Last Sunday a driver went through a red while I had a pedestrian green. Incident was witnessed by a policeman in a police car who did absolutely nothing about it. Shall I make an unhelpful sweeping generalisation about the police?
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Replying to @theskink @theJeremyVine
I've explained why I am so sensitive about this issue & tweeting when I was still shaking was probably not advisable! I did not mean to imply all/most cyclists don't care about pedestrians. I apologise if that's how it reads. I just wish we could unite against bad road behaviour.
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I understand your point. On the other hand, most people who start cycling in London end up stopping again because the terrifying incidents of bad or careless driving are too frequent.
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Replying to @miroirdufou @brianpaddick and
Those who are left are the risk-tolerant, and the young, fast and not always-careful. It feels a bit safer if you can cycle at the speed of the traffic. The road conditions effectively weed out all the slow and careful cyclists.
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Replying to @miroirdufou @brianpaddick and
The answer here isn't to change behaviour - there will always be a few careless or sociopathic people out there (though much less potentially harmful on a bike than in a car..) - instead it's to provide safe routes for cyclists that allow the slow and careful to cycle too.
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Replying to @miroirdufou @brianpaddick and
(and that allow the risk-tolerant to cycle a little more slowly and safely, rather than trying to keep up with the motor traffic around them.. which is when the issues with pedestrians start to appear )
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I agree. I’ve been shouted at before for not cycling fast enough... by other cyclists!
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