Why do grown men ride on the pavement?

Throbbe

Rotor wrote: »

BRIDALway - open to cyclists and pedestrians

and ladies on their way to get married?

googler

Rotor wrote: »

CARriageway - open to any road user

... shouldn't that be CARRIAGEway ...? Open to any kind of carriage?

Rotor

Throbbe wrote: »

and ladies on their way to get married?

Whoops, :embarasseOh yea

Rotor

googler wrote: »

... shouldn't that be CARRIAGEway ...? Open to any kind of carriage?

Now that was deliberate:cool:

mr_fishbulb

liz545 wrote: »

Often, yes - it's nice to be able to talk to someone if you're cycling together, and while the highway code says you should not cycle more than two abreast, you don't have to stay in single file at all times.

I'm confused about their wording a bit. Does "should" mean it's not enforceable, just a suggestion? For some other statements they emphasise MUST and MUST NOT.

mgdavid

mr_fishbulb wrote: »

I'm confused about their wording a bit. Does "should" mean it's not enforceable, just a suggestion? For some other statements they emphasise MUST and MUST NOT.

Yes you've got it in one.
SHOULD (NOT) is just advice, as in if you want to live, MUST (NOT) is enforceable by law or statute.

mgdavid

Voyager2002 wrote: »

I'm a cyclist who sometimes uses the pavement ....... when measures meant for motorists (traffic lights and so forth) would make me wait needlessly. .......

the sort of person that gives all cyclists a bad name - you cannot make up your own laws.

thelawnet

Everyone ignores certain laws according to their own assessment of their validity, public opinion, risk and severity of punishment.

Very few car drivers are strictly law abiding. Nor are cyclists. We seem to hear a disproportionate amount about the latter, despite the fact that the bill for the former's law-breaking runs into the billions each year.

adouglasmhor

googler wrote: »

Pavement doesn't convey anything particular, but can I refer you back to my earlier post, proposing that FOOTpath and sideWALK carry definite connotations about who and what is allowed there....

Sidewalk - people in America is the connotation there. Many footpaths are also bridle paths and cycles and horses are allowed to use them as well.

mr_fishbulb

mgdavid wrote: »

Yes you've got it in one.
SHOULD (NOT) is just advice, as in if you want to live, MUST (NOT) is enforceable by law or statute.

So when people say cyclists aren't allowed to ride more than 2 abreast, they're actually wrong? Cyclists are just advised not to ride more than 2 abreast.