in front or back, they put 2-3 toddlers in them and drive aggressively, or drive wobbly as they are not able to balance because movement of the toddlers, they drive with the mentality that they are faster and want to prove at the expense of their security. To my knowledge there are no regulations to do periodic checks or to regulate what designs need to be, or to check their brakes, and lights, and tires. It nerve wrecking every time while driving a car, it is really scary, today I noticed a bicycle on my right, I wanted to turn to the right, but I did not know whether to stop to let him pass or not, I stopped, he did not pass and I turned to the right. It's not fun.
That amount of times I have been cycling on the road and a pedestrian blindly crosses the road without looking causing me to take avoiding action is also a big problem. The problem with pedestrians is their path is unpredictable and predicting where they will suddenly decide to go is difficult. Most of the time they are not looking where they are going and have no idea whats going on around them.On shared pathways they rarely follow a straight path and weave about from side to side which makes passing them a guessing game on which way they will deviate next. We all need to share the space and get to where we are going while trying not to get in each others way. If everyone took more care and payed attention to their surroundings things would go much more smoothly.
You’re absolutely right: happens right here in Farnborough! One time a kid on a bike told me, after I reacted to him ordering me out of his way, that he’d f## me up for the rest of my life.
You are not alone prof, this conduct is dangerous and as you correctly stated against the law, sadly as usual it will take a very bad incident to happen before someone pull their finger out.
Professor you are very aware of cuts that have been made for the past couple of decades to all public service's, resulting in a shortage of manpower to apply the laws of which you are correctly referring to, namely no cycling on the pavements. It would appear that there are more pressing laws to attend to with the staff available. Take privately owned electric scooters for instance they are according to the laws, prohibited on public roads. Same reason Professor, lack of personnel.
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In terms of casualties, cyclists causing pedestrian casualties is a statistical fluke compared to cars causing pedestrian casualties, thus set the priorities right. Cyclists might be a nuisance, but cars are the real danger. The cyclists are on the pavement because there’s no cycling infrastructure and cars pose a danger to cyclists too, safer pavement begins with safer roads and less car centric infrastructure.
Bicycle Infrastructure! Why can't the UK do what nearly all European countries and cities do!
Not isolated indeed. Once, while waiting for a Chicago Transit Authority bus, I nearly stepped back into a speeding bicycle's path across the sidewalk ridden by a teenager; whom should have known better than ride with careless disregard for pedestrians. Why kids are prone sidewalk rather than street is a parental fault. And the parent is responsible for a child's negligent tortious blame.
It's somewhat of a sad irony that as you state the councils not listening, at that precise moment you pass the Union Flag fluttering proudly in the breeze.
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Continual issue here in Cambridge and the council wasted millions putting in bike lanes and they still use the pavements. Electric scooters are the new thing, always the illegal ones and of course the bikes on the pavements. The Police are a joke and the council could not careless as bikes are King in Cambridge. One of the major issues is where they allow bikes and pedestrians mix on pavements, it is a disaster waiting to happen!
Like bikes on footpaths , a cohort of perpetrators within the ruling party is a menace to each and every good person in our once controlled and beloved country.
Cyclist are treated with contempt everyday via having no cycling infrastructure. Give a riposte to that professor. I to pay my council tax.
Many of them have no road sense on the road either.
Photograph them and take the pics to the cop shop.
They'd need registration plates, so the cops won't do anything
100% behind you Tim. Its absolutely rife here in London. Never really understood why an adult chooses such a dangerous way to get around.
far less dangerous than motor vehicles and very much heathier
Because it's a healthy and time efficient way of commuting, or just getting from A to B, maybe? Are you really suggesting adults shouldn't ride bikes?
@@eyesopen7946 erm you're misreading my comment, 'get around on the pavement'
@@huwprice881 erm you're misreading my comment, 'get around on the pavement'
I remember, vividly, in the early 1970s coming out of high school with my friends and slowly riding my moulton mini bicycle alongside them on the pavement. Our local bobby told me to either dismount or cycle on the road. I didn't do it again.
Bring the bobby back. Although, I think that law was changed to allow cycling on pavements in recent years, which I found disgraceful.
