On 15 Sep, 18:22, John Wright
pegasus.f2s.com> wrote:> Doug wrote:
>> On 11 Sep, 11:37, "Brimstone"
yahoo.co.uk> wrote:>>> Doug wrote:
>>>> On 11 Sep, 08:43, "nightjar" .me.uk>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> On 11 Sep, 07:18, Paul Weaver
isorox.co.uk> wrote:>>>>>>> On 11 Sep, 07:10, Doug
riseup.net> wrote:>>>>>>>> If so millions of motorists must be breaking this law too. And
>>>>>>>> they have the barefaced cheek to criticise cyclists for
>>>>>>>> lawbreaking!
>>>>>>> Of course the non-motorists that criticise cyclists for law
>>>>>>> breaking?
>>>>>>>> "But the council was defiant, saying it was illegal to drive over
>>>>>>>> a kerbed footway or verge and action was necessary."
>>>>>>> The council installed the driveway without getting the correct
>>>>>>> planning permission, or the planning office didn't do their job
>>>>>>> properly -- it's not illegal to drive over a dropped kerb.
>>>>>> You are missing the point. This is about non-dropped kerbs, over
>>>>>> which many motorists drive on a daily basis and seem to be allowed
>>>>>> to get away with it.
>>>>> Not if, as in this case, they get spotted doing it by someone with
>>>>> the power to take action, just like cyclists on the pavement. The
>>>>> main difference is that the cyclists will be travelling along the
>>>>> pavement for extended periods, often placing pedestrians in danger
>>>>> by doing so, while these car drivers are driving across the pavement
>>>>> in a quiet street, reducing the exposure to pedestrians to a minimum.
>>>> That still doesn't answer the question, is it illegal? Also, cars left
>>>> on pavements are a public nuisance, especially to the blind and people
>>>> in wheelchairs..
>>> So are bicycles and their trailers not an obstruction Doug?
>
>> Possibly, but one thing is clear, unlike cars bicycles on pavements do
>> not cause damage to underlying pipes and cables.
>
> Since your new found attention to thread titles and off topicness, tell
> me exactly where I can find any reference to damaged pipes and cables?
>
In this very thread, if you learn to read its sources properly.
