Two very good posts above from
@Bob McC and
@Mike Hughes .
So I go for my rehab walk on Friday.
Narrow pavement with a hedge one side and a busy road the other.
A gentleman walking his small dog (a Pug) ahead of me. Suddenly, an e-scooter rider is hurtling, and I mean hurtling, towards him.
He seems to fully expecting the dog walker to bury himself in the hedge, so he can stay on the pavement. The dog walker seems to be expecting the rider to dismount.
No. The rider rides through between the walker and the dog and then gets tangled up in the dog lead.
Dog is now choked, so the walker releases the lead. The rider doesn't give a *UC*!
The dog is dragged into the road. The only thing I can do, is step into the road, and stop the cars, as the dog is now entangled with the rider and his own lead. The rider stops and manages free the lead, enough for him to restart at breakneck speed.
Here's the "interesting" bit. The first and second car drivers are dog owners which I didn't realise obviously.
The first one (lady) rushes out to the choking dog and releases the lead. The dog is distressed and has quite a bloodied nose.
I turn around to the second car passenger gets out onto the pavement and catch the rider.
The police are called. I watch. In the meantime, the dog walker, is massively distressed. He's about 65.
During the same time, all the rider is saying, is that the dog walker should have picked up his dog to make space for him to pass on the pavement. The rider actually seemed a decent kid.
The police arrive and do nothing!
I point out that I'm a witness, and willing to make a statement. They're not interested.
So, these riders are entitled to the pavement now????!!!!
I'll take a picture when I'm next walking to show the pavement.