Professor, it's not that they don't know, THEY DON'T CARE. Wheels are the way to go and any pedestrian is fair game, whether riding on the pavement is legal or not. I have the same problen here in Sydney - Australia not Utah. Footpaths are now cycleways and everybody else be damned. Making a fuss to council is like talking to brick walls and the police can't be bothered with all the paperwork. So. Until a pedestrian is fatally injured, God forbid, nothing will be done, then there will be a six week clamping down and all will be returned to 'normal.
As a cyclist this is just a load of Baloney ,i would not let my children or any other children ride on the road ! i cycle every day on the roads and take it as read that someone will neither not see me or drive to close or deliberately try to knock me off ,and yes i have a car ,two in fact all taxed and mot
Then you and your children are doing something illegal and irresponsible Tom I'm afraid. If you choose to cycle you should be on the road so accidents with walkers on pavements like me are avoided. Nearly every time I go out for a walk for exercise I have to put up with cyclist/e-scooter abuse/aggression/swearing. It is very unpleasant but I need the exercise.
@@marymochrie3471
Tom's one of the growing entitled who are complicit in destroying our once considerate society.
I bet the car's are SUV's too 😝
Ride on roads, mandatory liability insurance should be required by law. Ride on footpaths, fined/arrested, period.
fined by whom- there are no police around
We have more cycles & illegal privately owned electric scooter on our pavements than their are on the actual road in my area. The police are a waste of time, they could have a field day confiscating private scooters. 90% of electric scooters we see are illegal scooters & only allowed to be used on private land with the land owners permission. Only the hire scooters are legal to use, on the roads & cycle ways, but not on pavements.
What you're experiencing is the symptom of a failed transportation policy. It's simply too dangerous to be on the road on a bike in any urban area. Go to the Netherlands, or any Scandinavian country and you'll see how it should be done. Purpose built cycle paths, segregated from pedestrians. An assumption that if a vehicle hits either - it's up to the driver to prove they wern't at fault (hence virtually every vehicle has a dashcam and drivers are much more careful) Bottom line - the UK is crap.
The council need to enforce regulations or create bike lanes.
We have seen roads being narrowed and pavements widened, to create bike lanes for years where I am. Although that requires investment.
If a cyclist deems a section of road too dangerous on which to ride then (rather than illegally put pedestrians at risk by cycling on the footpath) it might be sensible to dismount and walk beside their bike until they reach a safer stretch of road.
If one expects motorists to have respect for cyclists, it is hypocritical for cyclists not to have respect for pedestrians. We need a little consideration all round.
Few, if any councils have the funds to do what we might have regarded as statutory. Most are having to cut to the bone and even then, many important services have been lost.
We live in a North Yorkshire Dale - winding hill roads very narrow and often single track. We frequently have groups of cyclists riding together and you have to drive behind them for miles as it's mainly unsafe to overtake. They never pull over and let folk pass. Sometimes they speed recklessly downhill (legally they need not sick to speed limits) past hamlets and groups of roadside houses, This summer it's been a real problem and its getting worse. Cycling on public road needs regulation but all governments see is the health and tourism advantages of cycling.
Try going round if you’re in a wheel chair or pushing a child’s buggy and the pavements are blocked with parked cars. Not much fun when you’re forced into the road with most cars exceeding the speed limit.
I'd have to check the law but the prohibition on riding a bike on the pavement used to be conditional on the diameter of the wheels (mainly so it didn't force young children on small bikes into the road). I suspect that the problem is far worse in London. I used to work in Whitehall and I saw cyclists come over Westminster bridge, jump the lights, ride the wrong way around parliament square and then cut straight through the pedestrians crossing at a controlled crossing point while swearing at them for getting in the way on many occasions. In case that sounds suicidal, there is a brief interlude on the Whitehall side of parliament square when all the traffic lights are red and none of the cars are moving. Putting a bike lane on the pavement requires wider pavements that we usually have. It is relatively common in German towns such as Munich where the half of the pavement nearest the road is reserved for bikes and strolling along in the bike lane will allow you to learn lots of new German words that are not usable in polite society, usually ending with the word touristsen 😁
Following up on my own post for a moment, if the law is still the way it used to be then some BMX style bikes are probably allowed on the pavement.
