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There has been the occasional enforcement of the no riding on the footpath
law here in Adelaide too. A cycling buddy of mine was pulled over on a busy
arterial road during the period when congestion had not risen enough to
reduce both the motor vehicle speed and the tendency for some drivers to
enact dreams of Formula 1. My buddy has more front than Harrod's and took
his helmet off and gave it and his bike to the policeman and suggested he
might like to ride that section of carriageway. Policeman took one look at
the vehicles, grinned, declined and all continued on their merry way.

All good fun

Stu Clement
WOCREF

On Mon, 6 Dec 2010 15:37:24 +0000, Ian Perry
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi DH,
> 
> Police pavement and double line parking is very common in Cardiff:
> http://www.fixmystreet.com/report/120324
> 
>
http://picasaweb.google.com/ianenvironmental/Cardiff2009?authkey=Gv1sRgCOaaptn87rfgcg#5456736321411293218
> 
> <http://www.fixmystreet.com/report/120324>I do have more photos of my
> own...
>  But... the police are individuals and they too are victims of our
> "culture", where it is perfectly acceptable to park on pavements, over
drop
> kerbs and on double yellow lines, but unacceptable to park on a
carriageway
> and make no attempt to move out of the way of other motorised traffic.
> 
> Cardiff Council is increasingly looking at shared pavements, so they and
> the
> police are working against one another - and confusing cyclists!  This
can
> only result in less cyclists...
> 
> Some more joined up thinking in Cardiff (that is a private car...):
>
http://picasaweb.google.com/ianenvironmental/CityCarClubCardiff#5542809023519150018
> 
>
http://picasaweb.google.com/ianenvironmental/CityCarClubCardiff#5542809008255509314
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 3:01 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>>  And how many drivers did they also apprehend for the same offence,
>> parking their cars on the footway, driving a longer distance on the
>> footway
>> etc also HA 1835 s.72  same offence as they are getting the cyclists
>> for.  A
>> bit one sided if they only get the cyclists especially since there were
>> IIRC
>> 12 pedestrians killed in the UK by cars (sorry killed by POLICE cars)
>> being
>> driven on the footway in recent stats.
>>
>> I wonder where they parked any police 'carriages' whilst carrying out
>> these
>> activities?
>>
>>  DH
>>
>> In a message dated 06/12/2010 14:44:30 GMT Standard Time,
>> [log in to unmask] writes:
>>
>>  *
>> *
>>
>> South Wales police have been busy stopping cyclists on the pavements of
>> Cardiff, and boasted about their activity on FaceBook.
>>
>> A few of interesting questions here.  Is FaceBook an effective way to
>> reach
>> people?  The area targeted by the police has a population where around
>> 50%
>> are aged 18 to 24 - and are students.
>>
>> Is the police action designed to deter cycling and/or to label cyclists
>> as
>> irresponsible law breakers?  Pavements are far from the best surface
for
>> cycling and pedestrians are obviously in the way...  so why cycle
there?
>>
>> Why is no consideration given to the fact that cyclists may be on the
>> pavement as they feel unsafe on the road part of the streets, as
>> motorised
>> vehicle owners do not know how to drive around cyclists...  Given that
>> Cardiff Council rarely grits the pavements, resulting in people walking
>> (and
>> cycling) on ice, should the police also be talking to pedestrians who
put
>> themselves at risk when walking in these conditions?  In just one week,
>> 700
>> tonnes of grit (20% of stock) has been applied to surfaces used by
>> motorised
>> vehicles in Cardiff.
>>
>> It would be interesting to know how many cyclists were cycling on the
>> space
>> given to cars at the same time.
>>
>> Ian
>>
>>
>>  *SWP Press Release: 06.12.2010 *
>>
>> **
>>
>> *MORE than 60 cyclists were caught riding on pavements in Cathays,
>> Cardiff, in just over an hour.*
>>
>>
>>
>> Members of the Cathays Neighbourhood Police Team and Cardiff City
Council
>> Road Safety Team carried out an operation this morning in response to
>> concerns raised at local PACT meetings.
>>
>>
>>
>> Officers from both organisations patrolled the junctions of Crwys
>> Road/Cathays Terrace and Whitchurch Road/Allensbank Road between 7.30am
>> and
>> 8.45am.
>>
>>
>>
>> More than 30 cyclists were stopped and spoken to at each location. They
>> were also given a leaflet on cycle awareness.
>>
>> Sergeant Alun Williams, from the Cathays Neighbourhood Police Team,
said:
>>
>>
>>
>>  “This is Pact priority for the community who have raised it at a
number
>>  of
>> meetings expressing their concern that somebody could get hurt soon.
>>
>> “In response to these concerns we have began what is primarily and
>> education and awareness campaign however officers will use their full
>> range
>> of enforcement options against persistent offenders.
>>
>> “This is an ongoing operation which will target locations throughout
the
>> wards in Cathays, Gabalfa and Plasnewydd.”
>>
>>
>>
>>
http://www.facebook.com/notes/south-wales-police/cardiff-crackdown-on-pavement-cyclists/180599001951277
>>
>>

-- 
Stu Clement
Convenor, World Cycling Research Forum
www.wocref.org
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