Whatever the rule the deaf and hard of hearing may not hear a warning however given.The cyclist must be prepared to stop and dismount if necessary.The fact is too many cyclists assume that you have to get out of their way and are often going far too fast for the conditions.How many of them will have insurance to cover them for accidents.CKP
________________________________ From: Steve Haywood <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, 5 August, 2009 0:23:40 Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Cycling on towpaths 2009/8/4 Steve Wood <st...@bream. org> > Surely the best way to slow cyclists down is to NOT have a fixed rule so > that they have to watch the person in front of them and react > accordingly. Otherwise they will fly by at high speed expecting you to > jump over to the hedge/water side. > > Its the same principle as removing street furniture to slow down the > traffic. > > Steve > NB Bream Or even removing traffic lights... which IS happening. Styeve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