We have the same problem here in NYC! Delivery riders, e-bike riders who disregard pedestrians. There are more bikes on the sidewalks than using the bike lanes here.
Walk softly and carry a big stick.
Great! Now that you've mentioned there needs to be bike lanes I can agree with you
this is not about hostility to bikers- who seem ignorant of the law. This is about the laziness of the councils who do not seem to care or recognise their responsibility.
Bin day down my road.
After the binmen have been, they leave an obstacle course of bins on pavement all the way down the road . It makes pedestrians have to walk on tbe road to pass them , and for disabled and mothers with prams etc ,it must be a bit of a nightmare..and will even worse if there is ice about .
As a Dutchie I worry more about pedestrians in the bikepath. Though, admittedly as a brisk walker I sometimes have to walk in the bikepath to pass all the old people.
What you need is good bicycle infrastructure. Cyclists take the footpath if they feel the road is too dangerous. They should be a lot more considered when they do.
Invest in a fluorescent neon vest , roll with the times ........
We don't tend to get the children doing that around here. At one time they were all into skateboards and did that on the pavement, but if they ever got in my way they would always apologise without having to say anything. For this reason I would never report them, so I'm like on their side. I've lived in this area for a long time and always find the children well mannered. They are a credit to their parents. Why it should be so different in your area, I do not know.
What the cyclists and scooter riders that ride quickly on the pavement don't realise is that they are nearly vulnerable as pedestrians. I've had cyclists and scooter riders whizz past me on the pavements doing about 20 to 25 mph. If they hit a pedestrian they likely fall off or somersault over their handlebars., and seriously injure or fatally injure themselves and the pedestrian they hit.
exactly and as they are riding illegally, there is zero protection for tem if there is an accident
I have been a bike rider for many years now and speaking from personal experience i would have always cycled on the road but over the last few years the abuse shouted at me and cars and especially lorries not giving me much space when passing i have a few near misses so even though i know its illegal i prefer to have my life a little longer and mostly cycle on the footpath but also when on the footpath i will always giveway to pedestrians when needed .You hit the bullseye 🎯 when you mention cycle lanes there seems to be a lack of them in most towns and cities and as you point out thats council and local authorities responsibility.
I agree with your sentiments and concerns.
On a slightly different point, though, you used the "either ...or" terminology as if it had to be one thing (option) or another.
In casual speech and with politicians, there is often a resort to the logical fallacy of Bifurcation or False Dilemma.
That is when a person claims that there are only two mutually exclusive possibilities-when, in fact, there is one or other multiple other options. For this reason the fallacy is also known as the Either-Or fallacy.
In its most simple form, all but two alternatives are excluded.
Dear Professor Wilson,
The question that must be asked and answered is "Where should they be cycling in stead?"
If your concern is for the safety of the situation then asking cyclists to share the road with cars is to ask them to put themselves in danger. A cyclist is at much greater risk of suffering injury as a consequence of collision with a car than a pedestrian is at risk of injury from a collision with a cyclist. When deprived of any other option what you are currently experiencing is the safest possible situation for everyone.
What you are looking at here is a systemic problem. Cars have been allowed to become so large, fast and dangerous that they've forced all other forms of traffic off the road. The design of the infrastructure you are using is not fit for purpose for accomodating both cars, pedestrians and cyclists. Of course, to undo a century of bad policy is difficult and above all expensive. So one can understand why the council is reluctant to address the problem.
Sincerely,
Semni.
I hear that, the number of reports and stories you hear of cyclists hit by cars, run off the road or thrown into traffic after hitting a pot hole in a poorly maintained road is growing.
Cyclists are demonised no matter what to the point some people in cars think it's fun to knock people off bikes.
There was a report in the news that one woman was purposely run down while she was out on a bike in the past couple of weeks.
Even when bike paths are put in to accommodate riders then either the media or another right wing group obsessed with fighting 'the green agenda' go on the war path to have them removed.
