Vorpal wrote:I would ride cautiously, and dismount in the presence of any pedestrians.
That doesn't make sense. If the remaining path is narrow a bike being pushed along takes up far more width than a bike being ridden.
Vorpal wrote:I would ride cautiously, and dismount in the presence of any pedestrians.
gaz wrote:The Highways Agency are repairing a shared use path near me at the moment resulting in its closure to cyclists and pedestrians. The diversion is through an unlit, muddy, potholed Country Park because that's safer than using the lit smoothly paved road.
Cyclists who use cycletracks (in this case as an alternative to an 8-lane pseudo-motorway) can't be diverted onto an adjacent unclassified minor road as they might not be used to riding on roads.
The bulk of the diversion (all but 15 yards out of 1/4 mile) is on a route through the Country Park approved for shared use. The Highways Agency want cyclists to dismount on the diversion for the safety of both cyclists and pedestrians as the diversion route isn't considered suitable for road bikes (which apparently can't be ridden on roads either ).
martinn wrote:Currently they are doing some what I assume is drainage work and half of the path is obstructed, red square "cyclist dismont" signs have been placed at both end of this work.
The signs say Cyclists dismount and use the footway. As the route is a shared path, does this actually make any form of legal sense?
I also thought that this type of sign should only be used if there are no other options?
Also as there are no cyclist remount signs, how do you know when to remount your Cycle? could you want for say one or two paces, then remount as you had assessed the situation and come to the conclusion that it was safe to do so?
(I am taking about the route by the dovecote (Pub) Nr Long Ashton in Bristol)
gaz wrote:The path through Shorne Country Park would involve some mud .
The repairs are to remedy substantial faults with the path's foundations.
Be extremely careful if you are using the closed path after dark.
I'm informed that the diversion signage is marked "pedestrians" with no mention of cyclists, not even of them dismounting to follow the same route. I'm also informed that the kissing gate at the entrance to the Country Park has been left in place when it's removal was promised . A further exchange of e-mails has begun.
TonyR wrote:What we need instead is more of these signs in roadworks:
Mark1978 wrote:I've had a few problems at roadworks like that, especially going up hill when there's quite a length, you get through the works, in primary with cars behind you probably plotting to kill you - then you've got to stay in primary while you get past the queue of cars waiting to go in the opposite direction. Only then can you move across - still managed one time to nearly get wiped out by someone who couldn't wait for me to move two more inches and absolutely had to get past at that moment.