“That cyclist” who hit the horse.

[richardg]

Driving on the pavement will do it.

I'd have thought they would have much better things to do with their time up there; heroin, wife beating, racism etc.

 

[richardg]

There’s a bigger point here, which is that if people don’t take a stand against low level antisocial behaviour, standards get eroded. I guess you might be too busy being a productive member of society to notice.

Something like that. Honestly I could not find the time to report someone for parking on a pavement that nearly accidentally hit me with their trailer. Kids to get to school. boxes to pack, accounts to do etc etc

 

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

And yet, you have time to spend on here. What you mean is that you can’t be bothered. Don’t dress it up.

 

[TheDecameron]

Something like that. Honestly I could not find the time to report someone for parking on a pavement that nearly accidentally hit me with their trailer. Kids to get to school. boxes to pack, accounts to do etc etc

Rich, it probably took me less time to report it than it did for you to do your six posts giving a commentary. Generally speaking, while I accept I might be fair game once I step onto a road, I do draw the line at someone coming onto the pavement to get me. I had a friend who was killed, walking to work on the pavement, by a driver.

 

[Barrymagrec]

Something like that. Honestly I could not find the time to report someone for parking on a pavement that nearly accidentally hit me with their trailer. Kids to get to school. boxes to pack, accounts to do etc etc

Ice cream to make...

 

[Bob McC]

Ice cream to make...

Possibly...

 

[Bob McC]

if its anything like round my way, parking on the pavement gets a ticket

It is a local council law, not national and not everywhere.

 

[Andrew C!]

What law did he break that you have evidence of?

S3a Road Traffic Act will fit this - driving w/out reasonable consideration for other road users. The pavement is part of a road (as defined). Local bye law not needed, and probably not what the police will interview the van driver for.

 

[richardg]

And yet, you have time to spend on here. What you mean is that you can’t be bothered. Don’t dress it up.

That too.

Must dash. Going to try a banana ice cream laced with caramel today.

 

[stevec67]

I'd have thought they would have much better things to do with their time up there; heroin, wife beating, racism etc.

They have. However they also know that any crims start small. This isn't to say that the guy littering or driving on the pavement goes on to be a wife beater and a murderer, but ignoring minor matters leads to a ratcheting up of what is deemed acceptable.

 

[TheDecameron]

That too.

Must dash. Going to try a banana ice cream laced with caramel today.

I’d die to defend your right to lick ice cream, do wheelies on your e-bike and other acts of civil disobedience to the E.U. in Strasbourg.

 

[stevec67]

I’d die to defend your right to lick ice cream, do wheelies on your e-bike and other acts of civil disobedience to the E.U. in Strasbourg.

He needs to make sure that it's not a straight banana, just so those EU johnnies know the badass that he is.

 

[Bart]

Something like that. Honestly I could not find the time to report someone for parking on a pavement that nearly accidentally hit me with their trailer. Kids to get to school. boxes to pack, accounts to do etc etc

I’m one of those retired people you seem to have such a low opinion of. I spend quite a bit of my time taking children to school and looking after even younger ones ON FOOT. It’s sometimes quite difficult with cars, trailers, vans and lorries parked on the pavement. I suppose you drive yours around and park all over the place.

 

[Bob McC]

S3a Road Traffic Act will fit this - driving w/out reasonable consideration for other road users. The pavement is part of a road (as defined). Local bye law not needed, and probably not what the police will interview the van driver for.

I bet they don’t interview him at all.

 

[TheDecameron]

Using a car as a weapon-
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...r-knocking-teenager-off-bike-in-road-rage-row
A man who used his 4x4 to knock down a teenage cyclist before beating him up and trashing his new bicycle during a road rage row has been jailed for six months.

 

[gintonic]

It is a local council law, not national and not everywhere.

and? did I say it was national? No

 

[richardg]

I’m one of those retired people you seem to have such a low opinion of. I spend quite a bit of my time taking children to school and looking after even younger ones ON FOOT. It’s sometimes quite difficult with cars, trailers, vans and lorries parked on the pavement. I suppose you drive yours around and park all over the place.

Alas no....I have a van parked at work. I use an e-bike mostly, even to take the kids to school.....

 

[Bart]

Alas no....I have a van parked at work. I use an e-bike mostly, even to take the kids to school.....

I used to wheel my push bike and carry the youngest while the oldest walked alongside. There weren’t so many cars parked on the pavement in those days though.