There's a Greenway between and where I work which in the past few years has had a section closed off as the bridge has a crack in it redirecting me forcing me to add 10 - 15 min to my journey as I have to come off the green way and go through a town then down a busy badly maintained road heavy with industrial traffic (lorries) all because they won't fix the bridge.
Well said
@@swanchamp5136 It should come as no surprise that cyclists are disrespectful. They are not respected by society. Even pedestrians have significantly more infrastructure dedicated to them than cyclists.
Dear Semni
In answer to your opening question.
On the road along with all other vehicles
@@MissFlight-q8f Which you should know is not an option.
You are not alone. I hate it and I agree it is ILLEGAL and DANGEROUS as both cyclist and pedestrians can be hurt. I have been sworn at so many times in Cambridge by young cyclists (and women !) as I will not get out of the way for them while walking on pavements. Sometimes it is even middle aged men and women who should know better. Them punching me may be next ! We need this activity policed but councils are so strapped for cash as social care gobbles up the money they have. Solution taxes need to be raised on the wealthy to fund the resources to tackle this.
Internental Curbamental Bicyclistic Missiles
Cars kill, bikes don't. Common courtesy is all that is needed.
Bikes kill
Common courtesy from all it's really that simple but reality is that is never going to happen.
@colincampbell It's illegal, case closed.
Do you condone people texting while driving as well?
@@MissFlight-q8f .Do you condone car drivers and lorry drivers shouting abuse at cyclists and also not giving cyclists enough space when passing on the road .
Boomer much? I dare you to cycle on the same route and see how safe it feels in the middle of the traffic.
UK is an outlier in not allowing pushbikes on the pavement.
I'm not saying there's a better way, but it's a shared space and it needs more respect for each other.
I would personally never ride in the pavement. But other cyclists aren't as comfortable with the traffic
I no longer cycke because I do not feel safe doing so. But equally, I do not feel safe as a pedestrian on my own local street...because it is full of bicycles
@ProfessorTimWilson how is that fair for cyclists that feel unsafe? Others in your position don't have the luxury to walk because they don't have time.
I wonder if someone in a wheelchair would also make you unsafe.
@@BGS_123 So someone's time is more important than someone else's safety? Can I use that if I get caught speeding in my car?
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I'm delighted to be a boomer. We had a far better life in a wonderful country than you will ever dream of.
It's not an insult it's a badge of honour.
Enjoy 🥳
If you feel unsafe on a bike don't use one.
@MissFlight-q8f you're alright as a generation. Boring as sin and entitled without limits, but the gen Z-ers saved you from being the worst generation in history
It's dangerous having them on the roads, Tim.
Cycling is to be the preferred form of transport for us, nothing must be done to stop the adoption, cyclists are untouchable, they are the chosen ones.
Everything is done for the car in the UK. The car is king.
this is a urban comuter problem, real cyclists dont ride on pavemants, if you clear out cars from town centres it disapears ,
Prof I sympathise and it is completely unacceptable that this is happening. But what can be done?? I know. Let’s have an inquiry. That way it looks like something is being done.
There’s a problem with lighting on new cars too, it’s blindingly bright and the RAC has highlighted the issue. I know you’re not a driver. But this too will probably get a public inquiry and nothing will change for the next few years. Even if there is a massive accident attributable to this it won’t change.
When I was a kid, we would ride on the pavement with the other kids, if i hadn't I would probably be dead. Just being devils advocate.
children under 10 are not considered liable under the law that prohibits bikes on pavements. The bikes in rugby are ridden by adultrs
@ProfessorTimWilson My point was Tim. It's a bit more complex than just banning bikes. We need to ban anyone who isn't a pedestrian using placements. We can't have kids riding their bikes on the road. Safety should be paramount. The bicycle lanes where I live have been a total wast of money for the amount using them. Ps I've been hit by a bicycle, a electric scooter, and a half blind man on a mobility scooter. Many pavements that are very wide. Could be segregated. I do own a bycle, but stopped using it as one has to be super fit to use one on modern road and traffic.
