When I ask this I don't mean kiddies just starting out, I mean the full blown acrylic short & Dick head safety helmet wearing cyclists that are into their Mid-life crisis.
The number of times we, the ordinary people are walking along pavements only to hear, (if your lucky), 'excuse me, can I get Past'? Often it's, 'will you F' off out of the way'.
Well excuse me? of course you can get past, your all kitted out for YOUR safety, but you seem to have omitted the little bell that the highway code suggests you should have, so I as a pedestrian haven't much choice, HAVE I?
Silly me you only need a bell as a road user, not someone on the pavement!
If confronted and asked why not use the road, they claim it's too dangerous! Well let me tell you it was dangerous in the 50's, the 60's and every other decade but it's your choice, if you want safe roads for cyclists then form a protest,
DON'T EXPECT MYSELF AND FELLOW PEDESTRIANS TO HAVE TO PUT UP WITH YOU!
You kit yourself out in protective gear but don't seem to care about our safety, you're a big boy/girl now, live with your choice leave the pavements for those it's meant for.