There are numerous laws that cyclist are breaking on a day to day basis, it's just that they are not being enforced. There is no money to remedy this unfortunately. In an ideal world cyclists disregarding any sense of acceptable behaviour towards other road and pavement users would have their bikes confiscated and impounded similar to the penalties uninsured car drivers face. They could retrieve the bike from the pound subsequent to paying a fixed penalty or have it crushed.
Wonderful Video. Here in Boston, we have busy hospital workers some foreign nationals e.g. Indian cycling on the pavements and colliding with elderly ppl. It's no longer policed anymore, no fines issued. I am abt to write to Pilgrim hospital and ask them to help sort out the issue as the foreign NHS staff are just taking the p*ss now. Some native staff too, but almost always NHS staff riding to work. More cycle lanes needed. Keep writing Tim!
You're not alone. But I don't have the foggiest idea how to make anyone pay attention.
The law is in abeyance on this matter. Has been for years. And I have to confess that there are more urgent things to get fixed first.
and if you say anything to them its abuse from them ,it is illegal and i am sick to death of these selfish oafs ,the police dont care either i am in liverpool and its getting worse here.
Not sure I can go back to Singapore. Bike regulations vary. Really doesn't matter though. When you are on two wheels and bent on speed, regulations lose resonance and something else takes over. Combine speed with stunts that you learned from watching Evel Knievel on television as a kid... and no pedestrian, pet or policeman is safe. I am 63 years old and trying to mend my ways. Could be a slow process but I am hoping for the best. Stay Safe
Who breaks the law the most cyclists or motorists? Who kills both pedestrians and cyclists alike? Answer Cars and Trucks!
Yes but this video is about illegal cycling on pavements
1:47 😂 why don't you write to a local radio station? They might do a phone in about it.
Prisons overflowing with offenders many which would jump at the opportunity to sweep the streets as a way of earning sentence reduction. The simple solutions are too obvious.
I actually hate rent a bike & rent a scooter, the councils are in the business of just getting over paid 😤
While let's take this a Step further, not only bikes, but the mundane leaf, that one can slip on while riding a bike, . What next , the options are endless🎉
The general decline of personal responsibility is part of the picture here; driven by a vast and growing State; also the bicycle supports the climate change agenda (as do eScooters) so action is unlikely to be taken as the view of the Council will be a few hurt pedestrians is a price a worth paying
I cant understand the law states they should be on the road why did it change you are safer walking in the road take care prof
Happened to me twice since your last video, good job I had my wits about me. Plus yesterday , at a pedestrian crossing a grumpy car driver, turning left at a junction, went over the pavement curb and missed my toes by inches. And I have seen it happen before🤷The council are looking at speeding on said road, as its near a school. It's jungle out there. You have to perform some sort of acrobatics going for a pint of milk. Cheers Professor👋
I would be more distressed at those toxic killer car fumes as to clean exercise and cycling , get a bike :)
It’s a police matter not council. Contact your PCC. Maybe stop using camera when walking as will reduce the risk. Clearly wrong to cycle on path. This is nothing to do with democracy local or otherwise.
Get a white stick, pretend that you are visually impaired and accidentally poke a spoke. 😮🤔😹 Drawing pins and a roll of blue tack and create your own stinger. 😮🤔😹 I rescued two collie's from lunatic breeders by paying over the odds just to get them out of the madness. Locals complained that the breeders had no control over their 🐕 s who were not dangerous, just bored out of their highly intelligent minds and the advice from the grown ups to the concerned citizens was film yourself being bitten. 🤔😹☮️
Try riding a pushbike on the roads these days... you're taking your life in your hands.
Then don't do it. Pedestrians shouldn't be put at risk because you're scared to cycle in the designated place.
@@MissFlight-q8f Excuse me! Can you reference where I stated that I ride a bicycle on the pavement? Did I condone those that do? No! Mine was a statement of fact. Period.
@@mickreaddin4979 The OP implied it, nothing more
@@MissFlight-q8f It implied nothing if the sort. It was a simple statement of fact.
@@mickreaddin4979 It implied you were talking from experience, maybe just badly written .
Over and out.
Gotten worse over the past 14 years
Oh geeeezuz change the record 😆
You should be blaming the government and the council for not providing infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians. The UK is too car centric, we are not the size of Canada or the USA.
@@MissFlight-q8f But no infrastructure for cyclist safety. You can ride to the gym safely in a car,which is hilarious to myself as a cyclist.
@@Nemo59646 What is hilarious about driving to a gym?
run to the gym?
@@ProfessorTimWilson The point of going to a gym is to do an exercise training programme, not to use all their energy to get there, what about the return journey?
@@ProfessorTimWilson Wish I could even walk. In my youth I cycled to work,then cycled to the gym,then cycled home. I cycled around Britain and up the East coast of Ireland with Paralympians who had cerebral palsy. Form follows function,nearly 60 years of cycling,because there was no other choice at the time. This is life. Amor fati.
here here!
Pedestrians killed by cyclists, last figures 2022 result zero. Cyclists killed by cars 111.
Serious injuries 4000.
That is approaching 10% of RTA deaths. Now go and stand at the roadside and count how many cars before you see a bike. The attrition rate is astounding.
If we look at figures for the 1990's, more than double 2022.
If the council turf those cyclist back out on the road, we can expect that figure to double.
I can understand and sympathize with you. I hate having bikes coming up behind me, especially as I am deaf.
What practical affordable solution are you suggesting?
Polly Friedhoff, struck by a bicycle while walking with a friend on 20 November 2022, died in hospital 2 December.
It's rare, but it does happen.
@@nigelgarrett7970 I'm sorry to hear that. I hope the stats aren't being messed with.
As a pedestrian cyclist motor cyclist car driver and van driver. I can see a complex issue, with no cheap solutions.
@andrewfrancis
Whataboutism. This topic here is illegal cycling on pavements
What about one about car drivers using phones whilst driving, car drivers parking on pavements, car drivers speeding in built-up areas, car drivers driving under the influence, car drivers causing pollution, car drivers hogging the roads, etc, etc. It's like blaming immigrants for all the ills of the country. Let's have a bit of balance. This just sounds like a Little England rant.
sadly, I do not drive
Whatabouterry
It is - a little rant? I don't think so! I have often agreed with Professor Tim on much and often! Actually, most cyclists do adhere to the helmet, visibility and proper lights. The E/Scooters however, do NOT! And those who use or have them - misuse and abuse these. It's sometimes damn dangerous! Very sadly, there's no sense anymore! And that I think, has been consigned to the rubbish bins ! As had sense and reason! So you of those out there - who malign Professor Tim and others for being ' Little Englanders' I am speaking of public safety! Those E/Scooters are a public hazard.!
One more thing, people, publically owned E/Scooters are often parked near Bus Stops or on physical guiding sites to pedestrian crossing. Not far from Parson Street on the edge of Bedminster in Bristol, there's a traffic junction and often - next to some advertising billboards is a pedestrian crossing - there's often 10 E/Scooters and some Bikes owned by the same company often parked there badly - interfering with special guidance paving stones for visually impaired people. When I come across these I usually will shift some of these on my way into work! To clear access for the visually impaired people. At the top of Winterstoke Road in the same area. There's usually a few that are parked just as irresponsibly - I get a bit more than fed up with these and in fact there's a old stairwell on the junction there which leads to an old air raid shelter. From WW2 ! Many was the time that I considered putting one of these blasted E/Scooter down it. To date - I have put one of these upended but not into the old Air Raid shelter stairwell - I have left it deliberately short of that, as a warning shot. Ultimately I may have to follow through with actually doing so! My patience in this instance is running a bit thin. It's not a question of ' if!' but 'When?' One of these wretched things is going to end up down that stairwell - maybe not tomorrow of Thursday, not next week or next month, or next year! But I can see that I will end up doing it! As a casualty of a WW2 Air Raid shelter! I will admit that it's getting me fed up with it! Patience is starting to run thin!
Well, something has got to be done about - Professor! Can't help but agree with you, dear fellow! Rugby isn't the only place with difficulties with this. There's room for Bristol to join it - as well!